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to have seen more than one specimen, and 
that, in the late Leverian Museum. Had 
they been of frequent occurrence on the 
European Continent this could scarcely 
have happened ; and particularly, when 
we remember the immense variety of spe- 
cimens of almost every kind, and from 
every quarter of the Globe, that passed 
through the hands of that distinguished 
Naturalist. 
In our own Country (at least) it appears 
to be so extremely rare, as not to have 
been seen in a living or recent state by 
the generality of British Ornithologists. 
By some Authors it has been considered 
as no other than a variety of the last 
mentioned species, though Dr. Shaw 
insists that the observations of Mons, 
Sonnini, together with those of Mons. 
Levaillant, leave no doubt of its consti- 
tuting a distinct species. 
It is described as of the size of the Red- 
backed Shrike, and its general habits 
nearly the same. BufFon observes that 
the " Great Cinereous Shrike is a per- 
manent settler in France, while the Wood- 
