22. LANius. , 279 



brown '' almost as rufous as the tail, which with the rump is rhrk 

 redcbsh brown, with a chestnut tinge in fresh plumage " (S v.l) 



3. Primary quills much darker than in L. isahdlLs ■ in old 

 specimens m breeding-plumage blackish brown; 3rd o 8th with 

 white basal parts forming a speculum which is ust hidden b.the 

 wmg-covcrts This amount of white is subject to great variat on 

 both zn Z. M.u<s (= arenarius) and L. pLnicta-^ides. 



4. Old males have the underparts almost white, only the flanks 

 and sides of breast washed with rusty colour, and the undennrts 

 never show the strong creamy tinge of i. iscMlu^^s. ™'^'l''^^*^ 

 1 1 1 i superciliary stripe well developed ; ear-coverts deen 

 bla^ck ; the whole loral region blackish, instead of the smaU spot seen 

 just m front of the eye in L. isabellUms. ^ 



parts more'dhlir"' ^'t"' f'''}'^Y^^<^ ^'^^ ^""^ ^^"^^ t^^ ""^^er- 

 parts moie dingy ; sides of neck, the flanks, and the whole breast 



aTdletfdlZcl'"""'"'^^ 



Another difl^erence is given by the coloration of the yoiuirj bird. 



The young oiL.pha'mcuroides in their first plumage have very 

 numerous dark cross-vermiculations on the under and" uppo7parts 

 of the body; they remain longest on the head, the uSpyinm 

 the wing-coverts and of course on the flanks and on the wT-' 

 general colour above brown, mingled with reddish brown, much 

 darker than the young of L. isabellmus. 



Total length about 7 inches. 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



Ad. d. Abyssinia.. '3-62 'ti 'o-9G Q-Gb 



Ad. g. Persia .... 3-4 .3-15 0-91 0-7 



Ad. 2 ■ Persia .... 3-5 3-3 0-92 0-65 



T^nfn V?'' P^'^^ V'?. ^ '-^'"^^estan and migrates in autumn to 

 Ba loochistan, Persia, Arabia, and even Abyssini.^. Its geograiXcal 

 distribution IS consequently almost the same as that of L. isaheluZ 

 u. 6 ad. sk. Ann.^ey^Bay,^Abys- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. ' 



'cf\t-.V fTJs/- yr o. Kenneth Loftus, Esq. [P.l. 



c. 6 ad. .1.. E.^of^bhiraz, May 30, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Wrim W. of Sliiraz, Sir Oliver St. John IC 1 



May lSi;9. l^-j- 



e. 2 inim. sk. Shiraz. S;,, 01;^.^. <a+ t i rn, ^ 

 f Q if\ al- T.-o+f '^11 ^nver St. John rc.l 

 ,1 \dt nM7f • Major Hayes LlovdVp 



!/. Ad. .k. Umballah. Major C. H. T. MarshaUfp 1 



/'. Ad. sk. Hissar, Oct. 8, 1878. MajorC.H.T.£shall[RJ: 



40. Lanius speculigerus. 

 Lanius speculigerus, Tuczan. J. f. O 1874 p ^■'>=> 

 Otomela speculigera, Schahw, J. f. O. 1875, p. TsO. 

 Achat mah. Crown of head, neck, scapulars, and the whole back 

 uniform fulvous grey, very much as in L. isabelUnus ; taTl aTd uro- 



