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83— NEW-HOLLAND SHRIKE. 



BILL short, bent at the end ; plumage above brown ; beneath 

 pale yellow ash-colour, almost surrounding the neck as a collar; 

 before the eye and about the nostrils very pale; tail four inches long, 

 even at the end ; the three outer feathers marked within at the tips 

 with pale buff; the first quill is half the length, the next reaches to 

 within three-fourths of the third, the rest as usual ; legs brown, the 

 outer toe united to the middle one at the base ; the wings reach to 

 about one-third on the tail. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



84— GLOSSY SHRIKE. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill moderately stout, hooked at the 

 end, black ; nostrils round ; plumage in general glossy black ; tail 

 nearly even at the end ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



85— PACIFIC SHRIKE. 



Lanius pacificus, Ind.Orn.i. 75. Gm. Lin.i. 306. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 331. 

 Pacific Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 164. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long 

 slightly curved, emarginated, and dusky ; plumage in general black 

 head and neck glossed with green; the feathers of both narrow; 

 belly, quills, and tail dusky; the last even at the end, and three 



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