PLUMED SHRIKE, 



Lanius plumatus. L. cristatus nivevSf palpebris crenulatisjlavis^ 

 dorso alisque nigris, fascia utrinque loiigitudinali alba. 



Crested snow-white Shrike, with yellow crenulated eyelids, 

 and black back and wings with a longitudinal white stripe 

 on each side. 



Le GeofFroy. Levaill. ois. 



This elegant species is a native of Senegal, and 

 measures about eight inches in length : its colour 

 is snow-white, the back, wings, and tail black, but 

 the wings marked by a longitudinal white stripe, 

 formed by a part of the larger coverts and sides of 

 the scapular-feathers : the outside tail-feathers are 

 also white; the bill black, and the legs reddish; 

 the crest is composed of lengthened downy plumes, 

 the shortest of which cover the base of the bill apd 

 front in a reversed direction. Monsr. Levaillant 

 seems unwilling to allow this bird to be a genuine 

 Lanius, though strongly allied to that genus. Jts 

 planners are uq.known. 



