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INSECTIVORtE. 



Family LANIDjE. 



Genus Lanius. 



HOODED SHRIKE. 



Lanius tchagra. 



Lanius ichagra, Le Vaillant; Ois. d'Afr., 



2, pi. 70. 



" " SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 



" cucullatus, Temminck, 1840. 



Telophonus erythropterus, Swainson. 



Pie-Grieche a Capuchin, Of the French. 



Tschagra-Wiirger, Of the Geemans. 



Specific Characters. — Above testaceous brown, beneath whitish; 

 wing coverts and quills (externalby) rufous; crown and stripe through 

 the eye black; sides of the head with a broad whitish stripe. 



Total length nine inches ; from the gape one inch ; wings three 

 inches and a half; tail from base four inches and a half; tarsus 

 one inch and one tenth. — Swainson. 



This bird has been introduced into the European 

 Fauna in consequence of its occurrence in Spain, 

 especially". More recently it has been killed in the west 

 of France, according to Degland. Temminck, in the 

 latest additions to his Manual, published in 1840, re- 

 marks that he has received it from Andalusia, as well 

 a6 the south of Spain. But it is rather singular that in 



