. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . cuneiformi, corpore albo nigroque vario, reftricibus omni-bus apice albis. Lath. ind. cm. p. Leverianus. duel. SyJi. />. 302. FRET US omnino celeberrimi Lathami fententia avem hanc rarifTimaminter Lanios numeravi, licet fortafle huic generi in omnibus non plenerefpondeat. Species eft de cujus hiftoria locoque natali nihil adhuc pro certoexploratum eft, nee ab alio quopiam defcripta eft prseter Lathamum, qui infynopfi avium nomine cam diftinxit apto fatis et idoneo, viz. Magpie Shrike;Corvi enim Picse Linnaei fpecimini pufillo prime
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . cuneiformi, corpore albo nigroque vario, reftricibus omni-bus apice albis. Lath. ind. cm. p. Leverianus. duel. SyJi. />. 302. FRET US omnino celeberrimi Lathami fententia avem hanc rarifTimaminter Lanios numeravi, licet fortafle huic generi in omnibus non plenerefpondeat. Species eft de cujus hiftoria locoque natali nihil adhuc pro certoexploratum eft, nee ab alio quopiam defcripta eft prseter Lathamum, qui infynopfi avium nomine cam diftinxit apto fatis et idoneo, viz. Magpie Shrike;Corvi enim Picse Linnaei fpecimini pufillo prime intuitu fimillima eft. No. V. K k Ob- ( 242 ) Oblcrvavit autem earn ad genus Corvi nequaquam poffe perti-nere, quippe quod careat capiftro reverfo, leu fetarum ferie, quae in ifto ge-nere infignes funt ad diftinftionem. Notavit prseterea, licet ob roftrum validuminter Loxias fortafie non inepte pofiet difponi, ad Laniorum tamen fimilitudi-nem magis accedere. turdum vulgarem feu imificum fere squatLanius LeverianuJ. THE. laAI^nUJS !!^, TME XlEVIEJRIAl^ SHRIKE ■ . ^t^le:?- /c<Jfh. ( H3 ) THE LEVERIAN SHRIKE. GENERIC CHARACTER. BiLi ftrait, hooked only at the end, near the end of the upper mandible a fharp round, covered with ftifF jagged at the divided to the cuneiform. Ptmant. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Shrike with cuneiform tail ; body varied with black and white ; tlie tipsof all the tail-feathers white. Magpie Shrike. Lath, Syn i. p, 192. IT is entirely in compliance with the opinion of Mr. Latham that thevery rare and curious bird here reprefentcd is placed under the genusLanius, though not perhaps accurately correfponding in all particulars with thecharadters of that genus. It is a fpecies whofe hiftory and native countryare not certainly known, and was never noticed by any ornithological writertill Mr. Latham introduced it into his Synopfis of Birds, under the title ofthe Magpie Sh
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