14 SHRIKE. 



instead of black, as in the latter, and the hind part of the neck fine 

 blue grey, which is bay in the other ; the scapulars bay, but not the 

 wing coverts, nor are the latter fringed with white ; wings wholly 

 black. This bird, though approaching to both the above mentioned, 

 is probably a distinct species; the description taken from General 

 Hardwicke's drawings ; it is called simply Lahtoora, which seems to 

 be a common name for the Shrike tribe. 



7.— WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 



Lanius rutilus, Ind. Orn.'u 70. Shaw's Zool. vii. 310. 



rufus, Bris. ii. 147. Id. 8vo. i. 199. Gm. Lin. i. 301. 12. y. Tern. Man. d'Om. 



p. 62. Id. Ed. ii. p. 147. 

 — — pomeranus, Mns. Carls. Fasc.i. 1. 1. Gm. Lin.'i. 302. 

 minor cinerascens, Raii, 19. A. 6. Will. 54. §. iv. 1. 10. f. 2 ? Klein, p. 54. 



Frisch. 61. M. & F. Bor. Nat.n. 84. 



minor rutilus, Klein, p. 53. Id. Ov. t.5. f. 7. Gerin.i. t. 56. 



Ampelis dorso griseo, &c. Faun. Suec. Ed. i. 180. f. 2. fern. Kramer, 363. 



Dorndreher, Gunth. Nest. U. Ey. t.41 ? 



Kleiner rother Neuntodter, Naturf. 8. s. 69. 39. 



Buferola, Ferlotta bianca, Zinn. Uov. 89. 1. 15. f. 59. 



Pie-griesche rousse, Buf. i. 301. PI. Enl. 9. male, 31. female. Levail.n. 46. pi. 63. 



Bechst. Deutsch.u. 387. 1. 15. 

 Another sort of Butcher-Bird, Will. Engl. p. 89. § iv. 

 Woodchat, Gen. Syn. i. 169. Id. Sup. ii. 70. Br. Zool.i. No. 73. Id. Fol. 74. t. C. 1. 



Id. Ed. 1812. p. 277. Albin.u. \A.\Q. Beicick, i. p. 61. Lewirfs Birds.i. t.32. 



Or;i. Diet. 



SIZE of the last. Bill horn-colour ; hides yellowish ; round the 

 bill whitish ; head, and neck behind bright bay ; over the forehead 

 a black band, through the eye, on each side down the neck ; back 

 and wing coverts dusky ; scapulars white ; upper tail coverts grey ; 



