36 SHRIKE. 



and vent white ; the four middle tail feathers black, and equal in 

 length, the rest unequal, the outer one being very short; these are 

 partly white, partly black; the wings reach scarcely beyond the base. 

 Said to come from India, and to feed on insects, sticking them 

 occasionally on a thorn, in the manner of our European species; 

 supposed to be a male bird. 



33.— DUSKY SHRIKE. 



Lanius obscuvus, Ind. Orn. i. 81. Gm. Lin. i. 308. Shaw's Zool. vii. 325. Zool. Misc. 



t.21. 

 Dusky Shrike, Gen. Syn.i. 191. 



SIZE of the Hedge-Sparrow. Bill horn-colour; body above 

 dusky black ; beneath white ; over the eye a white streak ; quills and 

 tail darker than the rest; legs brown. 



Description taken from a specimen in the British Museum. 



34 —SUPERCILIOUS SHRIKE. 



Lanius superciliosus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xx. Shaw's Zool. vii. 326. 

 Le Rousseau, Levail. Ois. ii. p. 60. pi. 66. f. 2. 

 Supercilious Shrike, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 77. 



NEARLY the size of the Woodchat, and at first sight might be 

 taken for the female of that species. Bill and legs dusky ; top of 



