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NENGETA SHRIKE. 



Lanius Nengeta. L./mco-griseus, suhtus albidus, fascia oculari 

 alis caudaque cuneata suhnigris, rectricibvs apice albis. 



Brown-grey Shrike, whitish beneath, with the eye-stripe, 

 wings, and cuneated tail blackish, the latter tipped with 

 white. 



Lanius Nengeta. L. cauda cmeiformi apice alba^ corpore cinereo 



subtus albo, Lin. Si/st. Nat. 

 Guiraru Nheengeta. Marcgr. Bras, 

 Grey Pie of Bras il. Edwards pL 318, 



Greatly allied to the Grey Shrike, from which 

 it differs in being of a much darker or browner 

 grey above, in having blue irides, and three or 

 four of the outer feathers of the tail tipped with 

 white. The specimen figured by Edwards was 

 brought from Brasil, but it is said to occur also in 

 the northern parts both of Europe and America, 

 and to be not uncommon in Siberia. 



JIUFOUS SHRIKE, 



Lanius rufus. L, ferrvgineus, subtus albidus, capite coUoque 



nigrO'Ccerukscenfibus, 

 Ferruginous Shrike^ whitish beneath, with blue-black head 



and neck. 



Lanius rufus, L. rufus, subtus albidus, capite nigro-virescente, 



Lin. Si/st. Nat, Rufous Shrike Lath. syn. 

 Schet-b6. Buff. ois. Pie-Griesche rousse de Madagascar, 



P/. Enl, 298./. 2. 



Length about eight inches : head and neck 

 glossy blue-black: upper parts and tail rufous or 



