31G WOOD-CHAT SHRIKE. 



These birds, says Mr. Pennant, build their nest in 

 low bushes, and lay six eggs of a white colour, 

 but encircled at the larger end with a ring of 

 brownish red. 



This bird is not only pretty generally diffused 

 throughout Europe, but, from the observations of 

 Monsr. Levaillant, appears to be equally common 

 in Africa. It preys, in the manner of most others 

 of the genus, but chiefly on the younger small 

 birds and on insects. 



WOOD-CHAT SHRIKE. 



Lanius ruficoUis. L. albo nigroque mriuSt fronte fasciaqm 

 oculari nigris, occipite colloque supra ferrugineis. 



Black and white Shrike, with the front and eye-stripe black, 

 the back of the head and upper part of the neck ferruginous. 



Wood-Chat Shrike. Lath. si/n. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



La Pie-griesche rousse. Bt is. orn» Buff. ois. PL Enl, g.f. 2. 

 ^31./. 1. 



La Pie-griesche rousse. LevailL ois. 



The Wood- Chat is a species not very un- 

 common in some parts of Europe, but seems to 

 be extremely rare in our own island, insomuch 

 that it hardly appears to have been seen in a 

 living or recent state by tlie generality of British 

 ornithologists. In size it is equal to the preced- 

 ing species, from which it is distinguished by a 

 diflerent distribution of colours. By some orni- 

 thologists it has been considered as no other than 

 a variety of the former, but the observations of 

 Monsr. Sonnini, together with those of Monsr, Ee- 



