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Shrikes of Southern Africa- True shrikes, helmet-shrikes and bush-shrikes, including the batises and Black-throated Wattle-eye. Text by Tony Harris, with illustrations by Graeme Arnott.The book is divided into two main sections.
The first of these-the Introduction-provides a discussion of certain basic biological theories by which shrikes are defined and classified, followed by a short description of methodology; a history of shrike classification; a proposed new classification; a discussion of the probable origins of shrikes and their relationships to other birds; and outline of the principles of animal communication; and . finally. a general account of the communication behaviour of shrikes.