170 MASKED SHRIKE. 



both young and old in Greece. Length six inches and 

 one sixth. It has a broad white stripe, which extends 

 across the forehead and over each eye; the scapulars 

 clear white; the whole upper part of the body, head, 

 back, and tail blue black; the wings brown black, with 

 a clear white speck upon the tenth primary; the second- 

 aries and wing coverts whitish at the edges; breast, 

 red yellow; feathers on the abdomen bright rust-coloured. 

 Tail feathers white, with black shafts; first feather an 

 inch shorter; second the same, having its inner side 

 with a narrow border of black; the third black, with 

 a white wedge-shaped spot on the inner side, and a 

 larger one on the outside. 



The young have the whole upper part of the body 

 greyish, with thick black wave-like lines; all the feathers 

 yellowish red at the edges ; the scapularies whitish, with 

 black waves; the spots on the wings like those on the 

 old birds, but smaller, with white edges to the primaries, 

 broader on the hinder ones. Tail brown black, other- 

 wise the same as in old birds; throat white; whole 

 under part of body whitish, with black waves; under 

 wing coverts the same. Beak and feet black. 



Habitat on the thorn bushes along the banks of the 

 Phalerus, near Athens." 



Figured by Temminck, pi. 256, f. 2. 



