220 Viscount Walden on the Rufuus- tailed Shrikes. 



and the white of the under surface as pure and as extended. 

 On the other hand, the female or young of the Malay species is 

 almost pure cinereous on the upper surface. Bonaparte (/. c.) uses 

 the expression " rufo-cinerea; " but I have seen Malay specimens 

 which are cinereous without a tinge of rufous. In the next 

 place, all our information leads to the conclusion that the Malay 

 bird does not migrate to the north. Further investigation will 

 be necessary to enable us to decide whether it be the same as 

 the Japan bird. 



Herr v. Pelzeln (/. c.) mentions that a specimen of this species 

 was obtained by the ' Novara ' expedition ; it flew on board 

 the frigate while oif the Marianne Islands. Is it the same as 

 the Malayan bird ? 



Lanius collurioides, Less. (Bel. Voy. 1834<, p. 250), ex Pegu, 

 hitherto regarded by Mr. Biyth and other writers as a synonym 

 of either this species or of L. cristatus, Linn., is, as was sus- 

 pected by Prince Bonapai te (Rev. Zool. 1853), equal to L. hrjpo- 

 leucus, Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1848, p. 249), ex Pegu. It is a well- 

 marked distinct race of L. vittatus, Val. (Diet. Sc. Nat. 1826, xl. 

 p. 227), described from specimens obtained at Pondicherry, and 

 brought to France by Leschenault ; for Vahnicieunes^s descrip- 

 tion, as already shown by Prince Bonaparte (/.c.) distinctly applies 

 to the common Bay-backed Shrike of India, very abundant on 

 the Coromandel coast. Mr. Vigors's designation of Collurio hard- 

 wickii (P. Z. S. 1831, p. 42) must therefore be cancelled. 



Dimensions. 

 Long. Rostr. Al. Caud. Tars. 



Ex Malacca .... -43 3-50 3-87 '87 



5. Lanius magnirostris. Less., Bel. Voy. 1834, p. 251 (ex 

 Les Indes) ; Compl. de Buff. ii. p. 415. 



Lanius strigatus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103 (ex Malay Penin.) . 



Lanius fer ox, Dvsip., Diet. Sc. N. 1842, viii. p. 366 (ex Java?). 



Enneoctonus crassirustris, Kuhl, Bp., Consp. 1850, i. p. 362. 

 sp. 6 (ex Java ?) . (v. Hasselt), Cab., Mus. Hein. 1850-51, Th. i. 

 p. 72, no. 415, sp. 4, ex Java (?). 



Lanius crassirostris, Kuhl, v. Pelzeln, Nov. Reise, Zool. Th. 

 p. 84 (ex Malacca). 



