84 SHRIKE. 



104 —YELLOW-BELLIED SHRIKE. 



Lanius sulphuratus, Ind. Om.'i. 79, Lin. i. 137. Gm. Lin.'i. 304. Shaw's Zool. vii. 



309. Vieill. Am.'i. p. 77. pi. 47. 

 Lanius Cayanensis luteus, Bris.u. 176. 1. 16. 4. Id. Svo.i. 206. Ger in. t. 58. 1. 

 Le Neinei, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 199. 

 Becarde a ventre jaune, Bvf.\. 312. PI. enl. 296. 

 Gobe-mouche, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxvii. 

 Yellow-bellied Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 188. 



SIZE of the Hedwing ; length eight inches and a quarter. Bill 

 blackish, an inch and a quarter long, bristly at the base ; top of the head 

 black ; forehead white, passing through the eye on each side; under 

 this a black streak, beginning at the under mandible, and continuing 

 beneath the eye, almost to the hindhead ; plumage brown above, 

 and sulphur-coloured beneath ; the base of the feathers of the crown 

 of this last colour, but seen only when the feathers are lifted up ; 

 throat, and fore part of the neck white ; wing coverts brown, edged 

 with rufous ; quills and tail much the same, but the feathers of the 

 last are margined with rufous on both sides; legs grey. 



Inhabits Cayenne. There seems much affinity between this and 

 the last bird, but the very great disparity of the bills must prevent 

 their being united into one species, although they may coincide in 

 some of the markings of plumage ; they likewise differ in the make 

 of the body, the former being by much the more robust, and the tail 

 longer in proportion. 



One of the above is in Mr. M'Leay's collection, brought from 

 Berbice, and named Itiki ; M. Vieillot is of opinion, that this bird 

 and the Yellow-bellied Jay form but one species ; we have formerly 

 had similar doubts in respect to this last, and the Brazilian Shrike, 

 as mentioned under the article Yellow-bellied Jay. Our Shrike is 

 called at Cayenne, Tictivie, from its cry ; chiefly found in the 



