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from this species, besidea its longer tail, in the following points : — 

 The blackish-brown colour of the priraarj' quills is confined to 

 their terminal third, the basal two thirds, including the shafts, 

 being pure white ; on some of the secondaries the black colour is 

 reduced to a large subterminal patch, the greater part of the outer 

 web and the whole inner web of some being white; the scainilars 

 also show more white in this species than in L. homeyeri; upper 

 tail-coverts distinctly liglit grey like the mantle and back. The 

 white colour on the tail is reduced to the two middle pairs of tail- 

 feathers, these being simply tipped with white, but black at base, 

 whilst in L. Jionuyeri the basal third of the whole tail is pure 

 white ; the three outer pairs of tail-feathers are entirely, the fourth 

 pair a little less, pure white. Bill black, except at the base of the 

 under mandible, whicli is brownish red ; feet and claws ashy black ; 

 iris black. Total length 11 inches, culmen U-8, wing 4-75, tail 5-6, 

 tarsus l-',i. 



Hah. Houthern China. 



a. J ad. sk. Tanvan, Chiukeang, Jan. 28, Shanghai Museum [P.]. 

 187G. 



9. Lanius seebokmi. 



The whole of the ui)per parts, including the scapulars and lesser 

 wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts, uniform pale slaty grey ; a 

 narrow frontal band, lores, and ear-coverts black ; wing-coverts and 

 quills black, with the basal half of the primaries and the tips of 

 the secondaries white ; the six central tail-feathers entirely black, 

 the three outer pairs tipped with white, which, even on the outer- 

 most pair, does not exceed three quarters of an inch ; outer web of 

 outside feather narrowly margined with white ; all the underparts 

 of the body dingy white ; under wing-coverts grey ; inner margin 

 of remiges whitish ; bill and feet black. Culmen 0*85 inch, wing 4-S, 

 tail 4-7, tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. The type of this species (an adult female) was obtained by 

 Dr. Maack in the valley of the Amoor, and was received in exchange 

 from the ^t.-Petersburg Museum by Mr. Swinhoo, and is now in 

 Mr. Seebohm's collection. 



10. Lanius robustus. 



Collurio ludovicianus, var. robustus, liaird, Brew., S) Ridyw. N. A. B. 

 i. p. 420 (1874). 



This species resembles L. ludovicianus in its general coloration, 

 but differs from it in having no trace of an eye-stripe, and in having 

 the white on the inner web of the secondaries very largely deve- 

 loped, whilst that of the tail is scarcely developed at all ; all the 

 taU-featheis are black to the base, and the four central feathers 

 entirely black. " Culmen 1 inch, wing 4-2. tail 4-4, tarsus 1-2 " 

 (Jiaircl). 



Hah. Calii'oruia. 



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