LESSER GREY SHRIKE 131 



PALLAS'S GKEAT GEEY SHEIKE. 



Lanius major, Pallas. Zoogr. Bosso-As., i., p. 401 



(1811). 



The only reference to hand of the occurrence of this 

 species in Kent is that of a specimen in the British 

 Museum, viz., an adult female skin obtained at Plum- 

 stead, in Kent, October 5, 1878, and presented by Mr. H. 

 Whitely. 



LESSEE GEEY SHEIKE. 



Lanius minor, Gmelin. H.N., i., p. 308 (1788). 



The only observations on this species in Kent w^ere 

 made by Mr. F. W. Frohawk, at Bromley, v^hich 

 appeared in the Field, May 29, 1897, and the Zoologist, 

 1897, p. 427, and are as follows : — 



Lesser Grey Shrike {Lanius minor) in Kent. — "I am 

 pleased to be able to record another occurrence of this 

 very rare visitor to this country, which I observed on 

 May 15 (1897) last, on the range of hills in Mid-Kent, 

 while in company with my friend Mr. John Wood. As 

 we passed under an ash-tree I heard a strange note over- 

 head, and looking up, I saw a bird fly out with a rather 

 jerky flight, and uttering short notes, resembling, as well 

 as I can remember, the sounds chur-tic, chtcr-tic, tic. 

 These notes were new to me, and from the appearance 

 of the bird, as seen against the background of brilliant 

 blue sky, I was quite at a loss to make out the species ; 

 but it soon dipped down, and its striking colours became 

 visible against the hill under which we were standing. 

 The bird then alighted on the ground for a few seconds. 



