SHRIKE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill strong, and hooked at the end. 
Each side of the upper mandible marked with a notch. 
Tongue jagged as if torn at the extremity. 
The outermost toe joined to the middle one as far as the first 
joint. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lanius Excubitor. L. cauda cuneiformi lateralius alba, dorso 
cano, alis nigris, macula alba. Linn. 
Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 300. 
Tail wedge-shaped, with white sides, back 
hoary, wings black, marked with a white 
band. 
Lanius cinereus. Briss. Av . 2 . p. 141. 
Greater Butcher-bird, or Mattagess. 
Will. Orn. p. 87. pi. 10 . Alb. Av. 2 . 
pi. 13. 
Great Shrike. . Buff. Birds, 1 . p. 239. pi. 20 . Brit. Zool.l. 
no. 7l.pl. 33. Arct. Zool. 2 . p. 378. 
no. 127 . Lath. Syn. 1 . p. 160 . no. 4. 
Bew. Birds, p. 58. 
The savage habits of this little creature have pro- 
cured it the name of the butcher-bird ; and indeed 
it seems well entitled to this appellation, when we 
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