. A general history of birds . brilliant; tail two inches long, even at the end; thewings reach about half way from the base; legs black. Taken from the drawings of Mr. Dent; probably from India,but this by no means certain. 73—YELLOW-BROWED SHRIKE. LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky black; crown ofthe head, and sides greenish ash-colour; from the nostrils a tineyellow streak passes over the eye, and finishes in a point on eachside of the nape; under the eye a small yellow spot, and behind this,in the direction of the jaw, a larger one of dirty white; upper partsof the body, wings, and
. A general history of birds . brilliant; tail two inches long, even at the end; thewings reach about half way from the base; legs black. Taken from the drawings of Mr. Dent; probably from India,but this by no means certain. 73—YELLOW-BROWED SHRIKE. LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill dusky black; crown ofthe head, and sides greenish ash-colour; from the nostrils a tineyellow streak passes over the eye, and finishes in a point on eachside of the nape; under the eye a small yellow spot, and behind this,in the direction of the jaw, a larger one of dirty white; upper partsof the body, wings, and tail olive green ; beneath yellow, more deepon the chin and throat; quills dusky; legs brown. Inhabits Africa?—In the collection of Mr. Bullock. SHRIKE—Pl. XIX. Lanius melanocephalus, 76. Gm. Lin.\. 309. Shaws Zool. vii. Shrike, Gen. Syn.\. 165. LENGTH six inches. Bill black; crown of the head, sides,and throat, shining black; upper part of the body olive, paler ./)/srcA. /zeaam*. // /v/r SHRIKE. 67 beneath ; rump dusky; quills and secondaries the same, the edgesof the latter olive; tail rounded, olive-coloured at the base, afterwardsblack, the ends of all the feathers yellow, the outer one most so,lessening by degrees to those of the middle, which are yellow onlyat the tips; legs dusky. Inhabits the Sandwich Isles, in the South Seas. 75.—BUFF-RUMPED SHRIKE. LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill horn-colour, crown,nape, and beginning of the back pale, ferruginous-chestnut; backand wings blown; rump buff-colour; wing coverts, and lesser quillsmargined with pale tawny; greater quills brown, about the middlemarked with tawny white on the outer web, forming a spot when thewing is closed; the four middle tail feathers deep brown, with a palefringe at the tips ; the rest of the feathers more or less sullied whiteon the outer margins and tips; under parts of the body, from thechin, sullied white; legs black. Inhabits A
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