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with brown legs. This species inhabits woody 

 regions, building its nest, with great art, in trees^ 

 and lining it with the down of plants. 



PACIFIC SHRIKE. 



Lanius Pacificus. L. niger, capite coUoque mrescentibus, dbdomine 

 remigibus caudaque nigricantibus. Lath. ind. orn. > 



Black Shrike, with head and neck glossed with greerij the 

 quill-feathers and tail dusky. 



Pacific Shrike. Lath. syn. ^ 



Somewhat larger than a common Sparrow : 

 feathers of the head and neck very narrow: bill 

 dusky, and slightly curved: legs black: tail three 

 inches long, and even at the end. Native of some 

 of the Southern Pacific Islands. 



I NORTHERN SHRIKE. 



Lanius septentrionalis. L. fuscus, gula et pectore cinereis, rec- 

 tricibus tribus exterior ibus extus apice albis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Brown Shrike, with cinereous throat and breast^ and the three 

 exterior tail-feathers white at the outside tips. 



Northern Shrike. Lath. syn. 



Length near eight inches: bill black; legs short 

 and lead-coloured. Native of North America. 



