N. GYLDENSTOLPE, BIRDS FROM RUSSIAN TURKESTAN. 15 



The male killed on the ^^n shows the following measure- 

 ments: Wing = 55 mm.; tail = 42 mm.; bill = 8 mm.; tarsus 

 = 18 mm. 



This subspecies differs from all other species of Regulus 

 regulus among other things in having the yellowish stripe 

 on the crown of quite the same colour in the middle as 

 on the margins. 



37. Panurus biarmicus russicus Brehm. 



A female without date on the label was collected at 

 Narin and shows the following measurements : 



Wing = 61 mm. 

 Tail = 78 » 

 Bill = 7 » 

 Tarsus = 17 » 



This specimen does not show the whitish colour on the 

 under parts of the body, which is said by Hellmayr someti- 

 mes to be seen. 



38. Lanius cristatus isabellinus Hempr. & Ehrenb. 



^ ^'^3 1910 Narin, at a height of 2140 m. 



$ "^3 1910 » » » » » 2140 » 



? 11/3 1910 » » » » » 2140 » 



$$ 273 1910 » » » » » 2140 » 



Wing in c? = 88, tail in ^ = 76, bill in c? = 15, tarsus 

 in J^ = 24 mm. 



One of the females (killed on the ^^s) shows the follow- 

 ing measurements: 



Wing = 85 mm.; tail = 71 mm.; bill = 13 mm.; tarsus = 23 mm. 



This bird seems to have been fairly common at Narin 

 to judge from the collected material. But there has also 

 been found another specimen of Lanius in the Tian Shan 

 mountains: Lanius cristatus phoenicur oides Schal., which was 



