THE SHRIKES. 
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Like many of the birds of prey, the Great Grey Shrike throw, 
up pellets, and, accord.ng to Nautnan, remains of belles 
andgtasshoppers, frogs, lizards, and blind-worms are found 
among its casting, in summer time, but >n winter only bone, 
of mice and feathers of birds are found m the Shrikes 
pellets.” 
Nest— Composed of twigs, grass, and moss, with a lining 
of roots, wool, and hair. It is a somewhat clumsily built 
structure. 
Eggs—From five to seven in number. The ground-colour 
is either pale greenish-white 
being the more usual type of the two A few have the 
-round-colour white, without any greenish tinge, lhe spots 
are rather heavy and of an olive-brown or ^ 
sometimes distributed over the egg, but in other instances 
clustering round the larger end, and 
whole of the egg. Axis, ro-n inch; d.am., 0750b. 
PALLAS’S GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
LANIUS SIBIRICUS. 
Lanius major nec. Wilkes,” teste Stejneger), Pallas Zoogr. 
Ross.' Asiat, i, p. 402 (1 811 ) 5 Gadow ’ Cat - B - Brit ; fn ”. 
viii. , p. 239 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. B., 1., p. 595 ( lSS 3 ) > 
Saunders, Man., p. 139 (1889). xv ; 
Lanius sibiricus , Bogd. ; Stejneger, Froc. .... > - > 
p. 217. 
[Plate XVIII.) 
Adult Male.— Similar to L . exculntor , hut having °nty 
white wing-patch, formed by the white base of the primary 
quills, the secondaries entirely black at tie a ‘. in tme 
ing any trace of the second white patch so co 1 inner 
L. excubitor ; there seems to be also kss " n wer primary 
webs of the inner secondaries underneat 1, ant 
coverts are also somewhat more pronounce G ’ ’ 
feet, and iris, coloured as in L. excuhto . * S > 
inches; culmen, 075 ; wing, 4'5 > tail, 4 4 ; ’ 
Adult Female — Similar to the male in colour. 
