( -170 ) 



tips, wiliest on tlio nntoniiost ]m\r (ulidut, i>^ in.), and very narrow on the tliird 

 jiair. 



Total length ca. U in. ; wing 4'('), tail 4-7, tarsus !•!.">. 



All immaturi' bird, which ajipears to be of this s]iocies, is in the Seeliolini 

 collection ; it is the ftmalc iVoni Ferghana (Dr. Severt/ov), mentioned in Dresser, 

 Hiippl. B. Europe, j). loi), nnder the name of Ij-fiincrc/'s. This bird lias the entire 

 npjier parts brown, tinged with grey, slightly washed with rufons on the scajmlars ; 

 the lores whitish, ear-coverts brownish black, the nnder i)arts white, sntfnsed with 

 fnlvons and barred with dusky, except on the under tail-coverts ; the wings as in 

 the type of L. st'eholuni, but with less white, and the tail very similar, Imt with 

 the white tips on the outer tail-feathers slightly wider. 



1 have little doubt that this is the young of the bird described as L. neebohmi 

 by Gadow, as also that the other specimens before us of so-called />. J'uncreiis iind 

 L. mollis are still younger e.xamjiles of the same species. Tlirough the kindness of 

 Dr. Bianclii I have been able to examine specimens from the liiver Tschnja iind 

 the Ivuregesch Pass, in the South Altai (Eversmann collection), and also a /cm il>- 

 from Chami district, collected by the brothers Grum-Orzimailo. 



In the iSeebohm collection there is also the Male from the mountains near Luke 

 Korogol, mentioned in Dresser, Siippl. B. Europe, p. 159. 



All these are uniinestionably immature birds ; they differ chietly from the 

 young /m"/tf from Ferghana, described above, in having the scapulars and ujipcr 

 tail-coverts more distinctly rufous, and the greater secondary wing-coverts edged 

 with, the same colour. These edgings are widest and must marked in a quite young 

 bird from Kuregesch Pass, rather less so in uhlei- birds from ('hami and the 

 mountains near Lake Korogol, and narrowest in a still older bird from the l?iver 

 Tschnja. 



Ilab. North-East Asia ; Amurland (?), ranging south-westwards through the 

 Altai and Thiau-shau ranges to Ferghana and Kashgaria. 



34. Lanius minor. 



? Lau'nts attrict/htluK Miill., Xatiimi/st. SiijipK p. 71 (177ti) (Kurope). 



Ltiulus miniir Gmel., S.N. i. p. :i08 (17S8) ; Bogil., t. c. pp. 120, 210, and '.'IS ; Gadow, t. c. p. 'JilS. 



Liiniiis italiciis Lath., Jiid. Oni. i, p. 71 (1790). 



Lanius rii/il Pall., Znnip-. Roxsn-As. i. p. 4o;^ (1811) (S. Russia). 



Lmiiiisfliirifireiis Hetnpr. & Ehrenb., Si/mh. I'lii/s. Ait.i. i. fol. e. (1828). 



Liiniiis iiii/rifruiix Brelim, Htiiidb. Viiij. DtiiLirlil. p. 2.% (1831); id., I '«,(/<■//('";/, p. 83 (185!j) ; id., 



Ndtiiiuntiiia, I8o5. p. 27o. 

 Liiniug vifdiiis Brehm, Hit /nib. ToV/. Deiitschl, p. 22() (IM.Sl). 

 Luniiis loiigipenn'is Blytb, ./. A. Snr. Heiif/. xv. p. .300 (1840). 

 Ltmius roseiis Bailly, Orn, de la Sarnfc, ii. p. 2ij (1853). 



Lanius pinetorinn Brehm, Vaf/fl/ain/^ p. 83 (I8o5) ; id., Xtiinnaiuiia. 185.0. p. 275. 

 Lanius e.rijiiiu!< Brebm, Vofjelfanfj, p. 84 (18.'j5) ; id., Ninnnannia, 1855. p. 275. 

 Laniua rfi'itrus Brebm. Vof/fl/attg, p. 84 (1855) ; id., Xauin<iuniti, 1855. p. 275. 

 Lauias jiiillitliroslrin Neumann {nee Cassin), .I.f.O. litOO. p, 2(i5 (Nguriiman) (an immature specimen ; 



examined). 



Adult male uml femnle in frexlibf moaUeil I'liimdi/e. — Foreliead and forepart of 

 crown between the eyes, as well as feathers above and below the eyes and ear-coverts, 

 black ; rest of crown and Hp])er ])arts ))ale grey ; chin, tiiroat and nnder ])arts white, 

 washed vvitli dull rose-colour on the i)reast, sides and flanks; wings black ; basal 

 half of primaries white, fcu'ming a cons])icuous s]ieculum ; secondary (luills narrowly 

 tij)ped with white ; first primary very short, about eijnal in length to the greater 



