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LEVERIAN SHRIKE. 



ferruginous; under parts white with a cast of ash' 

 coloiir: bill black; legs led-coloured. Native of 

 Madagascar: female said to be of less decided 

 colours, and with the throat grej. 



LEVERIAN SHRIKE. 



inius Leverianus. L. cauda cuneiformi, corpore alho nigroqm 

 ' D&riOj rectricibus omnibus apice albis. Lanius picatus. Lath, 

 ind, orn. 



Shrike with cuneiform tail, body varied with black and white, 



the tips of all the tail-feathers white. 

 Lanius Leverianus. Leverian Shrike. Museum Lev^riaimni 



No. 5. p. 241. 

 Magpie Shrike. Lath. syn. 

 La pie Piegriesche. Levaill. ois, pi, 60. 



A BEAUTIFUL Specimen of this bird was pr^SW^d 

 in the Leverian Museum, and is elegantly figured 

 in the 5th Number of the work entitled Museum 

 Leverian um, Mr. Latham seems to have been 

 its first describer, and has well observed that it 

 has, at first sight^^ the appearance of a Magpie in 

 miniature. He also observes that it cannot with 

 propriety be referred to the genus Corvus, since it 

 wants the reversed bristles at the base of the bill, 

 which form a conspicuous part of the character in 

 that genus. Its size is that of a Song Thrush, and 

 its length ten inches : the bill is three quarters of 

 an inch long, and is strong, black, with a very 

 slight notch near the tip ; the head, neck, and 

 middle of the breast are glossy black : the back, 

 shoulders, smaller wing-coverts, belly, sides, thighs. 



