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SHRIKE. 



43— GREEN SHRIKE. 



Lanius viridis, Ind. Orn. i. 75. Gm. Lin. i. 306. Shaw's Zool. vii. 321. 



madagascariensis minor viridis, Bris. ii. 195. 1. 15. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 212. 



Pie-griesche de Madag. Tcha chert, Buf. i. 310. PL enl. 32. 2. 

 Langrayen, Tent. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lx. 

 Green Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 179. 



LENGTH about six inches. Head, and all above dull green, 

 most so on the head ; beneath white ; outside of the thighs as the 

 back ; inside black and white ; quills blackish ; the outer edges and 

 tips dull green ; legs black. 



Inhabits Madagascar, and there called Tcha chert ; the wings in 

 this species are longer in proportion than in others, reaching nea 

 to the end of the tail. 



44.— MADAGASCAR SHRIKE. 



Lanius madagascariensis, Ind. Orn. i. 79. Lin. i. 137. Gm. Lin. i. 305. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 332. Bris. ii. 1G4. 1. 16. f. 1. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 203. 

 Le Cali-calic, and Le Bruia, Buf. i. 315. 

 Madagascar Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 174. 



SIZE of a Hedge-Sparrow ; length under five inches. Bill 

 black, base bristly; plumage above cinereous; rump and tail rufous; 

 between the bill and eye a black spot ; over the eye a white line ; 

 cheeks white ; throat, and neck before black ; beneath the body 

 rufous white ; lesser wing coverts rufous, greater grey brown ; quills 

 brown, with grey brown margins; the two middle tail feathers 

 rufous at the base, the rest grey brown, the four next rufous, tipped 



