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GREAT SHRIKE. 



Class II. 



Sect. II. PIES. 

 GENUS III. SHRIKE. 



Bill strong, strait at the base, and hooked at 

 the end with a sharp process or tooth on 

 each side near the point of the upper man- 

 dible. 



Tongue jagged. 



1. Great Lanius Excubitor. L. cauda 

 cuneiformi, lateribus alba, 

 dorso cano, alis nigris, ma- 

 cula alba. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 67. id. Syn. i. 160. 



La grande Pie-griesche. Belon 

 av. 126. 



Lanius cinereus. Gesner av. 



579- 



Skrike, nyn murder Turneri. 



Lanius cinereus, Collurio ma- 

 jor. Aldr. av. i. IQQ. 



Castrica, Ragastola. Olina,4\. 



Greater Butcber Bird, or Mat- 

 tagess ; in the North of Eng- 

 land, Wierangle. Wil. orn. 

 87- 



Bail Syn. av. 18. 



Speralster, Grigelalster, Neun- 

 todter. Kram. 364. 



Butcher Bird, Murdering Bird 



or Skreek. Mer. Pinax, 



170. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 36. 

 Night Jar. Mort. Northampt. 



424. 

 La Pie-griesche grise. Brisson 



av. ii. 141. Hist, d'ois. 1. 



296. PL Enl. 32. f. 1. 



445. 

 Lanius excubitor. Gm. Lin. 



300. 

 Warfogel. Faun. Suec. 80. 

 Danish Torn-Skade. Norvegis 



Klavert. Br. 21,22. 

 Velch Skrakoper. Scopoli, 



No. 18. 

 Berg Aelster (Mountain Mag- 

 pie) or grosser Neuntocd- 



ter. Frisch, i. 5Q. 

 Br. Zool. 73. plate C. Arct. 



Zool. i. 278. 



Size. XHIS bird weighs three ounces: its length is 

 ten inches; its breadth fourteen. The bill is 



