24G T.ANriD.T;. 



smaller dimensions. Its bill is more slender and shorter than that 

 of any other of the L. algerioisis group. 



Adult. The general coloration of the upper parts seems to vary a 

 little, as there are specimens, from the same locality, which are 

 either darker blne-grcy or paler than L. uncinatus. A narrow black 

 frontal band and a faintly indicated white superciliary stripe are 

 always present ; base of central tail-feathers blackish grey. The 

 breast is frequently washed with pinkish grey ; this colour, how- 

 ever, does not seem to be characteristic either of the breeding- or 

 the winter plumage. 



Youncj birds are jialer grey al)ove, and have the wing-coverts 

 edged with whitisli ; underparts dull greyish white, slightly tinged 

 with cream-colour and marked with numerous faint darker cross 

 bars on the breast. 



Total length 8-8-5 inches. 



Cuhiien. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. 



( 0-75 3'8 3-9 1-1 



North America ^0-70 3-8 3-95 1-07 



( 0-70 3-8 4-0 1-1 



S . 4Cith parallel O'Uo 3-75 3.8 1-0 



d . 4yth parallel 067 3-8 3-8 I'O 



J . Mexico 0-67 3-8 3-7 0-98 



Hah. From Canada to Mexico and Louisiana. 



Ohs. Examples from Canada are paler grey on the upper parts 

 and purer white on the lower parts, and have the white on the wing, 

 the superciliary stripe, and especially on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts more developed {L. exaihitoroides). They are very distinct 

 from the extreme southern form, which is contined to the southern 

 States and Mexico {L. ludovicianus) ; but in the intervening localities 

 intermediate forms occur. 



a. Ad. sk. N. America. Purchased. 



b. Juv. .sk. Louisiana. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. 49th parallel, N. A. N.A. Boundary Commission [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. 49th parallel, N. A., N.A. Boundary Commission [P.]. 



May 23, 1874. 



e. (S ad. sk. 49lh' parallel, N. A. N.A. Bomidary Commission [P.]. 

 /, a. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



A. "Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



i. Ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico. M. de Oca [C], 



Z;. [ cJ ] ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



/. Juv. .sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



14. Lanius meridionalis. 



Lanius meridionalis, Temm. Man. c?'0/-«. i. p. 143 (1820) ; id. PI. Col. 

 pi. 143 ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. ii. pi. 15 ; Keyserlin;/ i^- Bias. Wirhelth. 

 Eur. no. 251 ; Gould, B. Eur. ii. pi. 67 ; Bree, B. Eur, i. p. 159 ; 

 Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 74 ; Cara, Ornith. Sardin. p. 48 ; Roux, 

 On). Provenq. pi. 153; Lindermayer, Vof). Griechenl. p. 113; 

 Pp. C. A. i. p. •M)) ; fiiiuteille, Ornith. die iJauphine, pi. 18. tig. 2 : 



