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Rontlnvanls to lAibiian, Borneo and ('elebes, eastwards to the riiili|i[)iiie Islands, 

 Formosa and the Loo-choo Islands, and northwards to (.'orea, Mongolia and North 

 China. 



.")T. Lanius super ciliosus. 



Le lioNsae'iu Lc Vaill., Uiy/. Xnl. ii. |.. CiO. PI. (iG. fig. 2 (ITOfl). 



Lanius niipfirJIuKiix Lath., Iml. Oni. Siij)2>l. p. xx(IHI)l) (Java) ; Waldeii, //«.v, IKIiT. ]>. "J18 ; 



Gadow, t. c. p. 273. 

 Lrinlus ji!miiin,ni.-< Walden (w.rPall.). Jbh, ISGT. PI. V. fig. 2. 

 Ototneld nnperrili'»ifi>\ Bogd., t. c. pp. ,^I, and 21.5. 



Adult M'llc. — General colour above briyht reddish brown, the crown iind rumji 

 being, as a rule, somewhat brighter than the back ; forehead and superciliary stripes 

 pure white ; lores and ear-coverts black ; chin, throat and foreneck white ; breast 

 and rest of under parts cinnamon (very pale in worn October specimens) ; tail 

 reddish brown, the outer feathers paler at the tip ; primary i|Mills l)laek, white 

 towards the base, especially of the inner web, but the white is concealed by the 

 greater coverts. 



Total length ca. 8 in. ; wing 3-.^, tail :5o, tarsus 1. 



Adult feinale. — Similar to the male, but the liidden white bases of the primaries 

 are rudimentary. 



Some adult females show traces oi bars on the sides of the breast and on the 

 flanks. 



Imina/iire /)i/-d.<i. — Differ from the young of L. crista fas in the brighter and 

 more rufous colour of the ujijier parts. 



Hab. The islands off Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, e.\(ending from the 

 Malay Peninsula through Java and Flores to the Philippine Islands and Japan. 



The following is a complete alphabetical list of the names used in the present 

 jiajier ; the names in italics are those used for the species recognised. 



Lanius aeruginosus Ivltin. = L. coUurio. />» 

 L. affinis t'L^^clier &, Reichenow = L. collurio. L. 



L. affinis l.cgge = L. caniceps. 0. 



L. albicollis WUrt. =1. mibicus. L. 



L. alyerieiisis Less. L. 



L. americanus Bogd. = L. borealis. I. 



L. anderssoni Strikl. & Sil. =L. collurio. L. 



L. anthonyi JlfMins^L. ludovicianus. L. 



L. antiguanus (Imel. = L. nasutus. L. 



A. aiiliiiiirii Salvad. /,. 



L. ardosiaceus Vieill. = 1. ludovicianus. L. 



L. arenarius lilytli = L. isabellinus. F. 



L. arnaudi Des Murs. = L. hnmeralis. L. 



L. asiaticus Bogd. = L. major. L. 



L. assimilis Brehm. /.. 

 L. aucheri Bomip. = L. dealbatus x L. pal- L. 



lidirostris. L. 



L, auriculatus Miill. ? = L. minor, 1. 



/nils hadias Hartl. 



Iieiilel Horsf. 



bogdanowi liiauchi = L. elaeagni. 



/'oi-i'it/is Vifill. 



brachyurus Pall. = ? L. cristatus. 

 Iiiia!/ili.alii.t Temm. it Sclil. 

 burra J. E. Gray = L. lahtora. 

 buryi l.or. & Ilellm. = L. pallidirostris. 

 canescens Severtz = L. isabellinus. 

 cunlri'jis Blytli. 



caniceps Snviitz - L. isabellinus. 

 capelli BooagesL. subcoronatus. 

 carolinensis Wils. = L. ludovicianus. 

 castaneus Gmel. = L. schach. 



niiiiliitiis Cull. 



cephalomelus Bonii]!. = L. nasutus. 

 chinensis .1. K. ()r.iy = L. schach. 

 cinereus Ijrach = 1. excubitor. 



