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OrpvErR ITI.—INSECTIVOR. 
Family LANIDA. ( Bonaparte.) 
Genus Lanius. (Linneus.) 
Generie Characters—Beak medium size, robust, convex, and 
much compressed; superior mandible strongly curved at the 
tip, forming a hook; base destitute of a cere, covered with 
rough hairs directed forwards. Nostrils basal, partly lateral, 
almost round, closed by an arched membrane, and frequently 
nearly concealed by the hairs. ‘Tarsi longer than the middle 
toe; three toes in front and one behind, entirely divided. 
First primary of the wings of moderate length, the second 
slightly shorter than the third and fourth, which are the 
longest. 
GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
Lanius meridionalis. 
Lanius meridionalis, Tremminck; Man. i., 143. 
BonaPaRTE. SCHLEGEL. 
Scuinz. Drcanp. 
KErYSERLING ET Buastvs. 
Pie grieche meridionale, Or tHEe FRENCH. 
Siidlicher Wirger, OF THE GERMANS. 
Specific Characters.—First quill feather shorter than the fifth; 
tail long and much graduated, with the lateral quill feathers 
half black and half white; a white mark above the eye, and a 
roseate tint on the under parts in the adult. Length ten inches. 
