OTOMELA. 597 



581. OTOMELA LUCIONENSIS (LiniiEeus). 

 GRAY-HEADED SHRIKE. 



Lanius hicionensis Linn^us, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 135; Walden, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 171, pi. 29, fig. 1; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1883), 8, 274; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 226, 



Otomela lucionensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 288; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 92. 



Ta-ga-pa-ri, Ticao; ti-cong, Cagayancillo; te-ti-bi-as, Bantayan; ti-ba-las, Siqui- 

 jor; ta-rat or ca-hi-so-te, IManila. 



Agutaya (McGregor) ; Balabfec (Everett) ; Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan 

 (Stecre Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; 

 Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; C'alayan 

 (McGregor) ; Caluya (Porter) ; Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Everett, Steere 

 Exp., McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d- Worcester) ; Leyte (Everett, Bartsch) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon 

 ( M Ollendorff , Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch) ; 

 Maestre de C'ampo (McGregor <& Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Platen, Bourns t£- Worcester, 

 Goodfellow, Celestino) ; Mindoro (Schmadcer, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead); Palawan (Whitehead, 

 Everett, Platen, Bourns d Worcester, White); Panaon (Everett) ; Panay (Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Rombion ( Bourns jd Worcester) ; Saniar (Steere Exp.) ; 

 Sibaj' (McGregor d Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d Worcester); Siquijor {Celes- 

 tino, Bourns d Worcester); Sulu (Bourns d Worcester); Tablas (Bourns d 

 Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Morcester) ; Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (Mc- 

 Gregor). Mongolia, northern China, Korea, Formosa, Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, Malay Archipelago ; southern India in winter. 



AduH male {Boliol, April). — Lores, a narrow frontal line, and a broad 

 band through eye to side of neck black; forehead delicate pearl-gray, 

 shading gradually into earthy brown on the back and becoming more 

 reddish brown on the lower back and rump; chin, throat, jaw, and 

 middle of abdomen white ; thighs pale gray ; remaining under parts buff ; 

 wing-feathers blackish ; primaries whitish at their bases ; axiilars and 

 inner edges of wing-quills white; rectrices earthy brown, narrowly tipped 

 with whitish and obsoletely barred. Bill, legs, and nails black. Wing, 

 88; tail, 8?; culmen from base, U! ; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 23. 



Most of the specimens taken in the Philippines, autumn and winter, 

 have the under parts whitish with varying amounts of dusky vermicnla- 

 tions. This plumage appears to be characteristic of both young and 

 winter specimens. 



Young birds ^dif^er from the adults in the color of the upper parts, 

 which are "brownish rufous, brighter on the upper tail-coverts; no gray 

 on the head; loral region and a superciliary stieak dingy white or cream- 

 color ; head, hind neck, mantle, and upper tail-coverts showing faint 

 dark vermiculations; wing-coverts and secondary quills brown, broadly 

 edged with rufous, each feather with a dark brown submarginal line; 

 ear-coverts and a small spot in front of the eye dark brown; chin, throat, 

 middle of abdomen, and the under wing-coverts, axiilars, and edge of 



