178 



SHRIKE. 



One may with great probability fuppofe thefe two to be only 

 one fpecies. 



28. 



WHITE- 

 WREATHED 

 S. 



Description. 



Place. 



Lanius fauftus, Lin.SyJl.i. p. 138. N° 26; 

 Corvus fauftus, Aman. acad. iv. p. z.|l. 



CIZE of a common Thrufh. Bill pale : the upper parts of the* 

 body grey ; the under ferruginous : from the eyes to the hind 

 head paffes a whitifh line, compofed of numerous white feathers, 

 rendering it truly charadteriftic : the wings are rounded ; the 

 quills brownifh, with grey edges, which are crofTed with numerous 

 flender, obfolete, brown lines : the tail is rounded, brown^. 

 crofTed with numerous bars of darker brown : legs pale. 



This elegant fpecies inhabits China, where it is known by the 

 name of Whommaj. It may be obferved, among others, in Chi- 

 nefe paper-hangings, where the white line feems to encompafs the 

 back part of the head, like a wreath. 



2Q. 



BLUE 

 S. 



Lanius bicolor, Lin. Mantiff. 1771. p. 124. 

 Loxia madagafcarina, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 306. N° 42. 



La Pie-griefche bleue de Madagafcar, Brif. cm. ii. p. 197. N° 26. pi. 16. 

 f. 3. — PI. enl. 29.8. f. 1. — 32. f. 2. 



Description. T ENGTH fix inches and a half. Bill fine blue > bafe befet 

 with briftles-: round the bill the feathers are black: the head 

 and all the upper parts of the body fine blue : beneath fnow 

 white : quills black, with the outer edges blue : the two middle 

 tail feathers blue, with black tips and ihafts : the four next on 

 each fide are blue on the outer margins ; the inner and tips black : 

 10 the 



