THE SHRIKES. 
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THE RED-P.ACKED SHRIKE. I.ANIUS COT.T.T’RIO. 
Lanins cotlurio, Linn., S. N., i., p. 136 (ij 65); Macg., Br. B., 
iii., p. 505 (1S40); Dresser, B. Eur., iii., p. 399; T 5° 
(187 D ; Newt. ed. Yarn, i., p. 209(1872)3 B. 0. U. List 
Br. B., p. 38 (1883); Seeb., Br. B„ i., p. 606(1883); 
Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., viii., p. 286 (1883); Lilfoid, 
Col. Fig. Br. B., pt. v. (1887); Saunders, Man., p. 143 
(1 889). 
Adult Male. — General colour above vinous chestnut ; the 
rump grey ; the upper tail-coverts reddish-brown, greyer at the 
tips ; wing-coverts like the back ; primary-coverts and quills 
dusky brown, edged with rufous, more broadly on the inner 
secondaries ; tail-feathers blackish, with a narrow white tip, all 
but the centre feathers white for more than the basal hall, the 
outer feather edged with white externally, the shafts of all 
blackish; head and hind neck delicate blue-grey, becoming 
lighter towards the forehead, which has a black line at the 
base, joined to the lores and ear-coverts, which are also black : 
above this black line is a narrow line of whitish, extending 
above the ear-coverts ; cheeks and under surface of body 
vinous pink, becoming whiter on the lower abdomen and under 
tail-coverts ; under wing coverts and axillaries whitish ; bill and 
feet black ; iris, dark hazel. Total length, 7 inches ; culmen, 
0-65; wing, 3'6 ; tail, 3'o; tarsus o‘9- 
Adult Female. — Differs considerably from the male. Reddish- 
brown above, instead of chestnut, and having the rufous colour 
on the wings of the same tint; the grey of the head dullei, 
and washed with brown ; lores and eyebrows butfy-wmte, 
and the ear-coverts rufous,, instead of black; tail-feathers 
brown, with only a little whitish-red near the base of the outer 
ones, which are narrowly tipped with white, the outermost 
white along the outer web ; throat and abdomen white ; the 
cheeks, fore-neck, and breast, as well as the sides of the body, 
yellowish-buff, with crescentic bars of brown, total length, 
7 inches ; wing, 3-65. 
Youti?, — Like the old female, but more chestnut, and with 
blackish-brown ear-coverts ; the under surface of the body as in 
the adult hen bird, but the upper surface also mottled with 
pale tips and crescentic bars of black on all the feathers. 
