556 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 



over each eye to the nape of the neck ; the lefTer wing coverts are black, and the larger coverts 

 white, dafhed with black down the fhafts; the primary wing quills are dufky, fringed, or edged, with 

 yellowilh brown ; the fecondaries are black, edged and tipt with white ; the tail is black, and fome- 

 what rounded, its four outermoft quill feathers being tipt with white ; the rump is afh coloured, its 

 feathers being edged with grey. 



318 50. Boulboul Shrike. — Lanius Boulboul. 



Of a black colour, the breaft and belly having a cinereous tinge; the wings are brown, 

 each having two white bands. Lath. ind. orn. i. 80. n. 49. Syn. fup. 57. 



Inhabits India— Is about the fize of the Fieldfare ; the bill, legs, and feet are yellow. 



319 51. Black-headed Shrike. — 47. Lanius melanocephalos. 51. 



The bill, head, and throat, are black; the body is olive coloured above and paler be- 

 neath ; the tail is marked with a broad black band, and is yellow at the tip. 



L. melanocephalus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 76. n. 29. — Black-headed Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 165. n. 12- 

 t.6. 



Inhabits the Sandwich iflands. — Is about fix inches in length ; the legs and feet are dufky. 



320 52. Short- tailed Shrike. — 48. Lanius brachyurus. 52. 



The top of the head is rufty grey, with white eyebrows, and a black band acrofs the 

 orbits; the body is grey afli above, and yellowilh white beneath; the tail is rounded. 

 Pall. it. iii. 693. n. 5. 



L. brachyurus. Lath. ind. orn. 76. n. 32. — Short-tailed Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 166. n. 13. 



Inhabits Hungary, and is more rarely found in Dauria. — This fpecies is about the fize of the But- 

 cher Shrike ; the rump is fomewhat rufty ; the throat and ventlet are almoft white ; the wings are 

 blackifh, the feathers of the coverts having grey tips; the. tail has ten fhort quills of a greyifh brown, 

 and, except the middle quills, they are tipt with white. 



321 S3' Red- tailed Shrike. — 49. Lanius phoenicurus. 53. 



The tail is long and rounded, and, with the rump, is very bright red ; the orbits are 

 croffed by a black band;; the body is reddiih grey above, and yellowilh white beneath.. 

 Pall. it. iii. 693. n. 6. 

 L. phoenicurus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 71. n. 14. — Rufous-tailed Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 166. n. 14.. 



fnhabits rocky places on the river Onon in Siberia. — This fpecies refembles the Butcher Shrike in 

 fize and general appearance. 



322 54- P' e< J Shrike. — 50. Lanius doliatus. 16. 



Is thickly variegated with black and white, in fhort interrupted bars; the tail is rounded. 

 Muf. ad. frid. ii. 1.2. 



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