SOA TYRANT SHRIKE. 



Geai de Siberie^ is by Mr. Latham considered as a 

 variety of the preceding. It is said to measure 

 ten inches, and is of a cinereous brown colour 

 above, with the head tinged with bhie, the crown 

 black, and slightly crested: the breast and under 

 parts ferruginous-orange: quill-feathers ash-colour- 

 ed; tail orange, the two middle feathers excepted, 

 which are ash-coloured: bill like that of a Jay, 

 and dusky: legs ash-coloured. Native of Siberia. 



TYRANT SHRIKE, 



Lanius Tyrannus. L. fusco-dnereus sulfas albidus, veriice nigro 



stria longitudinali fulva. 

 Grey-brown Shrike, whitish beneath, with black crown marked 



by a longitudinal fulvous stripe. 

 J^anius Tyrannus. L. cinereus subtm albus, terticc nigro, stria 



longitudinalifulva. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 Le Titiri, ou Pipiri. Buf. ois. 

 Le Tyran. FL Enl. 53/.— 6/6. 

 Tyrant Shrike. Lath. syn. 

 Tyrant of Carolina. Catesb, Carol. 1. pL 55. 



The general size of this species is that of a 

 Thrush, usually measuring about eight inches in 

 length ; but it is supposed to vary in this respect, 

 as well as in point of colour. It is commonly 

 dark brown on the upper parts, and white beneath; 

 the wing feathers edged with dull white; the top 

 of the head black, with a longitudinal orange 

 stripe, and the tail black, with a white tip. This 

 is the dress in which it is seen in the countries of 

 Parolina and Georgia. In other parts of North 



