PLATE CCIV. 



LANIUS COLLURIO, fern. 

 RED-BACKED BUTCHER BIRD, fern. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftraightifli, with a tooth on each mandible near the end, naked 

 #t the bafe : tongue jagged at the end. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Tail fomewhat cuneated : back grey ; four middle tail feathers 

 uniform : bill lead colour. 



LANIUS Collurio : cauda fubcuneiformi, dorfo grifeo, re&ricibus 



4 intermediis unicoloribus, roftro plumbeo. 



Gmel. Syft. Up. 300. Fn. Sv. N° 81. t. Z.f. 81. 



—Linn. Syft. 1. p. 136. 12.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 



1. 167. 25.-— Ind. Ovn. X.p.Qg. 11. 

 Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Butcher Bird, Flusher. 



Albin. 11. t. \4.—Will. Orn. p. 88. 2. 89- 3. 



Br. Zool. 11. n. 131. 



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