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underparts rather paler than the upper parts ; a broad white stripe below 

 the eye, and a few white feathers above the eye indicating a stripe ; under tail- 

 coverts and lower flanks chestnut-red. Bill and legs dark plumbeous, iris 

 dull crimson. Total length about 10'50 inches, culmen 0'90, wing 4'50, tail 

 6-40, tarsus 1'50. 



From its nearest ally Garula sannio, this species differs in having the upper 

 parts much darker and mofe uniform in colour, the crown not chestnut-brown, 

 the under parts darker, without any white or ochraceous on the belly, and ia 

 the tail having a broad white terminal band. Colonel Waddell informs me 

 that " it is called by the Tibetans ' Jomo,' or the Lady ; it is found in the 

 same poplar and older thickets as the Babax, but also comes up quite close to 

 the villages. It has the characteristic habits of a Babbler in a marked degree, 

 roves about in parties of eight or more individuals, chatters more noisily 

 uttering its fluty call of Whoh-hee, Whoh-he<t, is always on the move, scamper- 

 ing along the branches, is very secretive seldom showing itself and flying very 

 low across a clearance to the next cover." 



Lanius lama, sp. n. (Plate V, Fig. 1.) 



Adult Male. (Tsangpo Valley, Tibet, September 1904.) .Head, nape, and 

 upper parts generally dark plumbeous much as in Lanius alyeriensis, a narrow 

 line across the forehead, the lores, aud a broad band through and behind 

 the eye deep black ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts rufous ; wings black 

 the inner secondaries and larger wing-coverts narrowly margined with dull 

 white, tail uniform blackish brown, rather pale at the extreme tip ; under 

 parts white, the breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts washed with rufous fawn. 

 Total length about .tO'10 inches, culmen 0'83, wing 4'20, tail 5'0, tarsus 1*12. 



Lanius schach appears to be the nearest ally to the present species, but the 

 latter has only a narrow black line across the forehead, the upper parts are 

 much darker, it has no rufous on the back or scapulars, but only on the lower 

 rump and upper tail-coverts, and has no trace of a white alar speculum. 



The other birds sent are Pica bottan°nsis, Turtur orientalis, Gtocorys ehvesi , 

 a young Lark which I cannot separate from A lauda arve?isis and Paries cinereus, 

 which however, has a slightly larger bill and longer wing than typical examples, 

 but without a series it is impossible to say if it can be regarded even as a 

 subspecies. 



All the above-mentioned birds were obtained in the Tsangpo Valley, near 

 the Chuksam Ferry, at an elevation of 12,100 feet above the sea-level. 



