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CORVINE SHRIKE. 



Lanms corvinus. L. fusco-ferrvgineus, suhtus pallidus, cauda 

 ionga cuneata, rostrojlavescente, yedibusfuscis. 



Brown-ferruginous Shrike, pale beneath, with long cuneated 

 tail, yellowish bill, and brown legs. 



La Grande Piegrieche. LemilL ois, 



This bird, which Monsr. Levaillant considers as 

 a species of Shrike, might perhaps with equal pro- 

 priety be arranged under the genus Corvus. It is 

 the largest, or at least the longest, of all the 

 Shrikes, measuring nearly twelve inches in length 

 from the tip of the bill to that of the tail, which 

 is strongly cuneated and is of equal length with 

 the remainder of the bird. The colour of this 

 species is ferruginous brown above, paler or whitish 

 beneath: over ea^h eye is a ferruginous streak, 

 and the edges of the quills are of the same colour: 

 the bill is pale yellow, and the legs brown ; the 

 former is notched near the tip, and seems to indi- 

 cate at least an approach to the genus Lanius, 

 while the general appearance of the bird indicates a 

 strong alliance to the long-tailed kind of Corvi. 

 Nothing is known of the history of this species, 

 which Levaillant describes from a preserved speci- 

 men obtained from a dealer at Paris. 



