liv 
INTRODUCTION. 
Family UPUPIDiE. 
Varied indeed are the opinions entertained by ornithologists respecting’ the situation this family of birds 
should occupy In our systems. For my own part, I have always considered its proper place to be near to, 
if not associated with, the Hornbills {^BucerotldcB ) ; hence this Is perhaps not the situation in which it would 
appear In an arrangement of the birds of the world ; but It is the best I can assign to it in a limited fauna 
like that of the British Islands. 
Genus Upupa. 
About five species of this very singular form are known ; they inhabit Europe, Asia, Africa, and 
Madagascar. 
GO. Upupa epops Vol. II. PI. XII. 
Hoopoe. 
An accidental visitor to England, where it generally arrives in May; and its doom is sealed as soon as 
it makes its appearance : so attractive a creature immediately arresting attention, it soon falls a victim to 
the gunner ; and its mounted skin is found in the houses of the men of Kent and other southern counties. 
Family LANIIDtE. 
The Shrikes, comprising many species, are %"ery generally distributed over the surface of the globe, 
particularly in the Old World. Some of the typical members inhabit Britain and North America, and are 
also found in Asia and Africa, but not in the islands of the Eastern archipelago, nor in Australia. They are 
all, to a certain extent, destroyers of other birds ; but their chief food consists of insects, their larvae, and 
mollusks. In disposition they are cruel, spitting their victims on thorns or between the interstices of the 
branches of trees ; for what precise |)urpose is not well understood. 
Genus Lanius. 
Gl. Lanius excubitoh ............ Vol. II. PI. XIII. 
Gkeat Grey Shrike. 
An accidental visitor, Avhich may occasionally, but does not usually, Greed in this country. Its proper 
home is the continent of Europe, beyond the boundary of which it becomes more and more scarce. 
02. Lanius minor Vol. II. PI. XIV. 
Rose-breasted Shrike, 
A native of Spain, Turkey, and Greece, which has been killed two or three times in England. 
