i?4 



SHRIKE, 



2A, Lanius Madagafcarienfis, Lin, Syjl. i. p. 137. N° 22. 



•MADAGASCAR La petite Pie-griefche de Madagafcar, Brif orn. ii. p. 164. N° 9. pi. 16. 



f. 1. the male ; f. 2. the female. — iV. enlum. 299. f. I, the male ; f. a. 

 the female. 

 Le Cali-calic, & le Bruia, .#»/". 0//. i. p. 315. 



.Description. Q* Z ^ °f a Hedge-fparrow: length under five inches. Bill 



black j at the bafe briftly : plumage above cinereous : rump 



and tail rufous : between the bill and eye is a black lpot; over 



the eye a white line : cheeks white -. throat, and fore part of the 



neck, black; the reft of the under parts rufous white: lefier wing 



coverts rufous ; greater ones grey brown : quills brown, with 



grey brown margins : the two middle tail feathers rufous at the 



bafe ; the reft grey brown ; the four next on each fide rufous, 



tipt with grey brown ; the outer one on each fide rufous within, 



and grey brown on the outfides and tips : legs lead-colour : 



claws brown. 



Female. The female wants the black on the chin and throat; which, as 



well as the fides of the head, and all the under parts, are white 



mixed with rufous : and the colours in general are more dull. 



'Place. Inhabits Madagafcar. 



10 Lanius 



