WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 7o 
arrives and departs about the same time as the Lanins 
collurio.” 
It is one of the very few birds which greet the eye of 
the traveller as he passes through the German States. I 
remember to have seen several during a ride through 
Wirtemburg, and the Duchy of Baden, amongst the fruit- 
trees which mark the line of road. 
It will be seen that the egg from which the drawing is 
made, is rather larger than those of the L. collurio, but 
they differ a good deal in size as well as colour. 
I have a remarkable variety from the collection of the 
Messrs. Tuke; the spots, which are large and deep in 
colour, of brown and neutral tint, are scattered equally 
over the whole surface, and like the figure of the plate, 
depart somewhat from the generic character. 
