General 
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Male. 
Female. 
144 PASSERES. LANIUS. SHRIKE. 
tance of that of one of these shrikes, which allowed them to 
bring up their young without molestation. It may be reared 
in confinement without difficulty, soon becoming tame. 
Monracu mentions having kept several, that shewed as 
much docility as goldfinches. They were fed with flies and 
other insects, and, in deficiency of such food, with raw-flesh, 
which they always endeavoured to fasten to the wires or other 
parts of the cage, previous to tearing it in pieces. 
This bird is very generally dispersed throughout Europe, 
and, according to Le VaILLantT, 1s common in Africa, where 
it winters. ‘The South American species is precisely similar 
to our own. 
Pirate 43. Fig. 2. Male bird of the natural size. 
Bill black. Ivides chesnut-brown. From the forehead a | 
black streak runs past the eyes, reaching half-down the 
sides of the neck. Crown of the head and nape of the 
neck ash-grey, 1n some instances tinged with yellowish- 
grey. 
Throat and vent white. Breast, belly, and flanks rose-red. 
Back and wing-coverts reddish-brown. Quills blackish- 
brown, the edges of the outer webs being paler. Tail 
slightly wedge-shaped, the middle feathers black, the 
rest with more or less white at the base, and being tip- 
ped with white. Shafts black. Legs and feet black. 
Prater 43. Fig. 2. Female. Natural size. 
Head and all the upper parts of the plumage chesnut- 
brown. Nape of the neck tinged with ash-grey. Throat 
and under parts greyish-white. The cheeks, breast and 
flanks barred transversely with narrow semicircular 
blackish brown lines. Outer webs of the two exterior 
tail-feathers margined with white. Base of the under 
mandible yellowish-white. Legs and toes bleakish- 
brown. 
