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274 GREAT SHRIKE. Class II. 



of a dull olive green, spotted at the thickest end 

 with black. 

 Descrip- The crown of the head, the back, and the co- 

 verts which lie immediately on the joints of the 

 wings are ash-colored ; the rest of the coverts 

 black : the quil feathers are black, marked in 

 their middle with a broad white bar ; and ex- 

 cept the four first feathers, and the same num- 

 ber of those next the body, are tipt with white. 

 The tail consists of twelve feathers of unequal 

 lengths, the middle being the longest ; the two 

 middlemost are black, the next on each side tipt 

 with white, and in the rest the white gradually 

 increases to the outmost, where that color has 

 either entire possession, or there remains only a 

 spot of black. The cheeks are white, but crossed 

 from the bill to the hind part of the head with 

 a broad black stroke : the throat, breast and 

 belly are of a dirty white : the legs are black. 

 The female is of the same color with the male, 

 the breast and belly excepted, which are marked 

 transversely with numerous semicircular brown 

 lines. 



" It is found in North America, from Hud- 

 sons Bay to Georgia, where it is known by the 

 name of Big-headed Mocking bird. From vari- 

 ous drawings it appears to inhabit India." J. L. 



