288 LANIIDJ3. 



2. Coonoor, Btli April. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, 8th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Coonoor, 9th April. Hume Coll. 

 2. Coonoor, 16th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Coonoor, 9th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon, 6th April {W. V. Legge). Crowley Bequest. 



Cephalophoneus schach {lAnn,). 



Lanius schach, Thien. Foripjlanz. (/es. Tog. p. 326, tah. xxxi. fig. 7, a, h 

 (1845-54) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 261 (1883) ; Styan, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 225; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 423; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eierswnml. p. 72 (1899). 



Lanius schach, var. formosae, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 270. 



Cephalophoneus schach, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Rufous-backed Shrike are larger than 

 those of 0. erythronotus, but otherwise very similar to them. 

 They measure from "93 to 1-1 in length, and from -71 to -79 in 

 breadth. 



6. Amoy, China (JR. Swinhoe : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



2. Amoy {R. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Amoy (B. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Amoy (B. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Amoy {B. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Amoy (B. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Shanghai, China, 7th May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Foochow, China, 19th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Cephalophoneus bentet (Horsf.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



Lanius bentet, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 266 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 

 Cephalophoneus bentet, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bentet Shrike in the Collection are very similar 

 to some of those of C. erythronotus. In shape they vary from a 

 broad to a rather long oval. The ground-colour is creamy 

 white, with fine dots and spots of brown and underlying blotches 

 of pale lavender-grey scattered over the whole shell. They 

 measure from -8 to '93 in length by 'GS in breadth. 



3. West Java, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Cephalophoneus nigriceps (FranH.). 



Lanius nigriceps, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 268 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fatma Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 463 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests 

 ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 315 (1889), 



Cephalophoneus nigriceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Shrike resemble those of Lanius 



