1*5 S H R I K E. 



brown band : quills brown : the tail is much cuneiform in fhape:$ 

 in colour brown j but the four outer feathers on each fide have 

 white tips : legs and claws black. 

 Flace. This is a Chinefe bird, and called in thofe parts by the name of 



Kozvkai-kon. 



2 7- . Lanius infauftus, Lin. Syji. i. p. 138. N°25. 



s Corvus infauftus, Bran, p. 10. — Muller, p. 12. N° 93. 



Le Merle de Roche, Brif. urn. ii. p. 238. N° 13. — Buf.0if.1u. p. 3$:. 

 pi. 23. — PI. enl. 562. 



Merula faxatilis, Aldrov. Raiifyn. p. 68. N° 3. 



Codiroffo maggiore, Oliit. uccel. t. 47. 



Greater Redilart, Will.orn. p. 197. pi. 36. — Albin.xn. pi. 55. 



Description. A LITTLE lefs than a Blackbird : length feven inches and 



Female. three quarters. The bill about an inch long, and blackifh : 



the head and neck dark afii- colour, marked .with fmall rufous 



fpots : the upper part of the back dark brown ; the lower much 



paler, inclining to afh, efpecially towards the tail : quills and 



wing coverts duiky, with pale margins : breaft, and under parts of 



the body, orange, marked with fmall fpots, fome of which are 



white, and others brown : the tail is three inches in length ; the 



two middle feathers are brown, the others rufous : legs blackifh : 



- the wings and tail are even. This is the defcription of the 



female. 



Mai«. The male is /aid to differ very little, except in being of a 



brighter colour. 



This is met with in many parts of Europe, from Italy on the 

 one hand, to Rujfia * on the other : found in fome parts of Germany, 

 .the Alpine Mountains, thofe of Tyrol, and fuch-like places. 



» Gsorg. Ruff. 



1 The 



