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Rufus, subtus albidus, macula alarum alba nulla ; cauda unicolore, 

 rufa. Remigum 4a sublongiore quam 3a ; 5a longiore quam 2a. 

 Rectrices extima? circa 22 millim. breviores quam mediae. Similli- 

 mus collurioni sed eodem jure quo L. rufus distinguendus ; melius 

 forsan omnes conjungerentur. L. collurio difFert, pra?ter colorem 

 maris, remigibus 4 et 5 brevioribus quam 3 et 2 ; cauda subbreviore, 

 semper ex parte alba, penna extima circa 12 millim. breviore quam 

 mediis ; ala paullo longiore, tarsoque paullo breviore. 



$ perfecte coloratus. Superne totus la?te cinnamomeus, unicolor ; 

 subtus albus, lateribus corporis dilute rufescenti-tinctis (nee roseis). 

 Macula per oculos (ut collurionis) nigra, superne cum fronte latius 

 albo limbata. Cauda unicolor, immaculata, colore dorsi. Ala colore 

 simillima collurionis (macula obtecta definita, alba, &c). Rostrum 

 et pedes nigri. (Indiv. unicum Mus. Stockh. patriae incerta?.) 



<$ (hiemalis ?) Similis prsecedenti sed colore rufo minus puro, et 

 in dorso sordide infuscato. Tinctura rufescens latius in pectore 

 crissoque extensa. Latera trunci ventrisque, interdum pectoris, 

 striolis transversis, undulatis nigricantibus. Ala? macula obtecta alba 

 indefinita. Rectrices apice pallido limbata?, carent autem striola 

 fusca intramarginali junioris. Rostrum basi pallescens, pedesque 

 nigro-fusci. Iris obscure rufescens. (Indiv. e Calcutta, Febr. Mus. 

 Gyllenkr., Lund., Stockholm.) 



$ Ut L. collurio $ sed cauda vix albido limbata, nisi apJce, nee 

 transversim undata, dorsum postice et caput lsetius ferruginea. 

 (Indiv. Calcutta, Martio ; Mus. Stockh.) 



Junior lo anno. Simillimus L. collurioni ejusdem setatis, cauda 

 magis rufescente ; pennis medio minus fuscis ; extima tantum paullo 

 rufescenti albido limbata. (Indiv. e Bengalia in Mus. Lund. ; " ex 

 India," Mus. Stockh.) 



Mensura? adnotatse (millimetra) : — 



Var. 



L. phcenicurus. 



$ a b c d $a 6 Pull.fl b 



Ala?... 90. 87. 85. 85. 88. 88. 83. 83. 



Tarsus 23. 24. 25. 24. 23. 23. 23. 23. 



Cauda ... 85. 8G. 88. 92. ... 77. ... 



L. rufus. 



6 a b c d 



100. 100. 100.99. 



23. 23. 23.22 



... 80. 77.79, 



superc. 



98. 92. 

 21. 22. 



Lanius phcenicurus $ a est supra descriptus "perfecte coloratus." 

 Pullus b e Java ? Mus. Stockh. difFert colore pallidiore rostroque 

 validiore, sed vix specie distinctus*. 



L. rufus b, ex insula Rhodo ; c et d, ex iEgypto, transitum ad va- 

 rietatem " super ciliosum" [Licht. nee Lath.] prsebent. 



L. collurio, omnes e Scania, adulti. 



The above-described, bird I saw several times in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Calcutta in February, March, and latest on the 1st 

 of May; it is therefore stationary. According to Pallas and 

 Gloger it is even found in Siberia, and according to Brisson in 

 the Philippine islands ; but it is probably rare in Europe and 



• This is the variety termed L. magniroslris in Belanger's Voyage, which 

 our author is probably correct in referring to L. phcenicurus. — H. E. S. 



