262 L.VNIID^. 



C. A. i. p. 364 (1850) ; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. M. E.I. Co. i. 



p. 163 (1854) ; Cassin, Narrat. of Exped. Amer. Squndr. ii. p. 238 



(1856); Sioinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 43, and 1871, p. 59; id. P. Z. S. 



1803, p. 28G, and 1871, p. 375 ; Severtz. Turk. Jevotn. (1873) ; 



Walden, Tr. Z. Soc. 1875, p. 170; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 184; 



Bar. 4'- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 95, pi. 75 (1877); Schalotv, J.f. O. 



1878, p. 139. 

 Chestnut-backed Shrike, Lath. Gen. Si/n. i. p. 159 (1781). 

 Laniiis castaneus, Gm. S. iV. xiii. p. 297, no. 5 (1788); Lath. Ind. 



Orn. i. p. 07. 

 Lanius macrourus, Cuv. Mtis. Par. (teste Pucher. Arch, du Mus. 



d'llist. nat. vii. p. 325, 1854). 

 Lanius chinensis, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 1 (1831). 

 CoUvrio schach, Bp. Pev. ct Maq. Zool. 1853, p. 434; Gray, 



Iland-l. B. i. p. 392, no. 5949 (1869) ; id. Fasc. B. aiina, p. 4. 

 Lanius longicaudatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151. 

 Lanius schach, var. formosse, Sivinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 270 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 335. 



Adult. The sexes are alike in plumage. Forehead, ocular region, 

 and car-coverts black ; rest of head, and hind neck grey, clearer 

 where it adjoins the back, but gradually becoming tinged ■with 

 sandy colour as it approaches the back, which is deep orange ferru- 

 ginous like the scapulars and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 

 black, the lesser ones slightly shaded with greyish ; edge of wing 

 white ; general colour of quills brownish black ; the primaries 

 externally narrowly edged with buffy white, five of them with 

 white bases, which colour, extending over generally not more or 

 even less than the basal third of the quills, is completely hidden by 

 the wing-coverts, rarely producing a distinct alar speculum ; the 

 secondaries with broad rufous margins ; tail black, tipped with 

 rufous buff, the outer feathers greyer and more broadly tipped and 

 margined all round with rufous buff; cheeks, throat, and breast 

 white, shading off into creamy buff on the centre of the body, the 

 sides of which are deep orange-ferruginous like the back ; under 

 tail-coverts a little paler ; thighs buffy white ; most of the under 

 wing-coverts near the edge of the wing, as well as the edge of the 

 inner webs, bufly white ; some of the under wing-coverts form a 

 blackish patch ; bill and feet black. 



J o-fl Oulmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in, in. 



S . Hankow 10-6 0-85 4-3 57 1-25 



cJ. China 100 0-8 4-05 5-5 1-2 



cS . Amoy 100 0-85 4-05 5-45 1-23 



Immature birds resemble the adult, but want the black forehead ; 

 the whole head, hind neck, mantle, and breast are fawn-buff, 

 each feather with a dark subterminal cross bar; ear-coverts and wing- 

 coverts dark brown, the latter rather broadly tipped with reddish 

 brown ; bill and feet horny brown. 



Hal. China and Formosa. 



Ohs. About the birds fi-om the island of Formosa (L. schach, var. 



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