S H R I K E.. 183; 



£arnus nengeta, Lln*SyJ}.\. p. 135. N /.- 36. 



Le Cotinga gris, Brif. orn. ii. p. 353. fcrRtLY" 



Le Guirarou, Buf. oif. iv. p. 459. 



Guiraru Nheengeta Brafilienfis, RaiiSyn. p. 166, N° 5.-; 



D°, or American Chat, ^7//. «■». p. 235. 



Grey Pye of Brafil, .£V<u>. pi. 3 18-. 



CIZE of the Mavis : length nine or ten inches. The bill dufkvj Descriptiokw- 



befet with briftles at the bafe :• irides fapphire- coloured : from 

 the angles of the mouth, through the eyes, is a black ftreak : the 

 upper parts of the body are dark brownifh afh-colour; the under 

 parts cinereous white : in the middle of the wing are a few white 

 feathers : the quills and tail are nearly black : all the feathers of 

 the laft, except the two middle ones, are obliquely tipped with 

 white : legs dark afh-colour :. claws black. 



This is found at Surinam and Brafil. . Place. 



Edwards feems to think it near a-kin to the great Shrike, and 

 Linnaus is of the fame opinion : though others * rank it with the 

 Chatterers. Thefe birds are common, likewife, at Guiana, where Manners. 

 they frequent watery places, and are found in great numbers to- 

 gether. They are obferved, at frequent intervals, to fet up a great 

 cry all together: this circumftance affording a happy and certain 

 prefage to the thirfly traveller, in the immenfe forefls of Guiana^ , 

 where he may meet with water to quench his drought. - 



*■ Buffon and Briffon. . 



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