96 SHRIKE. 



six bristles ; plumage brown above ; chin and breast cinereous ; belly 

 and vent inclining to brown ; tail two inches long, the four middle 

 feathers plain brown, the webs of the rest white at the tips; legs 

 short, lead-colour. 



A specimen was brought from the northern parts of America. 



120.— NOOTKA SHRIKE. 



Lanius Nootka, Ind. Orn. i. 80. Gm. Lin.'i. 309. Shaw's Zool. rii. 335, Vieill. Am. 



i. 82. 

 Nootka Shrike, Gen. Spi. Sup. p. 55. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill black ; crown, lower 

 part of the neck behind, and back black ; over the eye a white line, 

 quite to the nape ; beneath that one of black ; from this to the chin 

 wjholly white ; a narrow circle of white encircles the neck ; lesser 

 wing coverts black, the greater white, more or less dashed with black 

 down the shafts ; prime quills dusky, edged with yellowish brown ; 

 secondaries black, edged and tipped with white ; tail black, a little 

 rounded, the four outer feathers on each side tipped with white ; 

 ramp cinereous, the feathers edged with grey ; legs black. 



Inhabits Nootka Sound, in North America. 



121— UNIFORM SHRIKE. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill brownish horn-colour; 

 plumage above olive brown, beneath pale olive green ; wings and 

 tail as the upper parts ; legs brown. 



In the collection of Mr. Bullock ; I cannot refer it to any species 

 before described. We have inspected two dried specimens, in both 

 of which a space round the eye seemed bare; but whether owing to 

 accident, or naturally so, cannot be determined. 



