SHRIKE. 87 



108— BARRED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill stout, black ; head and 

 neck black, the crown plain, the rest marked with dull white streaks ; 

 from thence to the vent finely barred with black and white; back, 

 wings, and tail fine ferruginous, a little mottled on the rump with 

 dusky; tail cuneiform ; legs brown. 



The female has the crown of the head ferruginous instead of 

 black, in other respects like the male, but the barred parts are less 

 distinct. 



Inhabits South America. — In the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



109— CRESTED SHRIKE. 



Lanius Canadensis, bid. Orn. i. 72. Lin.i. 134. Gm. Lin. i. 298. Bris.ii. 171. 1. 18. 



f.3. Id. Svo.i. 205. Gerin. t. 62. f. 2. Share's Zoo!, vii. 314. 

 Pie-griesche huppee de Canada, Buf. i. 316. PL enl. 479. 2. 

 Crested Shrike, Gen.Syn.\. 182. Arct. Zool. ii. 129. 



SIZE of the Red-backed Shrike; length 6 in. Bill deep brown; 

 at the nostrils and gape some black bristles ; top of the head rufous, 

 and the feathers long enough to form a crest ; sides blackish, marked 

 with dirty white spots ; hind part of the head and back rufous brown ; 

 tln-oat, fore part of the neck, and breast pale rufous, with longitu- 

 dinal brown spots ; belly, sides, thighs, and beneath the tail, pale 

 ash-colour; wing coverts blackish, margined with white; quills and 

 tail the same ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits Canada. 



