260 



27. Lanius subcoronatus. 



Lanius subcoronatiis, Smt'tJi, III. Zool. S. Afr., Avea, pi. 68; Bp. C. A, 

 i. p. 35y ; Strickl. ^- Sclater, B. Damara LcL, Contr. Orn. 18-52, 

 p. 154; Andersson,P. Z. S. 1874, p. 1 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 157 ; 

 Sharpe, Ccd. Afr. B. p. 50 ; id. ed. Layard B. South A.fr. p. 377. 



ColljTio subcoronatus, Gray, Hand4. B. i. p. 301, no 5943. 



Fiscus subcoronatus, Grurney in Andersson, B. Damara Ld. p. 1-38 ; 

 Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1872, p. 67 ; id. Orn. Anyola, p. 217 ; Chap- 

 man's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 393. 



Fiscus capeUi, Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. xxvi. p. 93 (1879) ; id. Orn. 

 d' Anyola, p. 649 ; Reichen. ^- Schalow, J, f. O. 1880, p. 97. 



Adult male. Easilj' distinguished from L. collaris by a white 

 frontal band and a large superciliary stripe. Rump and under 

 surface of body pure white, as in L. humeralis, from which it 

 differs by the colour of the upper parts, which are still more dull 

 and more tinged with brownish grey than in L. collaris. Bill and 

 feet horny black. Total length 8"5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3"G5, 

 tail 4-1, tarsus 1'05. 



Adult female. Very large chestnut spot on the flanks ; in younger 

 specimens the breast slightly tinged or waved with ashy. Total 

 length S-5 inches, culmen 0'6.5, wing 3*8, tail 4-4, tarsus 1. 



Young bird. More or less like those of the allied species, but 

 always having the rump and terminal half of some of the upper 

 tail-coverts and the frontal and superciliary region white. 



Hah. South-western Africa, from Benguela to Namaqua Land. 



a. Ad. sk. S.W. Africa. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Damara Land. C.J.Andersson,Esq. [C.]. 



c. 5 imm. sk. Swakop river, Jan. 30, 1864 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{Andersson). 



d. Imm. sk. Swakop river, Nov. 25, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1863 {Andersson). 



e. tS imm. sk. Kamis river, Gt. Namaqua R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 (moultiug). Land, May 22 1862 {An- 

 dersson). 



f. 2 ad.sk. Gt. Namaqua Laud, June 18, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1862 {Andersson). 



28. Lanius tephronotus. 



Collurio tephronotus, Viycrs, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 43; Bp. Bev. et 



Mac;. Zool. 1853, p. 435 ; Hume, Nests and Lyys Lid. B. p. 171 



(187.3). _ _ _ 



Lanius nipalensis, Hodys. Lid. Bevtcic, i. p. 445 (1837). 

 Collurio obscurior, Hodf/s. in Grai/s Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 84. 

 Lanius tephronotus. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 290 (l8iQ); Blyth, J. A. S. 



Beny. xv. p. 301 : id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. ] 51 (1849) ; B}}. C. A. 



i. p. 364; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 3L E.L Co. i. p. lOG (1854) ; 



Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 403 (1862) ; Godivin-Austen, J. A. S. Beny. 1870, 



p. 99, and 1875, p. 473 ; Sicinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 375 ; Hume, Str. 



F. 1874, p. 475; David et Oustal. Ois. C7iine,-p. 94; Schaloiv, J. f. 0. 



1878, p. 151 ; Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yunnan, Aves, p. 643 (1878). 



