!S98 WHISKERED SIlllIKE, 



crown of the head, which is of a bright golden 

 yellow: the whole under parts, from the bill to 

 the vent, fine bright red : from the corners of the 

 bill runs a black stripe, vmiting with the black 

 colour of the upper parts, and separating the 

 yellow of the head from the red of the throat: bill 

 and legs brown. In some specimens the black has 

 a brownish cast; the under parts are fulvous rather 

 than red, and the crown of the head tawny instead 

 of bright yellow. These are perhaps birds of the 

 first or second yearns plumage, or females. Na- 

 tive of Senegal and other parts of Afi ica. 







WHISKERED SHRIKE. 



Linlus mystaceus. L. n/ger, corpore suhttts caudaque cuneata 

 rubris, fascia pectorali strigaque suhoculari albis. 



Black Shrike, with the body beneath and cuneated tail red, 

 a white bar across the breast, and white streak beneiath th© 

 eyes. 



Lanius mystaceus. L. fitscuSj corpore suhtus caudaque rubris, 

 fascia pectoris strigaque sub oculis albis. Lath. ind. orn. suppL 



La Pie-griesche rouge a plastron blanc. Levaill, ois. pi, 65. 

 Mustachoe Shrike. Lath, suppl. 2. 



A VERY handsome species. Size nearly that of 

 a Blackbird, measuring more than ten inches in 

 length: colour above fine black, with the edges of 

 some of the secondary quili-feathers red : tail and 

 all the under parts bright crimson, with a broad 

 bar of white across the breast : on each side of the 

 gape a short white streak or whisker: the tail 

 measures the length of the remainder of the bird^ 



