BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. S 5S 



L. ruber. Lath. ind. orn. i. 78. n. 41. — Red Lanius, or Red Butcher-bird. Bancroft, guian. 

 154. — Red Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 192. n. 48. 



Inhabits Surinam. 



3 l S 47. American Shrike. — 44. Lanius americanus. 48. 



Is black above, and afh coloured beneath; the crown is black; the throat, cheeks, and 

 ventlet, are white. 

 Black-crowned Shrike. Ardl. zool. ii. 238. n. 128. 



Inhabits North America. — This fpecies is lefs than the Great Shrike, and is much akin to the Loui- 

 fiana Shrike ; it is confidered as the fame with that fpecies by Mr Pennant ; Mr Latham makes two 

 diftindt fpecies, yet confufes the fynonimes, quoting the defcriptions of this fpecies by Dr Gmelin and 

 Mr Pennant, along with Dr Gmelin's Louifiana fpecies to what he names the Louifiana Shrike, and 

 referring, with Mr Pennant, the Louifiana fpecies of the PI. enlum. to this ; I have preferred, how- 

 ever, the authority of Dr Gmelin, efpecially as Mr Latham and Mr Pennant do not agree together, 

 and the latter naturalift feems not quite determined in his opinion. — T. 



The tail is long, its middle feathers are entirely black, but the reft are white at the tips, the white 

 increafing gradually on each quill, as it recedes from the middle, till the outermoft is nearly altoge- 

 ther white ; the primary wing quills have each a fmall white fpot, and the ridge of each wing is 

 marked with a white fpot. 



^16 48. Letter Shrike. — 45. Lanius minor. 49. 



Of an afh colour, with rofe coloured bread and belly. 



L. italicus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 71. n. 13. — L. minor. Gerin. orn. i. 72. t. 54. — Pie-griefche 

 d'ltalie. Buff. oif. i. 298. PL enl. n. 32 — Leffer grey Shrike. Lath. fyn. fup. 54. Aril. zool. ii. 

 241. A. 



Inhabits Europe, particularly Italy, Spain, and Ruffia. — This fpecies is allied to the Grey Shrike, 

 formerly defcribed: The fore-head is black, and a black line, from the root of the bill, paffes through 

 the orbits on each fide to the back of the neck ; the throat is white ; the head, fcrag, and fides of 

 the neck, the back, and wing coverts are afh coloured, the rump being paler; the ridges of the wings 

 are white ; the primary wing quills are black, with a white fpot on each near the bafe ; the fecon- 

 daries are black, with white tips ; the tail is wedge-fhaped, its quills are black with white tips, and 

 white outer edges. Mr Latham thinks this fpecies is very nearly akin to the Red Butcher Shrike. 



317 49. Nootka Shrike. — 46. Lanius Nootka, 50. 



Of a black colour above, and white beneath ; the crown is black, and a white collar 

 furrounds the neck. 



L. Nootka. Lath. ind. orn. i. 80. n. 48. — Natka Shrike. Lath. fyn. fup. 55. Arc!:, zool. ii. 239. 

 n. 130. 



Inhabits Nootka Sound, on the north-weft coaft of America. — Is feven inches and a quarter in 

 length i the bill, legs, and feet are black ; a white line, with a blackjine dire&ly below it, extends 



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