. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . anner, and seldom alighton the ground, where their motions are constrained. Speciesof this genus occur in the warm and temperate parts of the oldcontinent, and in North America. In the colder regions theyare generally migratory, as their food consists chiefly of insects,which they frequently seize on wing while passing near theirselected statio
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . anner, and seldom alighton the ground, where their motions are constrained. Speciesof this genus occur in the warm and temperate parts of the oldcontinent, and in North America. In the colder regions theyare generally migratory, as their food consists chiefly of insects,which they frequently seize on wing while passing near theirselected station on a twig. The larger insects they usuallyimpale on a thorn, or fix in the fork of a branch, in order totear them asunder conveniently, as they do not generally, likethe hawks, stand on their prey while feeding. In their nidifi-cation they resemble the Thrushes, and other birds of the Tur-dinse, Sylvianas, and Sturninse, forming an elaborate hemi-spherical nest, in which are deposited from four to eight spottedeggs. The young are born blind and naked, and are fed withinsects and worms, sometimes also with the flesh of small qua-drupeds and birds. Three species are found in Britain : the Great Cinereous,the Woodchat, and the Red-backed 492 LANIUS EXCUBITOR. THE GREAT CINEREOUSSHRIKE. GREV SHRIKE. BUTCHER BIRD. MOUNTAIN M.\GPIE. t ^
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