72 SHRIKE. 



inches in length ; legs black, on the shins three oblique segments ; 

 toes divided to the bottom, the middle and hind ones very long. 



Inhabits one, or more of the Islands of the South Sea. Place 

 uncertain. 



86 —FRONTAL SHRIKE— Pl. XX. 



Lanius frontatus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p.xviii. Shaw's Zool.v'u. 312. 

 Pie-griesche, Tern. Man. Ed.'u. Anal. p. lix. 

 Frontal Shrike, Gen. Si/n. Sup. ii. p. 75. pl.122. 



THE bill in this bird is very large, and strong, with a sharp 

 process in the middle of both mandibles, colour nearly black ; the 

 head and neck are black, the first crested ; from the eye to the back 

 of the head a white streak; and from the nostrils, continuing on 

 the sides of the jaw, another, ending on the side of the neck ; body 

 fine olive-green above, beneath fine yellow; quills brown ; tail the 

 same, the feathers more or less tipped with white; legs brown. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



A. — In this variety the upper white streak goes on to the nostrils, 

 but the under only to the lower jaw ; the yellow beneath the body 

 very pale ; the whole outer web, and end of the exterior tail feather 

 white, the second tipped with white, the third the same, but only 

 just at the tip, the next blackish ; the two middle ones, and outer 

 webs of the others ash-colour ; quills the same, reaching to the 

 middle of the tail ; bill and legs dusky horn-colour. 



Inhabits New South Wales, seen chiefly at Port Jackson, but 

 generally in the winter, or the cold months ; frequents watery places, 

 and has been observed to feed on the seeds of reeds, in the marshy 

 or wet grounds. — A fine specimen in the collection of Mr. H. 

 Brogden. 



