22. LANius. 253 



feet horn-colour. The lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are 

 grey, and not white as stated by Messrs. Dresser and Sharpe. 

 Total length 9-5 inches. 



Culinen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in 



Deccan (type) .... ()-83 4-2 4'4 1-12 



Kamptee 0-81 4-0 4-2o 1'2"' 



Kamptee 0-8o 4-2 4-6 1-2 



Hah. This species seems to be confined to India and Afghanistan, 

 and does not extend northwards beyond the great mountain-ranges! 



a. Ad. sk. Deccan. India Museum {Sykes). 



J. *j 1 Tir J (Type of species.) 



b c. Ad sk. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. f P.l. 



d, e,f. Ad. sk. Kamptee. Dr. R. B. Hinde fP J 



ff,h. \d.sk. -Deccan (Burr/ess). Gould Collection. 



t, k. Ad. sk. Saugor {Hooper). India Museum. 



I, m. Ad. sk. Kandeish. India Museum. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Sambhur, June 1870 (E. M. E. W. Gates, Esq 

 Adam). ' ^' 



o. Ad. sk. Umballah. Major C. H. T. Marshall 



[P.]. 



p. Ad. sk. X.W. Prov. of India. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. fP.l. 



y,r. Ad.sk. ^.W. Himalaya. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



will [P.]. 



s. c? ad. sk. Kattiawar, Sept. 2, 1871. Major Haves Lloyd TP 1 



t. S ad. sk. Sindh. J. Gould, Esq. [0.1 



M. Ad. sk. Shikarpore {Griffith). India Museum. 



22. Lanius excubitorius. 



Lanius excubitorius, Des Murs in Lefvhvre, Voy. Abyss, pp. 90 & 170 

 pi. 8 ; Ileugl. Oni. N.O.-Afr. i. p! 478 ; Dresser 'Sr Sharpe, P Z S 

 1870, p oOiJ; Heiigl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, p. 407; Sharpe, 



Collyrio excubitorius. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 390, no. 5929. 



Lanius princeps. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 73 (note). 



Lanius kick, Vierthal. in Xaitmannia, 1852, p. 57, 1857, p. 103 c tab 



Lanius macrocercus, de Filippi, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853 p -^QO- 

 Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 314; id. J. f. O. 18G3, pp. 163 &*97o' 

 1864, p. 254 ; Antinori, Cat. p. 56. ^^ ' 



Adult. Above very pale grey, which colour passes into white on 

 the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; most of the upper 

 tail-coverts are sUghtly tipped with blackish brown, not only in 

 young birds but also in fully grown specimens in fuU plumage ; 

 scapulars, all the upper and under wing-coverts, the axillaries, and 

 secondary quills are entirely brownish black ; all the primary quills, 

 including the bastard wing, are pure white at the basal half of both 

 outer and inner web, the terminal half blackish brown ; this white 

 colour produces a conspicuous patch on the wing when closed ; the 

 basal third of the central pair of tail-feathers and basal half of all 

 the other tail-feathers pure white, all the remainder of the feathers 



