BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Shrike. 557 



L. doliatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 80. n. 50. — L. cayanenfis ftriatus. BriiT. av. ii. 187. n. 21. t. 29. 



f. 3 Pie-griefche rayee de Cayenne. PI. enl. n. 297. f. 2.— Black-and-white Butcher-bird. Edw. 



av. v. 35. t. 226. — Pied Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 190. n. 44. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is fix inches and a half long ; the bill is dufky ; the legs, feet, and claws are 

 brown ; the pied appearance is produced by each feather being barred with black and white ; the 

 feathers on the top of the head are longifh, of a white colour, tipt with black, and are capable of be- 

 ing erected into a kind of creft ; the tail and wings are black, with tranfverfe oblong white fpots. 



323 55. Jocofe Shrike. — 51. Lanlus jocofus. 24. 



The tail is rounded ; the body is grey ; the lower eyelid is purple; the ventlet is blood, 

 red. Amoen. ace. iv. 238. 

 L. jocofus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 73. n. 22. — Merula finenfis criftata minor. Brill", av. ii. 255. t. 21. 



f. 2 Petit Merle huppe des Indes. Sonner. voy. ii. 189. t. 109. — Petit Merle huppe de la Chine. 



Buff. oif. iii. 318. PI. enl. 508. — Jocofe Shrike. Dixon, voy. f. p. 360. Lath. fyn. i. 175. n. 26. 



Inhabits China and India. — Is about the fize of a Lark, meafuring feven inches and a half long ; 

 the crown is black ; the temples, chin, and throat are white ; the belly whitilh ; the tail is brown, 

 its four outermoft quills having white tips ; the legs, feet, and claws are black ; the bill is ftraiohter 

 than in other fpecies of the genus, but is notched on each fide near the point. Mr Latham adds, 

 that it is named Koo-kai-koon by the Chinefe, and Boidboul by the inhabitants of Bengal ; he likewife 

 gives as a variety of this fpecies the Chinefe Nuthatch, of his own Synopfis and of an after genus in 

 the Syftema Naturae, where, on the authority of Dr Gmelin, it is allowed to remain in this edition ; 

 the name Boulboul is already applied to a different fpecies. 



324 56. Rock Shrike. — 52. Lanius infaujlus. 25. 



The back is afh coloured ; the tail is red and rounded, its two middle quills being afh 

 coloured, with a black crofs bar. 



Corvus infauftus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 159. n. 22. Faun. fuec. n. 93. Brun. Orn. 10. — Corvus ruf- 

 ficus, f. Raben-art. S. G. Gmel. it. i. 50. t. 11. — Merula faxatilis. Gefn. av. 732. Raj. av. 68. 

 n. 3. BrifT. av. ii. 238. — Merle de roche. Buff. oif. iii. 351. t. 23. PI. enl. n. 562. — Codiroffo 

 maggiore. Olin. uc. t. 47. — Greater Red-ftart. Albin, av. iii. 51. t. 55. Will. orn. angl. 197. 

 t. 36. — Rock Shrike. Lath. fyn. i. 176. n. 27. — Rock Crow. Penn. Ardt. zool. ii. 252. F. — Paiffe 

 folitaire. Belon, oif. 322.— Stein-Rotela. Gefn. av. 732. — Lapplkata, Olyckfugel, Gertrudsfogel, 

 Ulyksfuegl. Faun. fuec. 93. 



This variety meafures near eight inches long; the bill is blackifh, about an inch long, and notched 

 at both fides ; the wings, legs, and feet are blackifh ; the tail, which is three inches long, has its two 

 middle quills brown, and the reft red ; the head and neck are dufky afh, with fmall red and brown 

 fpots ; the upper part of the back is dufky brown, its hind part afh coloured ; the breaft and belly 

 are orange, with fmall white and brown fpots ; the rays of the feathers are foft. 



325 (8. LeiTer Rock Shrike. — 52. /3. L. infaujlus minor. 



The back is blackifh, mixed with red and bluifh afh, its hind part being white ; the 



head and neck are bluifh afh. Is a good deal fmaller. 

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