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LANIUS COLLURIO. 
RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 
Tail, somewhat wedged; back, grey; 
four middle tail-feathers, uniform ; bill, 
lead colour. 
Lanius Collurio, Lin. Gme. 
L'Eeorcheur, Buffon. 
Red-Backed Shrike, Pen. Lath. Mont, 
Bew. Shaw. 
PROVINCIAL. 
LESSER BUTCHER-BIRD, FLUSHER, 
JACK-BAKER, SHRITE, SHREEK OR 
SKREEK. 
This is a very elegant bird and in our 
own country far more numerous than the 
preceding species. It measures rather 
more than seven inches in length, and 
about eleven inches in the expansion of 
its wings. 
The female differs so materially in plu- 
mage from the male, that we have thought 
it necessary to give her a distinct plate. 
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