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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

365. Lanius raddii

365. Radde’s Grey Shrike.
LANIUS RADDII.
Lanius raddii, Dresser, P.Z.S. 1888, p. 291, pl. v. ; id. Birds of E. ix. p. 171, pl. 609.
Male ad. (Transcaspia). Upper parts blue or french-grey, paler on the crown and forehead, the lower part of the mantle brownish buff ; wings dull blackish, the secondaries narrowly margined with dull white ; white alar patch very small ; central tail-feathers black, the outermost white with a black median line broader towards the tip, the rest with more black towards the tip ; forehead and a line over the eye white ; a narrow frontal line, lores, and a band passing through the eye and including the ear- coverts black ; chin, throat, and under parts white, the flanks washed with pale warm buff ; bill and legs black ; iris brown. Culmen 0.6, wing 3.55, tail 3.2, tarsus 0.9 inch.
Hab. Transcaspia and Turkestan.
A very little known species, and nothing is on record respecting its habits or nidification.

BookTitle: 
A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds
Reference: 
Dresser, Henry Eeles. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. Vol. 1. 1902.
Title in Book: 
365. Lanius raddii
Book Author: 
H. E. Dresser
CatNo: 
365
Year: 
1902
Page No: 
244
Common name: 
Radde’s Grey Shrike
Volume: 
Vol. 1
id: 
10669

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