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pair of feathers, scarcely becoming lighter near the base, the tail 

 in the Siam specimen is deep black, but a little more than the 

 basal third of the tail-feathers (especially on the outer webs) is pale 

 isabellinc, the shafts of the quills at their basal third being pure 

 white. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas ; Burmese and Tenasserim hills to Siam. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Himalayas. India Musemu. 



c,d. Ad.sk. N.W. Himalajas. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



will [P.]. 



e-l. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



m, n. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



o. Ad. sk. Nepal {JEccles). Goiild Collection. 



p. Ad. sk. Nepal. Purchased. 



fj. 5 ad. sk. KabiUia, Nepal valley, Dr. J. ScuUy [P.]. 



June 23, 1878. 



r, s. Ad. sk. Darjiling. W. Fotheringham, Esq. 



[P.]. 



t. Ad. sk. Darjiling {Eccles). F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



?^ Ad. sk. KhasiahiUs (G^r{^<7i). India Museum. 



V, tv. (5 2 ad. sk. Bhamau, Upper Buimah, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 

 Feb. 1868. 



.r. c? ad. sk. Ponsee, Kakhyen hills. Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



March 16, 1868. 



1/. d ad. sk. Pegu, Feb. 1881. Eugene W. Gates, Esq. 



[P.]. 



z. 2 ad. sk. Bangkok, Siam, April E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



1873 (Caj}t. Conrad). 



a'. Ad. sk. Siam (Sc/iomhurffk). Gould CoUection. 



b'. Ad. St. Cochin China. 



34. Lanius cephalomelas. 



Lanius cephalomelas, 1jj>. Ilev. et May. Zool. 1S53, p. 436. 



Lanius nigriceps (pt.), Walden, Ibis, 1868, p. 70; Schaloic,J.f. O, 



1878, p. 153, ft auctt. jilurim. 

 CoUyrio cephalomelas. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 392, no. 5959. 



A specimen from Leyte (Philippine Islands) and a second from 

 Sandakan (N. Borneo) arc truly intermediate between L. Icntct and 

 L. nigriceps. Head, sides of head and neck, and the hind neck 

 dull black as in L. nigricep.'>. Mantle, upper back, and scapulars 

 grey as in L. benfct, but the line of demarcation between the black 

 and gi'cy strongly marked. All the other parts are coloured exactly 

 as in 2^. hentet. 



The two specimens from Lombock and Java, mentioned on page 

 267, form a link between L. hentet and L. ciphalomeJas, through 

 the largo extension of brownish black on their heads. 



Total length about 9 inches. 



