. The sportsman's British bird book . , aremore or less thicklyoverhung by bristlesand bristly hairs ;and in the moretypical forms thebeak is stronglyhooked, with the cut-ting-edge of the upperhalf strongly distinctive ofthe group is thecross-barring of theplumage of the nest-lings, generally onboth upper and lower surfaces. The members of the typical genusLanius range over the greater part of the world, exclusive of Australasiaand South America. All are insectivorous. In the grey shrike, which measures about 9^ inches in length, thegeneral colour of the plumage of the upper-parts
. The sportsman's British bird book . , aremore or less thicklyoverhung by bristlesand bristly hairs ;and in the moretypical forms thebeak is stronglyhooked, with the cut-ting-edge of the upperhalf strongly distinctive ofthe group is thecross-barring of theplumage of the nest-lings, generally onboth upper and lower surfaces. The members of the typical genusLanius range over the greater part of the world, exclusive of Australasiaand South America. All are insectivorous. In the grey shrike, which measures about 9^ inches in length, thegeneral colour of the plumage of the upper-parts is pearl-grey, andthat of the lower surface white ; a line through the eye, the greaterportion of the wings, and most of the tail-feathers are, however, black ;while, on the other hand, the forehead, a line above the eye, thescapulars, the bases of the wing-quills, and the greater part of theouter tail-feathers are white. The plumage of the hen is duller in tone,with the breast more or less thickly marked with crescentic greyish 2 P. MOUNTED IN THE ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS GKKY SHRIKK 5/8 pp:rching birds bars ; while young birds are greyish brown above, and more thicklybarred below. An inhabitant of southern and eastern Europe, ranging in summerto the extreme north of Scandinavia, the grey shrike is, as a rule,only an autumn-visitor to the British Isles, where, however, it has beenoccasionally seen in summer, although never known to nest. ToEngland it is a regular visitor, but it appears to be less common inIreland and Scotland, although it has been recorded from the OuterHebrides. The general habits of this handsome species are similar tothose of other members of the group ; the formation of a larder ofimpaled insects, young birds, and small mammals being the mostnoteworthy trait. Fallass grey shrike {Laniits sibiricus, or L. major) is a slightly largerspecies or race inhabiting northern Russia and Siberia, distinguishedfrom the last by the presence of a patch of white on the upp
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