ClafsII. BUTCHER BIRD. 163 



II. The RED BACKT BUTCHER BIRD. 



La petite Pie ©riefche grife. Mart. Nonhampt. 424. 



Belon a'V. \z%. L'Ecorcheur, 5r^s« c'l;. ii 151. 



Lanius tertius. Jldr. aij.i. igg. Pl.enl. 31. f. 2. 



LeiTer Butcher Bird, called in Lanius collurio. Lin./yJI. x-^^G. 



Torkj^m Flalher. lVil.orn,%%. Faun. Suec. 8i. Tab/ii. f. 81. 



fp. 2. The male. 8g. /p. 3. Domgic^ul, Dorr.heher. Kram. 



x\\t female. 363. 



Raii Jyn. a'v. \Z, Bitferola, Ferlotta roiTa, Zinan. 

 Z)fl»7)^Tornlkade. iWi'. Hant- 91. 



vark. Br. 23, Br. Zool. 74. plate C. i. 



TH E male weighs two ounces -, the female two Defer, 

 ounces two drams. The length of the former 

 is {tvexi inches and a half; the breadth eleven inches. 

 The irides are hazel ; the bill refembles that of the 

 preceding fpecies ; the head and lower part of the 

 back are of a fine light grey : acrofs the eyes from 

 the bill runs a broad black firoke ; the upper part of 

 the back and coverts of the wings are of a bright fer- 

 ruginous color; the bread, belly and fides are of an 

 elegant blofTom color *, the two middle feathers of the 

 tail are longed, and entirely black; the lower p:^rt of 

 the others white, and the exterior webs of the out- 

 moft feather on each fide wholly fo. 



In the female the firoke acrofs the eyes is of a red- 

 difh brown •, the head of a dull rufi color mixed with 

 ■grey; the breafi:, belly and fides of a dirty white 

 marked with femicircular dufi^y lines ; the tail is of 

 a deep brown, the outward feather on each fide ex^ 

 cepted, whofe exterior webs are white. 



Thefe 



