156 LANIAD®. 
INSESSORES. LANIA DZ. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
Lanius excubitor. 
Lantus excubitor, Great Shrike, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 272. 
5 55 Cinereous ,, Monvracau, Ornith. Dict. 
on 53 Ash-coloured ,, Burwick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 75. 
x rs Cinereous ,, Fue. Brit. An. p. 62. 
Fe s Great » SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 148. 
AS és Cinereous 4,  JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 95. 
a ss Great », GovuLp, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 
Pie-griéche grise. TumM. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 142. 
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Lantus. Generic characters.—Bill short, thick and straight at the base, com- 
pressed ; upper mandible hooked at the point, with a prominent tooth; base of 
the bill beset with hairs directed forwards. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval. Wings 
of moderate size; the first quill-feather shorter than the second, the third the 
longest. Tarsus longer than the middle toe; feet with three toes before, one be- 
hind ; the outer united at its base to the middle toe. 
Tuer second Orprr of Birds, the Inszssorzs, or Perching 
Birds, includes a much greater number of species than 
either of the other four primary divisions or Orders of the 
