22. LANiTJs. 235 



b'. Crown li^i'Iit grcj, sliadiug ofl" into a 

 delicate earthy brown on the hind neck 



and mantle lucionensis, p. 274. 



h. No frontal band; flanks pale; all the 



imderparts slightly tiuged or washed with 



fawn, creani-colouv, &c. 



c' . Whole tail rich brownish red; a rather 



large alar speculum formed by the 



white bases of the primaries speculigerus, p. 279. 



(/'. Tail dull brownish red; little or no 

 white at base of primaries ; no pure 

 white colour in the whole plimiage. 

 a". Underparts pinkish creamy; ear- 

 coverts black isabelUnvs, p. 277. 



h" . Underparts not pinkish ; ear-coverts 



brown phocnimroicles,^. 278. 



IV. Bichhi coloured birds ; j^rincipal colours black, 

 irhilc, and rich broum. 

 u. Tail much graduated, with large white tips. 

 a'. Large white shoulder-patch; forehead 

 black; mantle chestnut. 

 a". Crown and hind neck blackish grey . collyrioides, p. 289. 

 b" . Crown and hind neck light grey. . . . vitfalus, p. 280. 

 b'. Shoulder white; mantle deep black; 



forehead white nubicm, p. 282. 



b. Tail nearly square, with nan-ow white tips. 

 c'. Scapulars white, forming a large white 

 patch ; centre of crown and hind neck 

 chestnut ; forehead black. 



c". Basal half of primaries white aurieulatus, p. 283. 



d" . No white on primaries badius, p. 285. 



d'. Scapulars uniform with the back; crown 

 and hind neck grey. 

 e" . Mantle chestnut-brown, without any 



cross bars to the feathers collurio, p. 286. 



f. Mantle reddish brown, each feather 



cross-barred tigrinus, p. 289. 



1. Lanius minor. 



Pie-grieche d'ltalie, Daub. PL Enl. 32 (1770). 



Lanius minor, Gm. S. N. i. p. 308 (1788, ex Daub.) ; Tenim. Man 

 d'Orn. p. 60; Werner, Alias, Insectivores, pi. 4; Bechst. Nat 

 Dentschl. ii. p. 1319 ; id. Ornith. Taschenb. i. p. 101 ; Meyer Sf 

 Wolf, Taschenb. Voi/. Deutschl. i. p. 88 ; Meyer, Vog. Liev- ti 

 Esthlandes, p. 41 ; Koch, Si/st. baier. Zool. i. p. 102 ; Naum. Vog 

 Deutschl. ii. p. 15, Taf. 50 (1822); Gould, B. Eur. iv. pi. GS 

 Eoux, Orn. Prov. pi. 154; Gould, B. Gt. Brit. pt. xiii. ; Frisch 

 Viig. Europ. pi. 21. fig. 28 ; Boufeille, Orn. du Dauphinc, pi. 18, 

 f. 3 ; Rupp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 33 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 363 (1850) 

 Degl.^ Gvrbe, Orn. Europ. p. 224 (1867); Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 476; Gurnet/ in Anderss. B. Damara Ld. p. 1.34 

 Finsch !<i Hartl. Vof/. 'Ostafr. p. 3::i0 ; Bree, B. Eur. i. p. 165 

 Blanf. East. Pers.'-^. 137"; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 115 (1872), 

 Dresser, B. Eur. iii. pi. 149 (1873) ; Antinori Sf Salvad. Viaqq. 

 Bogos, p. 78; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1876, p. 380; Schalow, ibid. 

 p. 131 ; Severfz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 344; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1876, 

 pp. 152, 253 ; id. Orn. Angola, p. 214. 



