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WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 
Lanius rufus, Brisson, 
Front, ears, sides of the neck, and interscapulars, black ; 
head and neck above rufous ; spot behind the eye, scapu- 
lars, wing-spot, rump, and under plumage white. 
Lanius rufus, Brisson , Omith. ii, p. 199; PI. Enl. 9, fig. 2 
Lanius rutilus, Latham , <$*c. Vieill. Ency. Meih. 727 La 
Pie-grisclie Rousse, La Vaill. Ois. d'Af ii. pi. 63. — Wood- 
chat Shrike of authors. 
It is only after the most minute comparison of two 
Senegal specimens with others from the continent 
of Europe, that we are persuaded of their specific 
identity with the well known Woodchat of our own 
islands. It is therefore clear that this is one of 
those migrators which annually quit the scorching 
regions of Africa for the more cool temperature of 
Europe. This fiict, indeed, we know from personal 
research, haring frequently shot the Woodchat in 
Sicily during the month of Slay, when that island 
becomes, for a short time, the temporary residence 
of those numerous species which come from the 
opposite coast. Of all these, however, five only 
appear to extend their range very far southward. 
Two of these, the present and the Lanius collurio*, 
occur through the whole length of Africa ; the 
others are the common bee-eater, the hoopoe, and 
the golden oriole. 
* Le VaiU. Ois. d’Afrique, ii. pi. 64. 
