18 SHRIKE. 



sides and rump pale rufous ; tail brownish rufous, crossed with eight 

 or nine faint obsolete dusky bars; legs brown. 



Inhabits India, by the name of Myla-teynta ; found at Cawnpore 

 in January — Gen. Hardwicke. This is no doubt referred to by Pallas, 

 having met with it on his travels in the Russian dominions, in 

 spring, but the place is not mentioned. 



10 —SHORT-TAILED SHRIKE. 



Lanius braehyurus, Ind. Om. i. 76. Gm. Lin.\. 309. Pall. It. iii. 693. Shaw's Zoo/. 



vii. 310. 

 Short-tailed Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 166. 



SIZE of the Cinereous Shrike. Top of the head ferruginous 

 o-rey ; eyebrows whitish ; from the bill, through the eye, a streak of 

 black; plumage above the body cinereous grey, with a tinge of 

 ferruginous; under parts yellowish white; throat and vent plain 

 white ; wings blackish ; coverts margined with grey at the tips ; tail 

 shorter than the body, rounded at the end, colour grey brown ; all 

 but the two middle feathers white at the ends. 



Inhabits Hungary, but is not a common bird. 



