Viscount Walden on the Rufous-tailed Shrikes. 223 



Dr. Cabanis, by the description given in the footnote (/. c), is 

 evidently either the Malay species or else the possible but 

 improbable Javan form. 



Dimensions. 



Alt. Rostr. Long. Rostr. Al. Caud. Tars. 



Ex Malacca ... -37 -50 3-25 3 -75 



Ex Malacca ... -31 -50 3-25 3'12 -75 



Ex Sumatra. . . -37 -43 3-25 3-25 -81 



6. Lanius schwaneri, Bp.^ Consp. 1850, i. p. 363. sp. 7 (ex 

 Borneo), V. Pelzeln, Nov. Reise, Zool. Th. i. p. 48 (exBanjer- 

 massing). 



Otomela schwaneri, Bp., Rev. de Zool. 1853, p. 437. sp. 30. 



Described from specimens in the Leyden Museum as resem- 

 bling L. superciliosus, Lath., but as being scarcely so rufous, and 

 as wanting the white superciliary streak. I am unacquainted with 

 the species. A specimen of a female was obtained by the ' No- 

 vara' expedition, which Von Pelzehi has identified with the above 

 species, but which possessed a narrow supei'ciliary streak. In 

 badly prepared skins the superciliary stripe is often to be found 

 obliterated ; and this was probably the case in the Prince's type 

 specimen. 



7. Lanius arenarius, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, xv. p. 304. 

 Jerd., Bds. Ind. i. p. 407. no. 262. Strickl., P. Z. S. 1850, 

 p. 207. no. 46. 



Lanius superciliosus, Lath., Scinde variety, Blyth, Cat. Calc. 

 Mus. p. 152, no. 874. 



Otomela arenaria (Blyth), Bp., Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 437. no. 27. 



Enneodonus arenarius, Blyth, H. &M., Cat. i. App. i. p. 394. 

 no. 639 (ex Afghanistan). 



This species was described by its author from specimens ob- 

 tained by Captain Boys " in the country lying between Scinde 

 and Ferozepore." I am only acquainted with specimens pro- 

 cured in various parts of South-western Afghanistan, and which 

 agree perfectly with Mr. Blyth^s description. If they prove 

 identical, of which there can be little doubt, I am unable to 

 account for Mr. Blyth's original remark, that "^ it can scarcely 

 be admitted as a separate species " {I. c.) ; for, apart from its 



