THE 
RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill flraitifh, with a tooth or fmall procefs on each 
fide near the tip. 
Tofigue jagged. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Ferruginous SHRIKE, with grey head, black 
tail, and a black band acrof's the eyes. 
L’ECORCHEUR. 
Briff. 2. p. 151. 
Buff. oiJ\ 1. p. 302. 
The Smaller SHRIKE, or Red-backed Butcher- 
Bird. 
Letter BUTCHER-BIRD or Flufher. 
Will. orn. p. 88. 
The Lanius Collurio is a much more common fpe- 
cies in England than the great fhrike or Lanius Ex - 
cubitor of Linnaeus. It is a bird of an audacious 
difpofition, and may often be feen in the fpring 
K 2 feafon 
