ORDER II. 
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PIES. 
P I C JE Linncei. 
Bill, ftrait, hooked only at the end ; near the end of the upper Shirke. 
mandible a fharp procefs. No cere. 
Nostrils, round, covered with ftiff bridles. 
Tongue, jagged at the end. 
Toes divided to the origin. 
Tail cuneiform. 
Butcher Birds, Br. Zool. fol. tab. C. I. Br. Zool. I. tab. XXXIII. Ex. 
Carnivorous or infedtivorous j kill fmall birds by ftrangling, 
or by crufhing their lkull with their bills, then pull them to 
pieces, and flick the fragments on thorns ; do the fame by in- 
fers. Bold, noify, and querulous. Build in low bufhes. 
Lay fix eggs. 
The genus that connects the rapacious Birds and Pies ; agree- 
ing with the firft in the ftrength and crookednefs of the bill, 
and its predatory life ; with the laft, in the form of the toes, 
the tongue, and tail. Nearly related to the Magpie : The 
French ftyle it Pie-Griefche. 
Different fpecies found in the new and old world, and in all cli- 
mates, except within the ArElic circle. 
The Butcher Birds or Skrikes of Mr. Ray , who defcribes IV 
fpecies. The Lanius of Linnaeus, who has XXVI fpecies. 
so The 
