66 SHRIKE. 



pale testaceous ; quills black, the prime ones white at the base, the 

 secondaries white at the tips. 



Inhabits China, where it is called Schach. 



72 —BLUE-GREEN SHRIKE. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill stout, curved, black, with a double 

 notch in the upper mandible ; plumage wholly blue, glossed with 

 green, but not brilliant ; tail two inches long, even at the end ; the 

 wings reach about half way from the base ; legs black. 



Taken from the drawings of Mr. Dent ; probably from India, 

 but this by no means certain. 



73— YELLOW-BROWED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky black ; crown of 

 the head, and sides greenish ash-colour ; from the nostrils a tine 

 yellow streak passes over the eye, and finishes in a point on each 

 side of the nape ; under the eye a small yellow spot, and behind this, 

 in the direction of the jaw, a larger one of dirty white ; upper parts 

 of the body, wings, and tail olive green ; beneath yellow, more deep 

 on the chin and throat ; quills dusky ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Africa? — In the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



74.-BLACK-HEADED SHRIKE— Pl. XIX. 



Lanius melanocephalus, Ind.Orn.i. 76. Gm. Lin.\. 309. Shaw's Zool. vii. 320. 

 Black-headed Shrike, Gen. Syn.\. 165. pl.6. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black; crown of the head, sides, 

 and throat, shining black; upper part of the body olive, paler 



