282 



u. 2 ad. sk. Lnliichistan, April 10,1872. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.l. 



V. S ad. sk. Balucliistan, March 27, AV. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.J. 



1872. 



w. c? ad. sk. Chaman, April 28, 1881. Lieut. -Col. Swinhoe [P. 



.1', //. 5 ad. sk. Kandahar, April 1, 1881. Lieut. -Col. Swinhoe P.^ 



2. 2 piill- sk. Kandahar, April C, 1881. Lieut. -Col. Swinhoe 'P. 



a'. Skeleton of India. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 

 trunk. 



42. Lanius nubicus. 



Laniu.s nubicus, Licht. Verz. DouU. p. 47 (1823) ; Temm. PL Col. 



pi. 21G (1824) ; Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 159 ; Degl. Orn. Eur. i. 



p. 390 (1849) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 3G3 (1850) ; id. Bev. et Mag. Zool. 



1853, p. 438 ; Cab. Mus. Ilein. i. p. 73 ; Deql. et Gerhe, Orn. Bur. 



i. p. 227 (1867) ; Kriipcr, J. f. 0. 1869, p. 30"; Skurpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 50 ; Blanford, Geol. ij- Zool. Abi/ss. p. 340 ; Loehe. Cat. Ah/. 



p. 54 ; Saunders, Ms, 1871, p. 207; Dress. B. Eur. iii. pl.'417 (1873). 

 Lanius personatus, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 256. f. 2 (1824) ; Hempr. ^■ 



Ehrenb. Symb. Phjs., Aves ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. ii. pi. 17 ; HaiiJ. 



Orn. Westafr. no. 317; Biipp. Si/st. Uebers. no. 218; Schleg. Bev. 



Crit. Ois. Eur. p. xxi (1844) ; Bree, Birds of Europe, i. p. 168, c. 



tab. ; Brehm, J. f. 0. 1854, p. 75, and 1856, p. 333 ; Tristram, 



Ibis, 1867, p. 365 5 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 485. 

 Lanius leucometopon, Von der Miihle, Orn. Griech. p. 78 (1844). 

 Enneoctonus nubicus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 73 (1850). 

 Leucometopon nubicus, Bp. Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, pp. 293 & 438 ; 



Loche, Cat. Mamm. et Ois. Alger., SuiJple^n. p. 159 (1858) ; id. 



Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 51. 

 Lanius leucopterus et albicollis, Pr. Wiirttemb. Icon. ined. pi. 86. 

 Collyrio nubicus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 391, no. 5947 (1809). 



Adult male. Crown of head, hind neck, mantle, the whole back, 

 and upper tail-coverts glossy blue-black ; scapulars pure white ; 

 least wing-coverts brownish black, broadly edged with grey ; rest of 

 the wing-coverts and the quills black, with narrow white edges to 

 the outer web and with white tips to the secondaries ; basal half of 

 primaries pure white, forming a large alar speculum ; the four 

 central feathers of the tail entirely black, the outermost pair quite 

 white, the next pair more white than black ; the lateral upper tail- 

 coverts have the outer web and the tip broadly edged with white ; 

 a broad frontal band, extending to the level of the eyes, and a con- 

 spicuous superciliary stripe are pure white ; spot in front of the 

 ej-es blackish ; ear-coverts black ; chin, cheeks, throat, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts white ; rest of body cream-colour, with the sides 

 of the breast and the flanks rusty red ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white ; a blackish spot near the edge of the wing ; biU 

 and feet blackish ; iris fuscous. Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 0-6, wing 3-5, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male in coloration ; hut the hind 

 neck and mantle are dull ashy brown, the lower back and rump 

 more greyish. 



The young birds, especially the nestlings, are very much like 

 those of L. riifus, but generally with less rufous on the wing- 

 coverts and quills. 



