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pygium like those of the latter species; primaries as dark as in 

 L. 2i^icenkunykles ; four of the quills have the whole basal half 

 white, thus forming a very visible speculum ; loral region and ear- 

 coverts black, as iu L. j^hicnicuroides ; superciliary streak indistinct, 

 creamy ; all the undcrparts uniform isabcUine with a well-marked 

 rosy tinge ; flanks washed with rusty colour ; " iris dark brown " 

 (Finsch). 



Female. More creamy below, and with a few faint cross-vermicu- 

 lations. 



Total length about 7 inches. 



Culinen 

 in. 



Ad. S ■ Turkestan 0-G8 



Ad. c? • Dauria 0"7 



Ad. 5 . Mteza's country .... 0'7 



Bab. The specimens which agree with the description of L. specu- 

 ligerus as given by Taezanowsky, are found in Dauria, Turkestan, 

 Afghanistan, and in Abyssinia. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Dauria, May 27, 1873 Warsaw Museum [E.]. 



(Dyh(nvski). 



h. S ad. sk, Turkestan, Bagty, May 20, Dr. Finsch [C.]. 



1876. 



c. S ad. sk. Kandahar, April 1, 1881. Lieut.-Col. Swinhoe [P.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Kandahar, Dec. 12, 1881. Lieut.-Col. Swiuhoe [P.I. 



e. $ ad. sk. Kokeran, Feb. 28, 1881. Lieut.-Col. Swinhoe [P.;. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Mteza's countiy, Central Signer Piaggia [C.]. 



Africa. 



41. Lanius vittatus. 



Grey-backed Shrike, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 13 (1821). 



Lanius vittatus, Valenciennes, Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 227 (1826) ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1867, p. 220; Beavan, Ibis, 1870, p. 311; Blanf. 



J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 272; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 115; Lloyd, Ibis, 



1873, p. 408; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 398; Hume, Nests Sf Eggs 



Ind. B. p. 173 ; Schalow, J. f. 0. 1878, p. 145. 

 Collurio hardwickii, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 42 ; Gonid, Cent. TLim. 



B. pi. 12. fig. 1 ; FranU. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 117 ; id. J. A. S. B. i. 



p. 265 ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 86. 

 Lanius margaritaceus, Lesson (teste Giebel, Thes. Orn.). 

 Lanius hardwickii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 290 (1846) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



XV. p. 304 ; id. Cat. B. Miis. A.'i. ISoc. p. 162 (1849) ; Jerd. Madr. 



Journ. X. p. 235; Gray, Cat. B. Nepal p}'es. Hodqs. p. 100; Bp. 



a A. i. p. 364 ; Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B. M. EJ. Co. i. p. 165 



(1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 495 (1862) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 115. 

 Collyrio vittatus, Bp. Rev. etMag. Zool. 1853, p. 436; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 392, no. 6956 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 174. 

 Otomela hardwickii, Bj). Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 437, 

 Enneoctonus hardwickii, Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 200. 



Adult male. Crown of head greyish white, shading off into pure 

 grey on the hind neck, which again becomes tinged with reddish as 

 it approaches the mantle, the latter as well as the scapulars being 

 maroon ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts grey, inclining 

 to white ; wings black, the least coverts broadly margined with 



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