70 SHRIKE. 



feathers seven inches and a half long, and the exterior three inches j 

 all but the two middle ones paler at the ends, and a slender, narrow, 

 curved brown spot, corresponding with the tip ; legs stout, dusky. 

 Inhabits New-Holland ? 



81— CLOUDED SHRIKE. 



Lanius torquatus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xviii. Shaw's Zool. vii. 329. 

 Clouded Shrike, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 73. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill large and bluish; lore ferruginous; head, 

 neck behind, and sides beneath the eye, brown ; back and wings the 

 same ; under parts of the body much like the upper, but clouded 

 with white; taillongish; legs dusky. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



82.— SOLITARY SHRIKE. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill one inch and a half, pale lead- 

 colour, stout, much curved at the point; irides brown ; between the 

 bill and eye a ferruginous patch ; all the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, deep brown ; beneath dusky white, curving round 

 the neck, as a collar, but not meeting behind ; beneath, close to the 

 eye, a dusky bluish crescent, half surrounding it ; legs deep brown, 

 or black. 



Inhabits New-Holland ; is a rare and solitary bird, and its haunts 

 and manners but little known ; except that it feeds on worms and 

 insects ; of the latter is often observed to seize and destroy strong 

 and crustaceous ones, for which purpose, the bill appears to be well 

 adapted. It seems to bear some affinity to the Clouded Shrike. — 

 From the drawings of Mr. Francillon. 



