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BLACK SHRIKE. 



Lanius niger. L. totvs niger, cauda suhcmeata. 



Entirely black Shrike, with subcuneated tail. 



Lanius niger. L, cauda subcuneiformi, corpore nigricante, remi- 



gibus secundariis extus marginefuscis. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Black Shrike. Lath. syn. 



Native of Jamaica: length seven inches: bill 

 and legs black. 



BACBAKIRI SHRIKE. 



Lanius Bacbakiri. L. oUmceus, subfus Jlamis, fascia ocuJari 

 nigra in pectoralem duct a, cauda nigra apice Jiava. 



Olive Shrike^ yellow beneath, with black eye-stripe continued 

 into a pectoral band, and black tail with yellow tip. 



Turdus Zeylonus. T, viridis, subtus luteus, Unea oculari utrin- 

 que in pectus nigrum ducta. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 . The Green Pye of the Isle of Ceylon. Edw. pi. 321 . 



Le Bacbakiri. Lemill. ois. 



This elegant bird, described and figured long 

 ago by Edwards under the name of the Green 

 Pye of the Isle of Ceylon, is, as we are assured by 

 Monsr. Levaillant, a genuine Shrike, and is a very 

 frequent inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 where it is known by the title of Bacbakiri. Its 

 size is that of a Blackbird. 



The colours of this species, in which both sexes are 

 similar, being sufficiently delivered in the specific 

 character, it is only necessary to observe that when 

 in its first year's plumage it differs in being entirely 



