LANIID^. 



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perior versus apicem adun- 



ca, hiferior acuta, apice re- 



curvata. 

 Rictus ciliatus. 

 Alee penna spuria ; remiges 



secundae et tertise longis- 



simae. 



towards the tip ; the lower 

 acute, its tip recurved. 



Gape ciliated. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther ; the second and third 

 quills longest. 



A. Rostro valido, apice forte adunco. 



A. With the beak stout, the tip strongly hooked. 



Sp. 1. La. excubitor. Shaii^, v. vii. ^.282. 37. — Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 



Sp. 2. La. Italicus. Shatv, v. vii. 286. — South of Europe. 

 Sp. 3. La. meridionalis. Temm. M(m. d^Orn. IL Edit.i. 143. 

 La. supra cinerea ; fascid lata infra oculos nigrd; guld rufo-albd ; 



corpore subtus cinerascente ; rectricibus quatuor intermediis 



nigris. 



Shrike above ash-coloured ; with a broad black band beneath the 

 eyes ; the throat white ; the body beneath cinerascent ; the 

 four middle tail-feathers black. 



Inhabits the south of Europe. Length nine 

 inches : the head, nape, and back, deep ash-colour : 

 beneath the eyes a broad band of black, ending on 

 the ears : throat reddish-white : the rest of the under 

 parts inclining to ash, deeper over the thighs : base 

 and tip of the quills white : the four middle tail- 

 feathers black : the rest as in L. cinerea. The 

 female is ash-colour above but paler, beneath more 

 inclined to ash, barred with darker ; the band under 

 the eyes less distinct than in the male. 



Sp. 4. La. ruficollis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 316. — Britain^ Europe^ and 

 Africa. 



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