BIRDS- ACCIPITRES. 4- Lanlus- 175 
^l^^^enen- Tail wedged ; fpot hepr the ears black ; tail-featbers reddilh, 
barred with brown at the tips. Luzontan S. 
Inhabits Luzonia ; 7^ inches long. 
Bill and body above grey-brown, beneath and on the fides red- 
difli with white lines. 
^■fcubitor Tail wedged, white at the fides; back hoary; wing? black 
with a white fpot. Great S. 
2 . Body white ; legs yellowiih ; bill and claws blackifh. 
3 - Leflcr wing-coverts and flioulders reddiih. 
Inhabits woods of Europe and North America; preys on finall 
birds, which it fixes on a thorn and tears to pieces ; makes its 
nefl of dry grafs and feathers ; lays 7 blucifh eggs fpotted with 
brown. 
Bdl and black ; crown and neck hoaiy; body beneath white 
with pale brown arched lines ; lefler wing-coverts black ; tail- 
Jeathers, except the 2 middle ones, white at the tip ; cheeks 
white, with a black tranfvcric line from the bale of the bill. 
T ail fomewhat wedged ; back grey ; 4 middle tail-feathers 
uniform; bill lead-colour. Butcher Bird. 
2. Body grey, beneath reddilli with brown ftreaks; fcapuliirs 
half white half black ; 3 outer quill-feathers white at 
the bafe and tips, tiie outermoft reddifti-white above. 
* 3 * Body above variegated with reddifh-white and black, be- 
neath reddifh-^’hite. fVoodchat, 
4 " Bafe of the quill-feathers fpotted with white. 
5- Head black; tail long. 
Inhabits 4,5) Senegal; 7I inches long; builds in 
bulhes and hedges ; lays 6 eggs, with a circle of brown near 
the broad end; kills finall birds by piercing the Ikull with its 
bill, and infefts by transfixing them on the thorn of the floe 
tree ; imitates the notes of other birds, that it may decoy them 
into its clutches. 
Tail long, wedged ; body above yellowifh-rufous, beneath 
white ; head, bill, wings, legs and upper furface of the 
tail black. Antigua Shrike. 
Inhabits the Philippine ijles ; fize of the butcher bird. 
Bill large, upper maddible long, much hooked ; wings- {hort% 
2 middle tail-feathers black, the reft reddilh, beneath with a 
tawny tip. 
Body black; tail fomewhat wedged. Black S. 
Inhabits 7 inches long; an inch,., 
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