SHRIKES 341 



Norfolk, was very successful in breeding both the 

 European Eagle Owl and the Snow Owl in con- 

 finement. For particulars see Ibis, 1859, p. 273, 

 and 1875, p. 517- 



Order 11. PASSERES 

 Earn. LANIID^. 



PALLAS'S GREY SHRIKE. Lanius major, Pallas. 

 Length, 10 in.; bill, 0-75 in.; wing, 4 in.; tarsus, 

 lin. 



Hah. Northern Scandinavia and Russia eastwards 

 thoughout Siberia. 

 One, Bridgend, near Cardiff", April 1881 ; exhibited by Mr. 



Seebohm, Proc. Zool. Soc, Dec. 13, 1881 ; Zool, 1882, p. 



109; Drane, "Birds of Glamorgan," 1900, figured from 



a photograph. 

 One, Vale of Belvoir, Feb. 8, 1885: Browne, "Birds of 



Leicestershire," p. 71. 

 One on the Erewash, Notts, Jan. 11, 1892: Whitlock, 



"Birds of Derbyshire," p. 70. 

 One shot at Chilwell, near Beeston, Notts, Jan. 1892: 



Whitlock, Zool, 1892, p. 76. 



Obs. This Shrike ditfers from Lanius excubitor 

 in having the upper tail coverts ivhite, and so little 

 white at the base of the secondaries as to form only 

 one white speculum on the wing when closed, i.e. 

 on the primaries. The tail measures 4i inches, and 

 the weight is 2^ oz. It interbreeds with L. excubitor 

 in Scandinavia (Collett, Ibis, 1886, pp. 30-40 ; and 

 Newton, "Diet. Birds," p. 844). See the remarks 

 under Great Grey Shrike, p. 31, PI. 5, fig. 6. 



