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MOTTLED SHRIKE. 



Lahius punctatus. L, cinereus abdomine albido, alis caudaque 

 7iigriSy iectricibus apice nigris, cauda utrinque alba maculata. 



Cinereous Shrike, with whitish abdomen, black wings with the 

 coverts tipped with white, and the exterior tail-feathers 

 spotted with white. 



Le Tachet. LevuilL ois. 



Size and shape of the Rubiginous Shrike : 

 feathers of the head lanceolate, giving it the ap- 

 pearance of being very slightly crested : bill and 

 legs black. Native of Cayenne. 



CAPE SHRIKE. 



Lanlus Capcfisis. X. albo nigroque mrius, lateribus corporis 

 ferrvgineis. 



Black and white Shrike, with the sides of the body ferruginous, 



Le Brubru. Levaill, ois. 



Cape Shrike. Lath. syn. svppl, 2. 



Size of a Redstart: bill black; legs brown: in 

 the young birds the v^hole up]>er parts are tinged 

 with ferruginous, and in the female the v^hite has 

 a cast of ash-brown. Native of the interior of 

 Africa, and about the Cape, building in the forks 

 of Mimosas, &c. and laying five white eggs spotted 

 witli brown. 



