Class II. 



WOOD-CHAT. 



277 



Lanius rutilus. L. supra tricolor, 

 subtus rufescente-albus, scapu- 

 laribus totis, rectricibus a basi 

 ad medium, lateralibus apice 

 albis, fascia oculari nigra. 

 Lath. Ind. om. 70. id. Syn. i. 

 169. Sup. ii. 70. 



Lanius minor primus. Aldr. av. 

 i. 200. 



Another sort of Butcher Bird. 

 Wil. orn. 89. sp. 4. 



The Wood-chat. Rail syn. av. 

 19. sp. 6. 



Lanius Collurio. Gm. Lin. 



301. y. 

 Dorngreul mit rother platten. 



Kram. 363. 

 La Pie griesche rousse. Brisson 



av. ii. 147. Hist, a"ois. 



i. 301. PL Enl. 9. f. 2. 



and 3 1 . 

 Buferola, Felotta biancar. 



Zifian. 89. 

 Kleiner Neuntoedter. Frisch, 



i. 61. 

 Br. Zool. 74 plate C. 2. 



3. Wood- 

 Chat. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



.I.N size it seems equal to the preceding. The 

 bill is horn colored ; the feathers that surround 

 the base are whitish ; above is a black line 

 drawn across the eyes, and then downwards on 

 each side the neck ; the head and hind part of 

 the neck are of a bright bay ; the upper part of 

 the back dusky ; the coverts of the tail grey ; the 

 scapulars white ; the coverts of the wings dusky ; 

 the quil feathers black, marked towards the 

 bottom with a white spot; the throat, breast 

 and belly of a yellowish white. The two mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail appear by the drawing to 

 be entirely black ; the exterior edges and tips of 

 the rest white ; the legs black. 



The female differs; the upper part of the Female 

 head, neck and body are reddish, striated trans- 



