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perior versus apicem adun- 



ca, inferior acuta, apice re- 



curvata. 

 Rictus ciliatus. 

 Alee penna spuria; remiges 



secundse et tertiae longis- 



simae. 



towards the tip ; the lower 

 acute, its tip recurved. 



Gape ciliated. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther ; the second and third 

 quills longest. 



A. Rostro valido, apice forte adunco. 



A. With the beak stout, the tip strongly hooked. 



Sp. I. La. excubitor. Shaw, v. vii. ^?. 282. pi. 37. — Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



Sp. 2. La. Italicus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 286. — South of Europe. 

 Sp. 3. La. meridional is. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. Edit.i. 143. 

 La. supra cinerea ; Jascid lata infra, oculos nigrd; guld rufo-albd; 



corpore subtus cinerascente ; rectricibus quatuor intermediis 



nigris. 

 Shrike above ash -coloured ; with a broad black band beneath the 



eyes ; the throat white ; the body beneath cinerascent ; the 



four middle tail-feathers black. 



Inhabits the south of Europe. Length nine 

 inches : the head, nape, and back, deep ash-colour : 

 beneath the eyes a broad band of black, ending on 

 the ears : throat reddish-white : the rest of the under 

 parts inclining to ash, deeper over the thighs : base 

 and tip of the quills white : the four middle tail- 

 feathers black : the rest as in L. cinerea. The 

 female is ash-colour above but paler, beneath more 

 inclined to ash, barred with darker ; the band under 

 the eyes less distinct than in the male. 



Sp. 4. La. ruficollis. Shaw, v. vii. ^.316. — Britain, Europe, and 

 Africa. 



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