& S E A T 8 'B L R IK B .
L a n i n s e x c u in to r , {Zmn:)
Co llim a —Hr-— C
Genus COLJVUMXO, Vigors.
Gbn. C h a r . Beak a n d fe e t as
alsortest ; the
th e genua JLanias. Wing» soinerwliat i
•Olisi a little sh o rte r th an the
I frith, th e lo n g est a n d n e a rly equal. Tail e longated, gratinata
niiat iEiccubitor,' L inn.
G R E A T S H R I K E .
L an in s Exciibitor, Taton.
. Collutto Excubiter, Vigm».
La Pie -g rie ch e grise.
ABIC' present species forms the type o
which induced that gentleman to aspa»
6,w5ferti?,'-~were a short time ago expla
;!.,I^Ó|b^ieiiì: Society, pi
these two genera r.r.- 'dear)y ik 'ta ife . 1
graduated tail
manifest am as
he lidded
be itS lfei
fit»
Bill
The Grea# ¡SmS'ike is- one or ton migratory birds of Great Britain, appearing; however by no means riisufc
so as to lead ub to expect its. annual return, but must be considered anuncertain,'Straggler, being in SGrwaea
resy scarce, and in others more abunclaqt, and that only during the nionths au±»uni> mid whiter, s„> *
make -it. rather dpttbtfel whether IfWer breeds in o'iir island, although we »nl'feyitrc that such is- said to be
t^e. It is extensively spread over Contii}e»tal Europe, in mhny parts of wMdi i| remains stationary throw
the year; but in others it performs regular periodical migrations, departing and returning with the season
The C. Eacubitor is a bold and courageous bird, attacking others much larger than itself, and destro
mice, frogs-
all birds lor its foe
M i l I In
i killing its prey, it
it penetrates the cranium of .any
of the Hawks, but uses them, merely to ai
toes are slender and apparently weak, the
; T h e most a W f c « | » ¡ p e e l
. 'habit of feeing; it'jpB:fe. tlwn or. sharp >110
te*r it to pieces, at the same time satis!
ì;?!;!hc;'; s&use singular ihnhil is recorded.
Tlw specific ìmmbì?. of E&euUter, or. Se
of which ho %beiie' the I ¡nsec
uetrunient is its bill, which is thick and strong, and with which
itliin ite power. I t »eyerstrikes with its daws in the manner-
grasping and thus securing its Victim ; for though the legs and
veHarmed with claws and have the power of tight compression,
mode of feeding oreecarilag its prey, m its wdkauikewfteated
tick, whieh h . seiecfei fer that, pappose,/ttiid tbeu jxroceedmg to
s éppetsiito., O f a New Holland Wrd, (the Éfjp«®' Destructor¿y
r i i
l-be
ie purpose o f hawking, cspc
w t o f monitor, giving Wariit
ppearance o f which, even ut
contrived, is placed fife the ca
ias perfect contigui, allures tile
an o f the near apprendi of the <
kffefijjjfj the ?
f totim ì
nreat disi
I IH highly appropriate, from the §§£
wtw and persons engaged in procuring idei^ih
f t jierio<! of ite migrirfions, 'Ibe Siiirike acts
of the approach of the shaiyi-éyed bind o f prey,
dsciis its querulous chatteiàiig cry. A net trap,
pture of the falcon, awl a live pigeon secured by- a string1, over which die
falcon to ’H i fatal engine. In the mean tìm^the &hrtke, having warned
retires, as the danger increases, to a hole provided for
hile: the falcon pounces upon tlie fated pigeon, and is
i victim, which he svili not quit, within the circle o f the
; there it continues chattering loudSv,.
enticed by the gradual ’-rithdrawiwr of. 1
safer
the ebttcls-striug once pulirei, the capture 5s achieved. For it* peculiar aid; in this s e rv ic e le Shrike is
died, mvd «dwM hawking was: 111 vogue its merits Were duly appreciated.
it ftwotfrire rKjjuwii! nf the Great Shrikeare lùgh hedges,. ooppieea, and thick trees, mooiig which it'brceils.
»fHK 1(1088, 1
1 arid browukh blotches* The
NNuwtf vtf ¡;>fe; female k transversely barri
lid« wuale »he head, «cck and buck, are
Hw cur -'‘i'-ihera 5 wings biack, wUb a
i the otìfer teihfeathuis wJUto f, the
twted as they approach feathers,
fe^i,' a.nd laying fi^om fire, to seven white
ifee to be olisen’cil in the phunagt. of die s
!t liues of ash coìouf,
ght ash 5 a band o f hU fek ’passe* below ij«j. eye,
in the centre, formed by ibe white liases of the
black, tcnpihsiting with white, which become«
■-these are entirely black } beak and feet, black.
I UKIM! tKCnCS.