'22. LAxrrs. 241 



brown ; the vermiculations on the underparts extending over tho 

 sides of the neck. 



Winter phonaqe of the adult birds. — Lores and prosocular region 

 whitish instead of black ; the vermiculations or bars on the under- 

 parts darker and more numerous, and extending fuithor down the 

 belly ; upper parts, especially in immature birds, strongly washed 

 with tawny brown. 



Young birds resemble the female ; but the vermiculations extend 

 over the whole of the underparts of the body, as well as over the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts edged with brownish 

 fawn-colour ; mantle, hind neck, and crown of head entirely tawny 

 brown. 



Total length about 9 inches. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in 



Ad. c? 0-7;j 4-35 44 1 Oo 



Ad. 2 0-75 4-55 4-5 Mo 



Ad. 2 0-80 4-35 4-45 110 



Ad. c? 0-80 4-55 4-60 1-0:.^ 



Hab. North America. 



a. Ad. St. North America. 



b. Ad. sk. British X. America. Pludson's Bay Co. [P.l. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Arctic America. Dr. Rae [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Canada. Gould Collection. 



/. Ad. sk. Niagara. Goidd Collection. 



^r. Ad. sk. 49th ^parallel, April 20, N. A. Boundary Commission. 



1874 ( G. Dmuson). 



h. Ad. sk. 4f)th parallel, April 24. N.A. Boundary Commission 



I. Ad. sk. 49th parallel. N.A. BoundarV Commission 



k, Juv. sk. Michigan. Prof. J. B. Steers [P.l. 



/, m. (S ad. ; West side of Rock^ J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



n. 2 ad. sk. mountains. 



0. 1mm. sk. Columbia river. Gould Collection. 



p, q. Ad. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [C], 



r. 2 ad. sk. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. IP.]. 



s. Ad. sk. Fort Good Hope. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



t. Ad. sk. Texas. Purchased. 



M. [Ad.] sk. California. Lord Walsingham [P.] 



5. Lanius mollis. 



Laniua mollis, Eversmann, Bull. Soc. Nat. 3Ioscou, xxvi. p. 498 

 (1853) ; Bogdanow, Bussian Shrikes ^r.p. 97 ; Seebohm, Ibis 1882 

 p. 374, pi. 11. ' ' 



Differs from the tawny specimens of L. horealis in bavin"- the 

 upper and under tail-coverts sandy buff instead of creamy greyish- 

 white or white ; tho rump fulvous. Bogdanow describes the male 

 female, and young at length. The following measurements are' 

 taken from a specimen in Mr. Seebobra's collection, obtained by 

 Severtzow in Turkestan : — Culmen (••8 inch, wing 4-(j5 tail 4-5 

 tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Dzungaria and Turkestan. 

 VOL. Tin. B 



