oP Eh ER DRX EVIE 
LANIUS EXCUBITOR. 
GREAYF 54.R.MKE. 
ACCIPITRES. 
Birds of prey. Bill and claws ftrong, hooked. An angle in each 
margin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Females larger 
and more beautiful than the males. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill hooked at the end. A notch in the upper mandible. Tongue 
jagged. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Crown and back afh colour. Underfide white. A black mark 
paffes through the eye. Wings black with a white ftripe. ‘Tail 
wedge fhaped, black in the middle, white on the fides. 
Lanius ExcusiTor: cauda cuneiformi lateribus alba, dorfo cano, 
alis nigris macula alba. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. I. p. 
Q4. 2. edit. Lo. : 
Sepp. Vog. pl. in. p. 121. 
Faun. Arag. p. 71. 
G 4 | Lanius 
