BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 



547 



Inhabits Jamaica. — Is feven Inches long ; the bill is an inch in length, and refembles that of the 

 Tyrant Shrike. 



279 16. Levers Shrike. — 15. Lan'ius Levcrianus. 31. 



The tail is long, wedge-like, and white at the tip; the bill, head, neck, the middle of 

 the bread, the wings, legs, and feet, are black ; all the other parts are white. 

 L. picatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 73. n. 20. — Magpie Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 192. n. 49. fup. 54. 



Inhabits South America. — This fpecies is about the fize of a Blackbird, and has a ftrong refan- 



- blance to the Magpie, in colours and general appearance ; it is ten inches long ; the feathers of the 



greater wing coverts, and the fecondary wing quills are edged with white; the two middle tail quills are 



four inches and a half long, while the reft are only two inches; all of them are black, with white tips. 



280 17. Surinam Shrike. — 16. Lan'ius atricapillus. 32. 



The tail is black and wedge-like ; the crown, fcrag, fhoulders, and the wings, are black j 

 the reft of the upper parts are moufe coloured ; the under parts are bluifli a(hv 

 L. atricapillus. ■ Merrem, beytr. ii. 30. t. 10. Lath. ind. orn. i. 73. n. 19. 



Inhabits Surinam. — Is about the fize of a Linnet, fcarcely exceeding five inches in length ; the 

 wings are fhort ; the feathers of the wing coverts, and the fecondary wing quills are edged with 

 black; the tail quills are tipt with white, except the two middle ones. Except in fize it feems much 

 allied to the former fpecieSi. 



281 18. Pomeranian Shrike. — 17. Lanius pomeranus. $$> 



The upper parts of the body are black, the lower parts white; the hind head and the 

 fcrag are dark rufty, furrounded with black; the rump is white; each wing is mark= 

 ed with two black fpots. Muf. carlf. n. i. t. 1.. 



Inhabits Pomerania. — The bill, legs, and feet, and the wings are black ; the two outer tail quills 

 are white ; the next two or three, on each fide, are whitifh from the bafe to their middles, and tipt 

 with white. Mr Latham quotes this as a fyncnime to the Red Butcher Shrike, N?. 2.74. but the- 

 difference is very confpicuous. . 



282 19. Tyrant Shrike. — 18. Lanius Ty.r annus. 13.. 



Is afh coloured above, and white beneath ; the crown is black, with longitudinal tawny 

 ftreaks. 



L. Tyrannus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 81. n. 53.— Mufcicapa Tyrannus. Briff. av, fr. 391.— Tyrar& 

 PI. enl. n. 537. — Tiriri, Pipiri. Buff. oif. iv. 572. — Picus criftata americana, Kleiner americanif- 

 eher Neuntoeder. Frifch, av. t. 62. — Tyrant Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 184. n. 37.— Tyrant Fly-catcher. 

 ArcL zool. ii. 384. n. 263. 



Inhabits America. — Is eight inches long; it is migratory, appearing in Carolina and Virginia, about 

 April, where it breeds, and retires before winter ; it builds in the hollows of trees, and, while the fe- 

 male. 



