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middle as far as the first joint; the inner edge of the claw of the 

 middle one furnished with a small angle, or tooth, near the tip, above 

 which the edge is compressed inwards, and undulated. 



The first described inhabits Madagascar, the latter found in 

 New-Holland, in the collection of Mr. Harrison, of Parliament- 

 Street; I have also seen other specimens. In a drawing in the 

 collection of Mr. Francillon, it is called Karro-bee-rang. 



53 —WHITE-CHEEKED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill and legs black ; top of the head, 

 and all the upper parts of the plumage fine rufous ; forehead, and 

 sides of the head white ; all beneath the body rufous white ; through 

 the eye, from the nostrils, a broad streak of black, inclosing the eye, 

 and curving to a point at the hindhead ; wings black ; tail cuneiform, 

 two inches and a quarter long, brown ; legs black. 



Inhabits India. 



54— VARIED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill one inch long, stout, black, with 

 a notch near the tip, where it is much curved ; at the base of the 

 upper mandible a few hairs; top of the head, and neck behind pale 

 ash-colour, inclining to white on the crown ; forehead black, passing 

 in a streak through the eye, lengthening for three quarters of an inch 

 below on each side, and growing broader; above this, a small, short 

 white streak; upper parts of the body, wings, and tail fine olive 

 green ; some of the wing coverts with a yellowish white spot at the 

 tips, and all the second quills the same at the ends; the greater are 



