ORDER 



PtCJE. 



LANIUS. SHRIKE. 



Bostrum rectiusculum, den- 

 ^; te utrinque versus api- 



cem, basi nudum. 

 Lingua lacera. 

 Digitus exterior basi medio 



connexuSi 



Bill straitish, with a tooth 



or small process on each 



side near the tip. 

 Tongue jagged. 

 Outside toe connected to the 



middle one, as far as the 



first joint. 



X H E geniis Lanius or Shrike^ though strongly 

 allied to the genuine Accipitres in the structure of 

 its bill, and its predaceous disposition, is yet, in its 

 general form, and particularly in that of its feet, 

 much more allied to the birds of the Order PiccBy 

 and especially to those which may not improperly 

 be termed Piece Corvince or Corvine Pies, In the 

 present work therefore I have preferred ranging 

 them under this tribe than among the Accipitres,- 

 with which they were associated by Linnaeus in 

 the twelfth edition of the Systema Naturae. 

 V. VII, p. II. 19 



