62 LiNIID^. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor from 

 southern Europe ; has occurred in Sussex in Jan. 1911. 



General Distribution. — The Southern Great Grey Shrike 

 breeds in Spain, Portugal, and southern France ; it 

 occurs occasionally in Italy, and has been obtained in 

 Heligoland and Corfu. 



Lanius minor. Lessee Grey Shrike. 



Lanius minor Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 308 : 



Italy. 

 Lanius minor Qmel. ; Gadoio, Oat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 235; 



B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 38 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 



1899, p. 149. 



Minor = lesser. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor in 

 spring and autumn. Has occurred in the Scilly Islands, 

 Devonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Norfolk, Bedford- 

 shire, Yorkshire, and Fair Isle, Shetlands. 



General Distribution. — This species breeds in southern 

 and central Europe, with the exception of Spain, as far north 

 as Livonia : east through central and southern Russia to west 

 Siberia, up to 57° N. latitude ; also in Asia Minor, Persia, and 

 Turkestan to the Altai Mountains. It occurs occasionally 

 on migration in western Europe and winters in tropical and 

 south Africa. 



Lanius CoUurio. Red-backed Shrike 



Lanius COllurio Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 94 : 



Sweden. 



Lanius coUurio Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 286 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 38 ; Saunders, Mcfnual, 2nd ed. 

 1899, p. 151. 



GoUwrio, thus latinized by Gaza (1476) from Aristotle's KoWvpiuv, 

 H. A. ix. 23, where some read KopvWiiov, which mig'ht mean " hooded " from 

 Kopvs = a helmet, and become KoWvpiuti^ by metathesis. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor to 

 England and Wales but does not nest regularly in the northern 



