LANIUS MERIDIONALIS, 
(SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE.) 
Lanius meridionalis, Temm. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 148 (1820). 
Collyrio meridionalis, Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 390 (1869). 
Alcaudon real, Spanish; Picanso, Portuguese. 
Figure notabiles. 
Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pl. 3; Gould, B. of Eur. ii. pl. 67; Roux, Ornith. Prov. pl. 153; 
Bout. Orn. Dauph. p. 18. fig. 2; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 21. fig. 13. 
S supra plumbescenti-cinereus, uropygio et supracaudalibus paulld pallidioribus, pileo saturatiore: scapulari- 
bus exterioribus albis, plagam distinctam albam formantibus: tectricibus alarum minimis dorso con- 
coloribus, medianis et majoribus nigris, his angustissimé albo terminatis: remigibus nigris, primariis 
ad basin externé albis, speculum alare distinctum formantibus, primariis minoribus angusté et secun- 
dariis conspicué albo terminatis: cauda nigra, pennis omnibus, duabus mediis omnino nigris exceptis, 
albo terminatis, exterioribus gradatim versis basin albis, extimis feré omnino albis, preter rhachin 
imam et partem basalem nigras: fronte angusté et superciliis albis: loris et fascié infraoculari et 
regione paroticé nigerrimis: mento genisque albidis: corpore subtts reliquo rosaceo tincto: hypochon- 
driis cinereis: subcaudalibus et subalaribus albidis, his paulld nigricante variis: rostro et pedibus 
nigris: iride brunnea. 
Q mari similis. 
Juy. similis adultis, sed sordidior, supra cinerascens, pileo paulld plumbescente: subtus sordidé rosascens, 
gutture et abdomine cum subcaudalibus albicantibus. 
Adult Male. Upper surface of the body dark plumbeous, the head darkest, and the rump and upper tail- 
coverts slightly paler; scapulars coloured like the back, some of the outer ones white, forming a con- 
spicuous patch down each side of the back ; least wing-coverts also plumbeous like the back, the median 
and greater coverts jet-black, the latter faintly and irregularly tipped with white; quills deep black, the 
primaries white at the base of the outer web, forming a distinct alar speculum, the inner primaries 
narrowly and the secondaries broadly tipped with white; tail black, the two central feathers entirely 
so, the two next white at the tip, this colour gradually extending itself on the remaining feathers, till 
the external feather is almost entirely white, the shaft for the greater part of its length, and the extreme 
base of the feather alone being black; a narrow frontal band and a tolerably distinct eyebrow white ; 
a line of feathers from the base of the bill, including all the feathers in front of the eye, under which it 
passes, and embracing the ear-coverts, jet-black ; throat and cheeks whitish, with the faintest tinge of 
pink; rest of the under surface of the body suffused with a beautiful pink blush; sides of the body 
ashy grey; under wing- and tail-coverts white, with a few black markings on the former ; bill and feet 
black ; iris dark brown. Total length 10 inches, culmen 0°75, wing 41, tail 4:5, tarsus 1-15. 
Female. Similar to the male. 
