L E S S E R G R E Y SH R IK E .
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C o lln r io | f
L E S S ER GREY S H R I K E .
Laníos minor, JLinn.
Collurio minor, Vis.
The Lesser Grey Shrike, o
fondly to which Mr.
"restricted ganw-í&itjrt^ ®j¿
' forming a link between tfo¿<
and the wings are more lera
. Óf the European Shrikes
oí its colouring; in sase, jr.
robust bill than is found
plumage, it closely appro
The harms minor is st
«HÍ tll«l
■ tin
liwck, though belonging ' to M$j division of the
{aod which IV|sii the.
ttdfta wing,) must nevertheless $ | ^
tail Is rather rounded than decidiedly gTadunojid,.
W the genus to which it is-now assigned..
tff distinguished for the beauty and delicacy
Lumceus, but ¡te^esse» a more strOog and
swifor i
which, however, in manners, and in the general character o f its
world i
hi any-«titer j
iv that bird,'
iraatea.
ctiy Continental, no instance, so file as no are aware, being on record of its ercr
From M. TcmiEiincfv, to whose acquaintance with the birds of Europe the scientific
learn that its range on the Continent is rcry (^tensive, inhabiting, with the
f Holland | | which it is rarely seep), Turkey, the Archipelago, Italy and Spain, breeding also in
of France and Germany, and »¡siting- the northern portions of Europe as far as Russia Thickets,
: constructs its nest i the eggs, six in
und the centre, o f an olive-grey.
much indebted,
trees,: bushes, and hedge-rows an
number, are Oblong and of a dull ¡
its food, like that of the othe
coleóptera, to which young or fee1
The beak and tegs arc bWJr ; í
back and rump of a £sie ash j tht
white her across the quill-feathere
nest: -partially white, the suoceedin
The female differs as little fron:
guished by the more obscure rose-
The young of the year of both «
which remains grey during the wii
grey, the under parts being obseu:
head and ears, the rose-colour of
inches.
Our figure represents an adult i
favourite resort, amou___
preeji, having a zone of small spot:
species <
e birds a
ists principally of insects, such as moths, and
bd.
ears the top of the head,
olonr; wingis black, with a
eatbm quite white, the two
i rides of a delicate rosen:
tern black, the two outer I
iinvcumtor, and is only to lie distkj-
i plumage having a tinge of
of the black band on the foi durtei,
irface te more or Itts?« kukeu. with
sexes gain the haml oyer the foie-
more lively, Total length eight