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CUBLA SHRIKE. 



Lanius Cubla. L. niger, suhtus uropygioque albis, tecfricihus 

 latere albis. 



Black Shrike, white beneath^ with the wing-coverts white on 



their sides. 

 Le Cubla. Levaill. ois. 



Length six inches: bill and legs black: tail 

 slightly tipped with white. Female rather smaller 

 and of a browner black, with a slight brownish 

 tinge on the white parts. Inhabits the eastern 

 coasts of i\frica, building in thorny shrubs, and 

 feeding principally on insects. 



SPOT-WINGED SHRIKE. 



Lanius signatus. L. niger, subtus albus, dorso albo maculato, 



alls macula media trigona rufo alba. 

 Black Shrike, white beneath, with the back spotted with 



white, and the wings marked by a triangular rufous-white 



patch. 



African Shrike. Lath. syn. suppl. 2, 



Length five inches: bill black; legs brown: 

 forehead white, continuing in a line to the hind- 

 head: under parts white streaked with ferrugin- 

 ous. Native of Africa. 



