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LANIUS EXCUBITOR, 
GREAT CINEREOUS SHRIKE. 
Tail, wedged, white at the sides. Back, 
hoary. Wings, black, with a white spot. 
Lanius Excubitor.— Lin. Gme, 
La Pie-Griesche Grise.— Buffon. 
Great Cinereous Shrike.— Pen. Lath. Don. 
fiew. 
Great Shrike.— Ringley. 
Cinereous Shrike.— Montagu. 
Grey Shrike.— Shaw. 
provincial. 
MURDERING PIE. GREAT BUTCHER- 
BIRD. MATTAGES. WIERANGLfi. 
SKREEK OR SKRIKE. MOUNTAIN. 
MAGPIE. FRENCH PIE. WHITE- 
WHISKY-JOHN. NINE-KILLER. 
This bird "measures ten inches in length 
and fourteen inches in the expansion of its 
wings. 
The. female is distinguished from the male 
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