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/,,/«/""» imlildii Swinb., P. Z. S. 1870. p. 1.11, PI. XI. (Sje-cluieii). 



Liiiiiiis iiitr.rlus Swinb., P. Z. S. 1871. p. 'Md (Anioy) ; id., //(/s, 1875. p. 11.') (footnote) . 



E/iHcni-toitna iiHirjitfro!<tr/!< Bogd., t. c. pp. 5.5 — 50, 2(U, and 2\G. 



Adult male infrcshli/ moultcil jdniiKKje (May). — Crown ami nape grey ; band 

 of feathens across the base of the cnliueu, as well as the lores and ear-coverts, 

 black ; back, rnmp and npper tail-coverts chestnut, barred with blackish ; under 

 parts pure white, the feathers of the sides and flanks more or less barred with dusky, 

 except in very old birds : primaries and secondaries dark brown, edged externallv 

 with chestnut, and whitish towards the base of tlie inner web ; the two or three 

 innermost secondaries and the wing-coverts mostly chestnut, with a subterminal 

 black band ; tail-feathers riifous-brown, the outer ])airs narrowly tipped with white 

 and with a subtermiual dark bar or spot. 



Total length ca. (r5 in. ; wing 3-3, tail 2-9, tarsus 1. 



Adult female in fres/d;/ moulted plumage. — f?oiiie fully adnlt /'em'ile.^ are 

 perfectly similar to the adnlt tnale, but in most females the lores are partially 

 white and the sides of the body more barred. 



A female shot ou March 31st has almost coinjileted its moult. 



The immature bird has the crown and najie as well as the upper parts 

 reddish brown with pale shaft streaks, which are hidden in freshly moulted 

 specimens, but conspicuous in worn [)lnmage, giving the crown and nape a streaked 

 appearance ; the sides of the breast and belly and tiie flanks are largely barred 

 with lilacki.sh, otherwise the plumage is very similar to that of the adult. 



The moult appears to take place in March, and birds shot in April and the 

 beginning of May are in fresh breeding plumage. The great majority of breeding 

 birds are from the north, and though a few may remain to breed in the Malay 

 Peninsula, almost all the specimens met with there are young bii'ds. 



llab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, an<l China, north to Corea. 



53. Lanius darwini. 



Colliirin rhirimii) Severlz., Tii^kkfiit-ZtipUki, i. pt. i. p. 51 (18711) (neighbourhood of Verni 

 Semirecbeask). 



Adult male in freshly moulted pi uma(je. —Most nearly allied to L. phamicuroii/os, 

 but the back and scapulars, as well as the rump and upper tail-coverts, are chestnut- 

 brown ; the under parts are white washed with rufous-buft', esi)ecially ou the sides 

 and flanks ; the general colour of the upper parts is very similar to that found in 

 certain specimens of //. superciliosus, but in the present species the nape is greyish 

 and not uniform chestnut with the back. 



Total length ca. .s in. ; wing 3-7, tail 3-7, tarsus 1-9.5. 



The above description is taken from the type of the species, for the loan of 

 which I am indebted to Dr. Bianchi. 



Hab. Near Verni, Semirechensk, Turkestan. 



54. Lanius cristatus. 



Laiiiiix a-igtntiis Linn., S. X. i. p. 1.34 (niiG) ; Gadow, t. c. p. 271. 



? Lanius hrarhyimis Pall., Reixe, iii. App. p. i;'J3 (177(;) (Dauria) ; id., Z.«).r//-. «o-s.so .l.s-. i. p. 405 (1811). 

 Laidiix jihaiiicuriiH Pall., Zoni/r. Roxso-A^. i. p. 405 (1811). 



LaiiiKs melanolis Valenc, Dkl. SH. Nat. xl. p. 2:i7 (18_»6) (Pondichcrry) ; Lesson, Traile d'Orii. 

 p. 372 (1831) ; Cuv., M.S. ; Purh., .in/,. d,i Mns. vii. p. :i24 (1854). 



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