BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 543 



-264 7. Louifiana Shrike. — 6. Lan'ius ludovicianus. 6. 



Of an am colour, with a wedge-like tail j the wing quills are black j the outer tail 

 quills are white at the tips and roots. 



L. ludovicianus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 69. n. 8. Brill", av. ii. 162. t. 15. f. 2. — Pie-griefche de la 

 Louifiane. PI. enl. n. 397. — Louifiane Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 162. n. 5. 



Inhabits Louifiana. — This fpecies is a good deal allied to the Cinereous and the Butcher fpecies : 

 Under each eye is a black bar ; the fix middle tail Feathers are entirely black ; the reft are white at 

 both ends, and black in the middle ; the fecondary wing quills are white at the tips. 



2.6$ 8. Grey Shrike. — 7. Lanius Nengeta. 7. 



The tail is wedge-like, and white at the tip; the body is afh coloured, its under parts 

 being whitifh. 



L. Nengeta. Lath. ind. orn. i. 68. n. 7. — Cotinga cinerea. BrhT. av. ii. 353. — Cuiraru. Buff". 



oif. iv. 459. — Guiraru Nhengeta. Marcgr. braf. 209. Raj. av. 166. n. 5 Guiraru, or American 



Chat. Will. orn. 235. — Grey Pye of Brafil. Edw. av. t. 318. — Grey Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 183. 

 n. 36. Arc"t. zool. ii. 24a. a. 



Inhabits Brafil, Surinam, Guiana, Ruffia, and Siberia. — This fpecies is nine inches long ; it fre- 

 quents marlhy places, and is gregarious ; the irides are light fea-green ; the wings, tail, and feet are 

 blackifh ; on each fide of the head a black line rifes from the bafe of the bill, and ftretches through 

 the orbits to the hind head ; the wing coverts are black, tipt with dirty white ; the primary wing 

 quills are black; the ends of the outer tail quills are white. 



266 9. Hook- billed Shrike. — 8. Lanius cwvirojlris. 8. 



The tail is wedge-like ; the body is white ; the back is black j the five outer primary 

 wing quills have each a white fpot. 



L. curviroftris. Lath. ind. orn. i. 72. n. 15. — Collurio madagafcarienfis. BrhT. av. ii. 191. t. 19. 

 f. 1 . — Vanga, ou Becarde -a ventre blanc. Buff. oif. i. 3 1 2. — Ecorcheur de Madagafcar. PI. enl. 

 n. 228. 



Inhabits Madagafcar. — This fpecies is ten inches long; it lives much on fruits: The points of both 

 mandibles of the bill are bent backwards ; the hind head is greenifh black ; the greater wing coverts 

 are obliquely fpotted with white ; the inner webs of the tail quills are afh coloured, their outer webs 

 are black, and the tips are white ; the legs and feet are leaden coloured, and the claws are blackifh. 



ogy 10. Collared Shrike. — 9. Lanius collaris. 9. 



The tail is wedge-like ; the body is black above and white beneath ; the primary wing 

 quills are white at the bafe. 



L. collaris. Lath. ind. orn. i. 69. n. 10. — L. capitis bonae fpei. Brill*, av. ii. 182. t. 15. f. 1. — 

 Pie-griefche du cap. PI. enl. 477. f. 1, — Collared Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 163. n. 7. 



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