W00DCIIAT SHRIKE. 
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lurio from the sub-genus of Lanim proper, has 
been made in ignorance of the typical structure of 
the latter ; and, in our opinion, is sanctioned by 
no one valid reason, either in natural or artificial 
Classification. 
CORVINE, OR LONG-TAILED SHRIKE. 
Lunius dssoidcs, Vikillot. 
Light brown, striped with blackish ; beneath, dusky white 
with obscure spots ; tail long, curvatcd ; bill bright yellow ; 
flanks with a concealed chestnut spot. 
Le Grande Pie-grieehe, Le Vaill. Ois. d’J/nque, ii. pi. 78 
L. cissoides, Vieill. Encyc. Metk., 7 34, No.24 L. Corvinus, 
Shaw, Gent. Zool. 7, 2, p. 337. — Corvine Shrike of authors. 
It is difficult to imagine why this bird, which has 
all the essential characters of a true Shrike, should 
have been likened by Linnaean writers to a crow ; 
unless, indeed, from its being somewhat larger in 
size than its immediate congeners. The name, how- 
ever, not having the right of priority, may be can- 
celled. 
The Long-tailed Shrike was first recorded by Le 
Vail Ian t in his Birds of Africa, hut he has intro- 
duced it without knowing from whence it came, an 
innovation upon the title of his work, which is very 
frequent in its early volumes. We can now, how- 
