76 SHRIKE, 



erected as a crest ; on the outer edge of the wing a few mottlings of 

 white, and the edges of some of the feathers are white also; tail 

 cuneiform, the two middle feathers five inches and a half in length, 

 the outer only three inches and a half; the wings reach to about 

 one-third; legs stout, brown ; claws black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — In the collection of Mr. Lambert. 



93.—WHITE-EARED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH seven or eight inches. Bill dusky black, without any 

 notch, and bent at the tip ; irides reddish ; head, and part of the 

 neck black ; the feathers of the crown very long, and forming a sort 

 of tuft or crest; on the sides, behind the eye, a large kidney-shaped 

 patch of white; from the gape a second, of a pale ash-colour, in 

 the direction of the lower jaw ; lower part of the neck behind, and 

 back pale greenish olive ; all beneath the body yellow, or brimstone, 

 passing on each side of the neck beneath the black ; wings and tail 

 pale ash-colour ; legs black. 



One, supposed to differ in sex, had the white behind the eye less 

 in size, and the cinereous patch on the lower jaw wholly wanting; 

 the colours of the plumage also are less bright. 



Inhabits New-Holland, and there called Tattanan. 



94— BLACK-TOPPED SHRIKE. 



Lanius atricapillus, Ind. Orn.i. 73: Gm. Lin.l 303. Merrem. Ic. Fasc. ii. t.x. Shaw's 



Zool.vn. 336. 

 Tyrannus atricapillus, Vieill. Am.\. p. 78. pi. 48? 

 Batara, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lviii. 



SIZE of a Goldfinch ; length about five inches. Crown, nape 

 of the neck, shoulders, and wings black ; wing coverts, and second 



