27$ 



GREAT SHRIKE. 



Class II. 



Sect. II. PIES. 

 GENUS III. SHRIKE. 



Bill strong, strait at the base, and hooked at 

 the end with a sharp process or tooth on 

 each side near the point of the upper man- 

 dible. 



Tongue jagged. 



1. Great. Lanlus Excubitor. L. cauda 

 cuneiformi, lateribus alba, 

 dorso cano, alls nigris, ma- 

 cula alba. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 67. id. Syn. i. 160. 



La grande Pie-grlesche. Belon 

 av. 126. 



Laniiis cinereus. Gesner av. 

 579. 



Skrike, nyn murder Turneri. 



Lanius cinereus, CoUurio ma- 

 jor. Aldr. av. i. igg. 



Castrica, Ragastola. 0/zna, 41. 



Greater Butcher Bird, or Mat- 

 tagess ; in the North of Eng- 

 land, Wierangle. JVil. orn. 

 87. 



Haii Syn. av. 18. 



Speralster, Grigelalster, Neun- 

 todter. Kram. 364. 



Butcher Bird, Murdering Bird 



or Skreek. Aler. PinaXj 



170. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 36. 

 Night Jar. Mort. Northampt. 



424. 

 La Pie-griesche grise. Brisson 



av. ii. 141. Hist, d'ois. i. 



296. PL Enl. 32. f. 1. 



445. 

 Lanius excubitor. Gm. Lin. 



300. 

 Warfogel. Faun. Suec. 80. 

 Danish Torn-Skade, Norvegis 



Klavert. Br. 21, 22. 

 Velch Skrakoper. Scopoli, 



No. 18. 

 Berg Aelster (Mountain Mag- 

 pie) or grosser Neuntocd- 



ter. Frisch, i. 59. 

 Br. Zool. 73. plate C. Arct. 



Zool. I. 27s, 



Size. J_HIS bird weighs three ounces: its length is 

 ten inches; its breadth fourteen. The bill is 



