(241 ) 



"Wliiteheafl obtained a very worn sppcimnn in the Fivc-Finger Mnimtiiins on 

 April 17. Onr skins from Seeha are equally worn, while the antuiun sjieeimens 

 are in splendid fresh plnmage, mostly still moulting. 



Two nests were found on May IS and 23, twenty feet above the ground, containing 

 four and five eggs. The eggs look exaotly like some eggs of the Grey Desert 

 Shrike, Lajiius e.vciihitor degans, found by Mr. Rothschild and myself iu the Saliara. 

 They are white, faintly tinged with an apology of green, with ])ale brown and vory 

 pale lilac-grey underlying spots. Measurements; 24 x 19,23-6 x 19'2, 24-1 x 1!), 

 23-2 X 18-5, and 242 x 18-5, 25 x 19-5, 24-9 x 19, 244 x ISo, 248 x 188 mm. 



232. Lanius schach schach L. 



Lanhs Kcharh Grant, P. Z S. 1900. p. 4fiO. 



2 (?<J, 1 ? Hoihow, February, March, April I9U2 (No. 2). 



8 <?(?, 1 (J Kiungchau, February, March 1902 (No. 2). 



Nests containing four and five eggs were found on March 15 and during the 

 second half of May. They stood from 10 to 20 ft. high iu bushes and trees. The 

 eggs vary, but all are pinky- white, or white with pale rufous markings and very 

 pale lilac underlying spots. The measurements are fairly constant, and vary only 

 from 23-5 x 18-2 to 24 x 19 mm. 



233. Lanius cristatus superciliosus Lath. 



Laniiis miperciliosus Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p, 470. 



8 (J? Hoihow, February 1902 (No. 49). 



This Shrike is only a winter visitor to Hainan. 



234. Lanius cristatus lucionensis L. 



Lanius luciimeusis Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 470. 



Seen, but not procured by Swinhoe ; obtained in North Hainan, according to 

 Hartlanb. 



235. Lanius fuscatus Less. 

 Grant, P. Z S. 1900. p .470. 



(J Lei Muimon, December 1902 (No. 193). 



4 (J? Utoshi, March 1903 (No. 144). 



2 <?<? Taibinahi, March 1903 (No. 144). 



6 Mt. Wuchi, April 1903 (No. 144). 



2 (?(?, 1 ? No-Tai, November 1903 (No. 144). 



These birds have the breast rather grey, only slightly tinged with rufous, but 

 larger material from the continent is required to decide if this is constant. The 

 specimen from Lei Muimon is quite aberrant ; it is almost black above and 

 underneath ; has a white feather on the throat, the second primary of the right 

 wing pure white, and the fourth primary mi-Ked with white ; while the left wing 

 has the fourth primary pare white, with the exception of the outer web at the tip. 



236. Psittiparus gularis hainanus Rothsch. 



Psillipanis (juluriit Iminamis Rothschild, Dull. D. 0. C. xiv. p. 7 (.Oct. 1903— Mt. Wuchi, Hainan). 

 1 (J No-Tai, September 19t)2 (No. 98). 

 1 <J Lei Muimon, January 1903 (No. 9»). 



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