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Order III.— INSECTIVOILE. 



Family LANIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Lanius. ( Linnaeus. J 



Generic 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, Temminck; Man. i., 143. 



BoNAPAETE. ScHLEGEL. 



Schinz. Degland. 



Keyseeling et Blasius. 

 Pie grieche meridionale, Of the Feench. 



Siidlicher Wiirger, Of the Geemans. 



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 pai'ts in the adult. Length ten inches. 



