74 SHRIKE. 



89.— WEEBONG SHRIKE. 



Lanius flavigaster, In d. Oriu Sup. p. xix. Shaw's Zool. vii. 312. 

 Yellow-bellied Shrike, Gen, Spi. Sujt- ii. p. 75. 



SIZE of the Cinereous Shrike. Bill rather strong, and black; 

 head crested, and the whole of it below the eyes very full of feathers, 

 and black ; upper parts of the body and tail rusty brown, with some 

 reflections of green on the latter ; chin white ; breast and belly 

 yellow ; quills dusky ; tail somewhat cuneiform ; legs black. 



In the female the head is ash-colour, streaked with dusky ; and 

 the belly very pale rufous; crest ash-colour; chin white, with a black 

 crescent beneath it. 



Inhabits New-Holland, where it is called "Weebong, but not 



common ; is a bold and fierce species, driving all the smaller birds 



from its haunts. 



A. — In a smaller variety, only seven inches long, the bill and legs 



are black ; the yellow surrounds the neck under the black at the 



nape, with a bar of black on the throat, above the breast ; the upper 



parts are olive-green, the under golden yellow ; quills dusky, the first 



only half the length of the next ; tail even at the end, dusky, the 



end pale ash-colour ; the wings reach to about half the length of it; 



this and the Brimstone species seem to bear great affinity to each other. 



90— BLACK-FACED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill stout, bluish horn-colour ; 

 plumage above ash-colour, beneath, to the breast, the same ; belly, 

 sides, and vent ferruginous; face, as far as the eyes, black; tail even 

 at the end, and the wings reach to about three-fourths of its length ; 

 legs slender, black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



