THE 



FIELD NATURALIST. 



THE WOOD CHAT (From Le Vaillanfs Birds). 



La Pie-griesche rousse, LeVaill, Ois. d'Afriq. ii. p. 46, pi. 63, fig. 1 and 2, Buf., 



i. p. 301, pi. enl. 9 male, 31 female; Bechst. Deutsch., ii. p. 387, 1. 15; Lanius 

 rutilus, Lath., Ind. Orn. i. p. 70; Shaiv, Zool. vii. p. 316; Lanius rufus, Briss., 



ii. p. 147; Id., 8vo. i. p. 199; Gm. t Lin., i. 301, 12, &c. ; Tern., Man. d'Ornith. 

 p. 62; Id., ed. ii. p. 147; Lanius pomeranus, Mus. Carls., Fasc., i. 1. I; Gmel., 

 Lin., i. 302; Lanius minor cinerasceus, Raii, 19, A. 6; Will, 54, § iv. 1. 10, 

 f. 2. (?); Klein, p. 54; Frisch., C. 1. M. & F. ; Bor. Nat., ii. p. 84; Lanius 

 minor rutilus, Klein, p. 53; Id. Ov., 1. 5, f. 7 ; Gerin., i. 1. 56; Ampelis dorso 

 griseo, &c, Faun. Suec. Ed. i. p. 180, f. 2, fem. ; Kramer, p. 363 ; Donulreher, 

 Gunth. Nesl. U. Ey., 1. 41 (?) ; Kleiner rother Neuntodter, Naturf., 8. s. 69, 39; 

 Buferola, Ferlotta bianca, Zinn. Ov, 89, 1. 15, f. 59; Another sort of butcher- 

 bird, Will., Engl. p. 89, s. 4; Wood-chat, Lath., Gen. Syn. i. p. 169; Id. Sup., 

 ii. p. 70; Br. Zool., i. No. 73; lb. fol., 74. 1. C. 1; Id. ed. 1812, p. 277; 

 Albin., ii. pi, 16; Bewick, i. p. 61 ; Lewin, Birds, i. I. 32; Pulh., Cat. Dors. p. 4; 

 Don, Br. Birds, 4, 1. 84; Wood-shrike, Flem., Br. Anim. p. 63; Montagu, Orn. 

 Diet. (Rennie's edit.) p. 566 ; Wood-chat shrike, Lath., Gen. Hist. ii. p. 14. 

 Pie-griesche rousse du Senegal, pi. enl. 477, 2; Lath., Gen. Syn. i. 170. 17 A. 



This bird, both from its carriage, attitude, and manners, as well as 

 whole conformation, unquestionably belongs to the genus of Butcher- 

 bird, properly so called, and enters into the first of the three sections 

 which I consider myself obliged, for the sake of distinction, to establish 

 in the family of butcher-birds. It is found not only in Europe, but 

 inhabits a considerable portion of Africa ; since I obtained it in the 

 inland districts of the Cape of Good Hope, and Adanson found it in 

 Senegal. I shall not take up much time in my description of this 

 species, as its manner of living at the Cape is precisely the same as in 

 Europe, and as it has not sustained any variation in colour or stature, 



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