. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 77 IRcb^bachcb Sbrihc. The Red-backed Shrike {Lanius collurio, Linna:iis) is a fairly well distributed species in the British Islands during the summer, especially over Wales and Southern and Cen- tral England. It is also said to be met with in South Scandinavia, Asia Minor, and Turkestan, moving south- ward in winter to Africa. The adult male has the crown of the head, nape, upper back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, bright ash-grey; lores, feathers round the eye, and car- coverts, black; back a
. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 77 IRcb^bachcb Sbrihc. The Red-backed Shrike {Lanius collurio, Linna:iis) is a fairly well distributed species in the British Islands during the summer, especially over Wales and Southern and Cen- tral England. It is also said to be met with in South Scandinavia, Asia Minor, and Turkestan, moving south- ward in winter to Africa. The adult male has the crown of the head, nape, upper back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, bright ash-grey; lores, feathers round the eye, and car- coverts, black; back and scapulars, rich chestnut - brown ; wing-coverts, black, edged broadly with chestnut ; wings, black; quills, narrowly edged with chestnut; secondaries, with broad margins of the same colour; middle feathers of tail, black; remainder with more or less white at base, and tipped with white; chin, white; lower parts, rose-red ; irides, brown; bill, legs, and feet, black. Length, about seven inches. The adult female can be distinguished by having no black about the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, John, of Newcastle upon Tyne. London : W. Scott
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