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yellowifh rufous-colour: throat and bread white: the qujlls^, 

 and baftard wing coverts, black : the wings reach only to the ■ 

 beginning of the tail, which is very long and wedge-fhaped ; the 

 tv/o middle feathers are wholly black ; the others black above, 

 beneath reddifh, tipped by a rufous fpot : legs dufky black. 

 Pla-ce. Inhabits Panay, one of the Philippine IJlands, but principally 



about Ahtigue, one of the provinces thereof. 



This feems much allied to the laft, particularly in the bill"; 

 but as I have feen neither, dare not venture to place them other* 

 wife than as diftincl: fpecies. 



21. Lanius lucioneniis, Lin. Sjji. i. p. 135. N° 10. 



LUZONIAN La Pie-griefche de Lujon, Brif. orn. ii. p. 169. N° 11. pi. 18. f.s. . 



Description, CIZE of the Red-backed Shrike: length feven inches and a 

 half. Rill greyifli brown, as are alfo the upper parts of the 

 body ; beneath rufous white : under the eye, and rather behind 

 it, is a longitudinal fpot of brown : the lower part and fides of 

 the neck, the breaff, fides of the body, and thighs, rufous white, 

 crofted with fine light brown lines : quills greyifli brown, with 

 rufous margins : tail rufous grey, and cuneiform in fhape ; all the 

 feathers, except the two middle ones, tipped with rufous white : 

 legs and claws rufous brown. 

 Place. Inhabits the ifland of Lttfonia, the inhabitants of which call it 



by the name of Cabecote *. 



* Brif. 



Lanius 



