22. LANIUS. 247 



Frifsch, Vikj. Eta: pi. 21. f. 13; Jleiiffl. Orn. K.O.-Afr. i. p. 480 

 (1871); id. Feterm. Geoqr. Mittheil. 18(39, p. 407; Dresser ^ 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 594 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. pi. 147 (1873) ; 

 Lilford, Ibis, 1860, p. 13o ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 206. 

 Collyiiii meridioualis. Werjter, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 3 (1827): 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. ^90, no. 5928. 



Adult. Above dark plumbeous : a narrow line of -vrhite feathers 

 runs along the base of the forehead, and extends backwards over the 

 eyes as an indistinct superciliary streak ; loral regiou and ear-coverts 

 black, "the latter having the shafts rather distinct, which gives them 

 a somewhat hoary appearance ; '' cheeks, chin, upper throat, vent, 

 under wing- and under tail-coverts white ; all the rest of the under- 

 parts rosy colour, except the flanks, which are grey ; on all the other 

 parts this species is coloured exactly like L. alrjeriensis. Totallength 

 9 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4-2, tail 4-8, tarsus 1-2. 



The sexes are alike in colour, except that in the female the white 

 edgings of the scapulars are perhaps not quite so broad as in the 

 male. 



Hah. Confined to the soiith of France, to Spain and Portugal. 



a. Ad. sk. Spain. Capt. Cook [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Spain. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Malao-a, Gould Collection. 



15. Lanius fallax. (Plate Till.) 



Lanius pallidirostris, Cass. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1851, p. 244 (pt.) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 61; Heuglin, Orn. K.O.-Afr. p. 482; 



Sharpe >^- Dresser, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 598; Severtzmv, J.' f. O. 1873, 



p. 345 ; Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 104. 

 Lanius auclieri, Bp. Pep. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 294. 

 Lanius pallidus, de Eihppi, Pev. et Mag. Zool. Ib53, p. 433 ; Brehtn, 



J.f. O. 1854, p. 140; Antinori, Cat. p. 50; Salvad. Pimst. Cat. 



Anfin. p. 738. 

 Collyi'io pallidirostris, Grag, IIand-1. B. i. p. 391, no. 5931. 

 Collyrio pallidus, Gray, IIand-1. B. i. p. 391, no. 5937. 

 ? Lanius dealbatus, Finsch Sf Hartl. Viig. Ostafr., Nachtrag, p. 86G 



(teste Heuglin). 

 Lanius lahtora, Sgkes, apud Heuglin. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 483. 

 Lanius fallax, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1872, p. 249, pi. xxv. 



The birds which, according to Hartlaub and Finsch's description, 

 are to be referred to L. falla.v might be looked upon as a paler and 

 more eastern race of L. algeriensis. After a careful examination 

 of a great number of these birds, I have come to the conclusion that 

 L. falla.v differs from L. ahjericnsis as follows: — 



1st. The general colour of the head, neck, and mantle and back is 

 pale grey. 2nd. The white tips to the secondary quills are a little 

 larger ; and as this white colour narrowly borders the terminal half 

 of the outer web, and as the basal half of the inner web is rather 

 broadly edged with white, the whole secondaries have a whiter 

 appearance than those of L. ahjeriensiii. iJrd. Tiie imderparts are 

 generally much whitci-. the greyish tinge which is so well devt loped 



