LANIIN^E. LANIUS. 
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Ijthe latter colour enlarging towards the sides, so that the 
) lateral feather is entirely white, excepting part of the shaft. 
, I Female similar, but v/ith the forehead and breast marked 
I with semi-circular grey lines. The young have the upper 
I parts dark brownish-grey, the tail-coverts faintly barred with 
dusky, the lower parts greyish- white, tinged with brown, and 
transversely barred with brownish-grey, the lateral bands on 
the head brown, the wings and tail blackish-brown, marked 
with white, but to a less extent than in the adult. 
* Mnl<i 1 nJL 1 4-2. 4 8 9 11 1 5 Q 9 
! This species is an occasional or accidental visitant, occur- 
ring chiefly in the winter season, it being an inhabitant of the 
! northern parts of Europe. It has been found in various parts 
I of England as well as Ireland, and less frequently in Scotland. 
It preys on insects, frogs, lizards, small birds, and quadrupeds, 
I which it affixes to a thorn, or jams into the fork of a branchy 
that it may be enabled to tear them up into small morsels. 
Grey Shrike. Butcher Bird. Mountain Magpie. 
Lanius Excubitor, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 135. — Lanins Ex- 
cubitor, Temm. Man. d’Ornith, i. 142. — Lanius Excubitor, 
Great Cinereous Shrike, Macgillivray, Brit. Birds, iii. 492. 
42. Lanius Butilus, Woodchat Shrike. 
Male with the upper part of the head and the hind neck 
brovmish-red, the back black, the scapulars white, the rump 
grey, the wings black, the bases of the primaries and the tips 
I of the secondaries white, the tail black, excepting the outer 
i feathers, the basal half of the next and its tip, with those of 
the rest, which are white ; a broad black frontal band, mar- 
gined anteriorly with white ; a black cheek-band ; the lower 
parts white. Female with the head and neck dull red, the 
back brownish-black, the lower parts greyish-white, with 
transverse brownish lines. Young reddish-brown above, 
brownish- white, with transverse lines beneath. 
Male 7 t¥; • • ? f 5 fV- Female, 7|. 
Only a few instances of the occurrence of this species in 
England are recorded. It is abundant in many parts of 
Africa, visits the European continent in spring, and returns 
in September and October. Its food consists of insects, and 
occasionally small birds and quadrupeds. 
Woodchat. Wood Shrike. 
Lanius rutiius, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. 70. — Lanius rufus, 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith, i. 147. — Lanius rutiius, the Wood- 
chat Shrike, Macgillivray, Brit. Birds, iii. 502. 
