552 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 



300 32. Rufty Shrike. — 30. Lanius ferrugineus. 34. 



The body is brownifh black above ; the throat and breafl: are dirty white ; the belly is 

 rufty. 



L. ferrugineus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 76. n. 33 — Ferruginous-bellied Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 163. n. 8. 

 fup. 51. 



Inhabits at the Cape of Good Hope, — Is nine inches long ; the bill is leaden coloured ; the rump 

 and tail are dulky brown ; the legs and feet are black. 



3 01 ^^. Tabuan Shrike.— 31. Lanius tab uenjis. 35. 



The body is olive brown above; the throat and breafl are afh coloured; the belly is. 

 yellowifh brown ; the wing quills are black; the tail, legs, and feet, are brown. 

 L. tabueniis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 76. n. 34. — Tabuan Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 164. n. 9. 



Inhabits Tongataboo, one of the Friendly ifles in the South Sea. — Is near nine inches long ; the 

 bill is brown; the crown is greenifh brown; the fides of the head are olive brown ; the external mar- 

 gins of the wings are black ; the fecondary wing quills are biackifh brown, edged with dirty white. 



302 34 Pacific Shrike. — 32. Lanius pacificus. 36. 



Is black ; the head and neck having a green tinge, the belly, wings, and tail, being 



more dufky. 



L, pacificus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 75. n. 28. — Pacific Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 164. n. 10. 



/ 

 Inhabits the South Sea iflands. — Is eleven inches long ; the bill, which meafures three quarters of 



an inch, is dufky ; the feathers of the head and neck are very narrow ; the tail is three inches long ; 



the toes are completely divided to their origins, and the middle toe is remarkably long. 



303 25- Northern Shiike. — t,^. Lanius feptentrionalis. 37. 



Is brown above, the chin, throat, and belly, being afh coloured ; the belly and ventlet 

 are brownifh; the bill is black; the legs and feet are lead coloured. 

 L, feptentrionalis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 76. n. 30. — Northern Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 165. n. 11. 



Inhabits North America. — Is about eight irches long; the noftrils are fmall and rounded ; the 

 bafe of the upper mandible is garnifhed with five or fix black briftles on each fide ; the four middle 

 tail quills are univerfally brown ; the reft are tipt with white on their inner webs ; all of them are 

 two inches long ; the legs are fhort, with itrong brown claws. 



304 3C. Black-capped Shiike. — Lanius pile at us. 



The head is crefled ; the general colour is afh, the head, throat, and bread, being 

 black ; the wing coverts are barred with white, and the tail is tipt with white. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 76. n. 31. Syn. fup. 54. 



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