( 4(;9 ) 



Total length oa. 11 in ; wing 4-1 — 4-:?, tail oT, tarsus 1-3— 1-4. 



Ailult fem/ilr in freshly moidlcd pltimagr. — Ditl'ei's froin (lie mntf (uiiy in 

 having a Large jiatch of very dark chestuut feathers on each side of the hoil_v. 



Yoiiiiq binh. — Have the njijier parts samly brown, finely liarrinl with dusky, 

 the Mack on the ear-eoverts and sides of the neek indicated, the breast irregularly 

 mottled with dusky, and the wing-coverts, (|uills and outer tail-Ceatlicrs narrowly 

 margined with buff and black. 



/f(t/i. British East Africa. 



3"2. Lauius excubitorius. 



Laiiiiis exciibiloriiiK Prevost and Des Murs. in Lpfehre, Vnji. Ahii-is, pp. 9;), 170, PI. VIII. (lK4rj .Ml) 



(Abyssinia and Nubia) ; Gadow, t. c. p. 263. 

 Linihix ju-iiirejiM Cab., Mux. Ilr'in. i. p. 73 footnote (185(1). 



Liwiii^ hick Vierthal., in Nanmmmm ii. p. 57 (1852) (Khartum), vii. p. 103 (1857). 

 Lu.miix imiiTorercus de Filippi, Rev. <l ^fa(|. 1853. p. 2y0 (East Africa, between 3' and 4" N. lat.). 

 Laniiis si-huUiwl Bbbm., J.f. 0. 1884. p. 177, (Boga Katani, Tanganjika). 



A</iiU male in frt'shlij moulted ^j/'^wreyc— Forehead, feathers round eye, ear- 

 coverts and band on side of neck black ; crown, hindneck and back light grey, 

 becoming whitish on the forehead, snperciliaries, ruinp and upper tail-coverts ; 

 win" and scapulars black, the basal half of the primary quills white, forming a 

 conspicuous speculum ; chin, throat, and under parts pure white ; middle pair of 

 tail-feathers black, with the basal part white, the intermediate pnrtion brownish, 

 barred with black, the amount of barring varying considerably in extent and being 

 absent in certain individuals : the outer jiairs of tail-feathers white, widely tipped 

 with black, the amount of black gradually decreasing towards the outermost iiaii-, 

 which are also narrowly tipped with white. 



Total length ca. 10 in. ; wing 4-3 — 4-a, tail 4-9, tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female in freshly moulted jjlumaye.— Similar to the mule, but witii a 

 patch of very dark chestnut feathers on each side of t lie body. 



Immature i//v/i'.— Have the grey of the upper parts washed with sandy and 

 finely barred with dusky, the edges of the wing-coverts and quills margined with 

 pale rufous and lilack, and the breast and sides with faint broken bars of dusky. 



Ildb. North-East Africa, ranging north to the Galla oonntry. Southern Abyssinia, 

 and the White Nile, west to the Nyam-Nyam country, southwards to Ankole, and 

 eastwards to the Magois country. 



33. Lanius mollis. 



Liiiihis mnUis'E.\ers.ma.\m, Bull. Sue. Kill. .l/(..ic. xxvi. p. 498 (1853) (South Altai ) ; Sclater, Ann. 



el Ma;i. N. 11. (2) xvii. p. 78 (ISSlJ) ; Bogd., t. c. pp. 97, 208, 217, Pi. II. figs. 1 and 2; 



Seebohm, IhU, 1882. p. 374, PI. IX. (Archangel) ; Gadow, t. c. p. 241. 

 '{ Liuihis seebohiid Gadow, t. c. p. 243 (Amur Valley). 



LunUisficnereus Menzbier, Ihin, 1894. p. 378 ; Dresser, B. Ei(rupe. i.\. Snppl. p. 157. Pis. l'iC7. and 01)8. 

 fig. 1 (1895). 



Adult tnalf (type of L. seebolimi) in rather tront jdinmiye. — Top (jf the liead, 

 nape, and entire upper parts, inidnding tiie scajmlars, nniforiu grey, the longer 

 scapulars edged with black on the outer web : feathers at base of cidinen, lores, 

 feathers below eye and ear-coverts black : under parts white, tinged with fulvous 

 on the breast and belly; wings Muck, the basal h:iif of the primary quills white, 

 forming a consjiicnous speculum ; secondaries and innermost primaries narrowly 

 tipped with white : middle i)airs of tail-feathers black, outer pairs with white 



