Lanius Collection

Lanius ludovicianus, loggerhead shrike
Plate 57 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sparrows, towhee and waterthrush
White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis 1, eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus 2, white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys 3, and northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis 4

Orange-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. (Orange-breasted bush shrike, Malaconotus chrysagaster)

Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Large grey-headed bush shirke, Malaconutus olivaceus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Head of the Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni. Senegal touraco, Corythaix senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Fasciated antshrike, Cymbilaimus lineatus (Lineated shrike, Lanius lineatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach tricolor (Dusky shrike, Lanius obscurus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus punctatus (Spotted shrike, Lanius naevius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus (Pied shrike, Lanius doliatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Black-backed puffback, Dryoscopus cubla (Lanius cubla). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Turatis boubou, Laniarius turatii (Blue shrike, Lanius bicolor). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Whiskered shrike, Lanius mystaceus. A made up bird, composed of the Lanius ferrugineus, with the belly and tail feathers of a species of Psittacus and breast

Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-vented shrike, Lanius jocosus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Gorgeous bushshrike, Telophorus viridis (Red-throated butcher bird, Lanius gutturalis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Crested shriketit, Falcunculus frontatus (Frontal shrike, Lanius frontatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Black-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus atriceps (Black-headed shrike, Lanius melanocephalus). Native of Hawaii according to Latham, Australia according to Shaw

Greater racket-tailed drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus (Malabar shrike, Lanius malabaricus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Great grey shrike, grey-backed fiscal and fiscal shrike
Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, grey-backed fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, and fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris Pie Grieche commune, septentrionale, fiscal

Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator, and Southern grey shrike, Lanius meridionalis. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

Lanius cristatus, brown shrike
Plate 11, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Lanius schach erythronotus, long-tailed shrike
Plate 46, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Lanius minor, lesser grey shrike, Lanius senator, woodchat s
Plate 32 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Lanius vittatus, bay-backed shrike
Bay-backed shrike egg specimens

Lanius schach, long-tailed shrike
Long-tailed shrike egg specimens

Red-Backed Shrike
RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio)

Five shrikes perched on a bush -- lanius rufus (1, 2 & 3) and lanius collurio (4 & 5). The shrike is also known as a butcher bird, because it skewers the insects

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