BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 4. tanius. 173 
Inhibits Europe ind i^’orth America s 7— 8 inches long ; foli- 
tary ; feeds ou batSj iTiice and grafshojipcrs ; builds iu fir trees. 
Bill whitini-brown ; head, back and zJi ng-coverts pale brown 
with white fpots; brtajl whitilli variegated with ruflyj tail 
barred with w'hite } irids pale yellow. 
•’^^hifrons. Body rufty-brow'n, beneath paler ; forehead white ; qulll- 
fcathers burred with black and white. 
IVhlti-fronted Owl. 
Inhabits North America ; 5 inches long. 
Bill hlueifli tlpt with black ; irids yellow; a femicircular white 
line behind the ears to the crown ; lower pert of the belly and 
cinereous; r/aou black. 
4. LANIUS. Bill flraightifh, with a tooth 
on each mandible near the end, naked 
at the bafe : tongue jagged at the end. 
Shrike. 
The birds of this genus are generally noify and quarrelfome ; 
prey on linall birds which they tear in pieces, fticking the 
fragments on thorns ; riojirils generally round, covered with 
flitf brinks ; toes divided to the origin, except the middle 
toe which is (lightly connefted to the outer; tail tnoftly 
wedge-Ihapcd, the middle rifuig higher thin the reft, and the 
Tides doubled down. 
Tail forked: frontal creftereft; body greenini-black. 
Fork-tailed crejicd S. 
Inhabits the Cape, Madagafcar and Chinas 10 inches long, 
Crejl Ibnietimes wanting ; tail long. 
Tail forked ; body blueifli-black ; belly white, 
^ Fork-tailed S. 
Inhabits 7! inches long. .Bw/ dulky-grey. 
^^labari. Body blueifh-black ; quill and tail-feathers black ; outer 
tail-feathers long, without webs, except on the outer 
fide near the end. Malahar S. 
Inhabits Malabar .•17 inches long : head fometimes creited. 
^'^■flaneas. Tail wedged; middle tail-feathers at the tip, ones 
entirely rufty ; body above chefnut, beneath white. 
Ckefnut S. 
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