544 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — Is about the fize of the Butcher Shrike, meafuring twelve 

 inches long : The head and bill are blackiih ; the four middle tail quills are entirely black, the reft 

 being white at the tips. 



-68 ii, Luzonian Shrike. — -io. Lanius lucionenfis. 10. 



The tail is wedge-like ; the body is reddifli grey, the tail being barred with brown at 

 the end j the fides of the head have each a black fpot behind the eyes. 



L. lucionenfis. Lath. ind. orn. 'u6j._ n. 5. Briff. ay. ii. 169. t. 18. f. 1. — Luzonian Shrike. Lath, 

 fyn. i. 172. n. 21. 



Inhabits the ifland of Luzonia. — Is feven inches and a half long ; the bill and upper parts of the 

 body are brownifh grey ; the under parts and fides of the body are reddifh white. 



269 12. Great Shrike. — 11. Lanius Excubitor. 11. 



The tail is wedge-like, with white fides ; the back is hoary ; the wings are black, with 

 a white band. Scop. an. i. 23. n. 1.8. 



L. Excubitor. Lath. ind. orn. i. 67. n. 6.- — L. cinereus. BrhT. av. ii. 141. — L. cinereus major. 

 Gefn. av. 579. Aldr. orn. i. 384. f. p. 386. Raj. av. 18. — Falco congener. Klein, ftem. 9. t. 9., 

 f. 1. a. b. c. — Ampelis caerulefcens. Faun. fuec. n. 181. — Caftrica palombina. Olin. uccell. t. 41. — 

 Ferlotta berettina. Zinnan. uov. 90. t. 19. . f. 80. — Falconetti. Cett. uc. fard. 54.- — "Warfoger. 

 Faun. fuec. n. 80. — Neuntoeder. Frifch, av. t. 60. — Pie~griefche grife. Buff. oif. i. 296. t. 20. PI. 

 enl. n. 445. — "White Whifky-john. Phil, tranf. lxii. 386. — Mattagefs, or Greater Butcher-bird. 

 Will. orn. 87. t. 10. Albin. av. ii. t. 13. Ellis, voy. ii. 28. — Great Shrike. Brit. zool. n. 71. 

 t. 33. Ardt. zool. ii. 238. n. 127. Catefb. carol, app. 36. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 30. — Great cinere- 

 ous Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 160. n. 4. 



Inhabits Europe and North America. — This fpecies lives in the woods, and is among the firft to 

 breed in fpring ; it preys on fmall birds, which it ftrangles, or kills by crufliing their heads with its 

 bill, after which it fticks their bodies on a thorn and tears them to pieces ; from this pradlice the 

 genus has been called Butcher-birds ; it is faid to watch the coming of Hawks, and to give them no- 

 tice of birds concealed, that it may fhare in preying on fuch as it cannot mafter ; it builds a neft of 

 dry grafs, lined thickly with feathers, in which it lays feven bluifh eggs., which are fpotted with brown. 

 The bill and legs are black ; the crown and fcrag of the neck are hoary ; the cheeks are white, with 

 a black tranfverfe line from the bafe of the bill ; the lower parts of the body are white ; the thighs 

 are pale brown ; the leffer wing coverts are black ; the tail quills are black, and all, except the two 

 middle ones, are tipt with white ; this whitenefs increafes> to the outermpft, which is almoft entirely 

 white. The female has a brown bar behind each eye. 



270 |3. White Great Shrike.— 11. /3. L. Excubitor albus. 



The whole body is white ; the legs are yellowifh $ the bill and claws are black. Latli.. 

 ind. orn. i. 68. n. 6. y. Syn. i. 162. 



L-. albus. BrhT. av. ii. 145. a,. 



