92 SHRIKE. 



mention the yellow on the head, but in specimens received, both from 

 Jamaica and Cayenne, I observe that circumstance, and therefore 

 suppose it to be the same species. 



B. — Lanius Carolinensis, Gm. Lin.'x: 302. Vieill. Am.'u p. 73. pi. 44. 

 Le Tyran de la Caroline, Buf. iv. 577. 

 Gobe-mouche de la Caroline, PL enl. 676. 



Tyrant of Carolina, Gen. Syn. i. 186. 37. B. Catesb. Car. i. p. 55. Aret. Zool. ii. No. 

 263. 



This seems to have the colours both above and beneath more 

 defined, and differs chiefly from the tail feathers being tipped with 

 white; the bill, too, seems less in proportion. 



In the female, the crimson streak on the crown is less con- 

 spicuous. In the Carolina Tyrant Shrike, from Mr. Abbot, all the 

 tail feathers have white ends, and the outer web of the exterior white. 

 Male and female, according to Mr, Abbot, are much alike. 



C— Tyran de la Louisiane, Buf. it. 579. 

 Louisiane Tyrant, Gen. Syn. i. 186. 37. C. 



In this the upper parts of the body are lead-colour; greater 

 coverts and quills margined with white ; tail the same, the outer web 

 of the outer feather white, the others tipped with the same ; all the 

 under parts white ; legs lead-colour ; on the crown a crimson spot. 



I have little doubt of the four last being varieties of each other, 

 or in different periods of growth ; they inhabit various parts of 

 America, as far north as Lake George, and Champlain, to the 

 extreme southern places on the Continent, and likewise several of the 

 West India Islands ; those of Carolina, according to Catesby, 

 frequent the red cedars, rarely in woods, but often in hedge rows 

 and fences of fields, and, for the most part, within two hundred yards 



