NESTS AND EGGS OF NON-INDIGENOUS BIRDS. 335 

 Family LANIID/E. Genus Lanius. 



PALLAS'S GRAY SHRIKE. 



Lanius major, Pallas. 



(British : Fairly frequent autumn migrant.) 



The breeding grounds of this species are in Siberia 

 and Manchooria, south of about lat. 65°. The nest and 

 eggs are still unknown to science. 



Family TURDID^. , Genus Geocichla. 



Sub-family TURBINE. 



SIBERIAN GROUND THRUSH. 



Geocichla sibirica {Pallas). 



(British : Very rare abnormal autumn migrant.) 



The breeding grounds of this species are presumed to 

 be in the valleys of the Yenesay and the Lena, and in 

 Japan. Nothing is known of the nest and eggs of this 

 Thrush. 



Family CYPSELID^. Genus Ch.etura. 



NEEDLE-TAILED SWIFT. 



Ch/etura caudacuta {Lafhaiii). 



(British : Very rare abnormal autumn migrant.) 



The breeding grounds of this species are in South- 

 eastern Siberia, Mongolia, the Eastern Himalayas, Thibet, 

 North China, and Japan. Altiiough some details of the 

 nidification of this Swift in Mongolia are recorded by 



