86 
LANIUS CAROLINENSIS. 
furnished with a sharp process, bending' down greatly 
at the point, wliere it is black, and beset at the base 
udth a number of long bldfck hairs or bristles; the 
nostrils are also thickly covered with recumbent hairs; 
the iris of the eye is a light hazel ; pupil, black. The 
female is easily distinguished by being ferruginous o® 
the back and head ; and having the band of black 
extending only behind the eye, and of a dirty brow® 
or burnt colour; the under parts are also somethingf 
rufous, and the curving lines more strongly marked 
slie is rather less than the male, which is different froi® 
birds of prey in general, the females of which are usually 
the larger of the two. 
In the Arctic Zoology, -we arc told that this species 
is frequent in Russia, but does not extend to Siberia; 
yet one was taken within Behring’s Straits, on the 
Asiatic side, in lat. Off"; and the species probably 
extends over the whole continent of North America) 
from the western ocean. Mr Bell, while on his travels 
through Russia, had one of these birds given hiiHt 
wbich be kept in a room, having fixed up a sharpened 
stick for him in the wall ; and on turning small bird» 
loose in the room, the butcher bird instantly caugh* 
them by the throat in such a manner as soon to suffocate 
them ; and then stuck them on the stick, pulling theio 
on with bill and claws; and so served as many as were 
turned loose, one after another, on the same stick.* 
88. LJJflUS CAROLINENSIS, WILSON. 
LANJUS LUDOriClANUS, LINNJEUS. — LOGGERHEAD SRRLKE* 
WILSON, PLATE XlJI. FIO. V. — EDINOUIICH COLLEGE MUSEtfM. 
This species has a considerable resemblance to th® 
great American shrike. It differs, however, from that 
bird in size, being a full inch shorter; and in colouA 
♦ EmvAaos, vol. vii. p. 231. 
