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over the thighs ; base and end of the quills white ; the four middle 

 tail feathers black; the others as in the Cinereous species. The 

 female is ash-colour above, but paler, beneath more inclined to ash, 

 barred with darker, arising from the ends of each feather being of that 

 colour, and the band under the eye less distinct. 



Inhabits Italy, Dalmatia, the south of France, and the coasts of 

 the Mediterranean, in Spain; has also been received from Egypt. 

 31. Temminck considers it as distinct. 



3 —GREY-BACKED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black, with a conspicuous notch at 

 at the tip ; forehead black, passing in a broad streak through the 

 eye, and below it on each side, for half an inch, and rounded at the 

 end ; this is bounded above with a white line, and beneath with a 

 white patch ; top of the head, neck, and greater part of the wings 

 fine blue-grey ; lesser wing coverts the same, ending in pale rufous ; 

 the rest of the wing black ; lower part of the back pale rufous ; under 

 parts white, with a tinge of rufous on the sides ; tail cuneiform, the 

 two middle feathers four inches long, and wholly black ; the rest 

 white; the wings reach only to the base; legs black. 



Inhabits India — From the drawings of Gen. Hardwicke. Two of 

 these were in one drawing, as male and female, but scarcely differed, 

 except in the colours being rather more defined in one than the other. 

 The names given to them were Joogeea Latoora, or Kyra-teynta. 

 As to general appearance, this bird approaches to the Red-backed, 



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