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Lanixjs major. 



Of two examples of Pallas's Grey Shrike from Krasnoyarsk, 

 one appears to be thorough-bred, with no white at the base 

 of the outer webs of the secondaries, the other shows distinct 

 traces of white, though to a very small extent. 



LaNIUS LEUCOPTERUS X EXCITBITOR. 



Another example of a Grey Shrike from Krasnoyarsk is 

 the Siberian form of L. homeyeri with the white rump. 



LaNIUS LEUCOPTERUS. 



Two examples from Krasnoyarsk are thorough-bred White- 

 winged Grey Shrikes. This species has recently been re- 

 named Lanius prjevalskii by Bogdanow. 



Saxicola capistrata. 



I have a male of this Indian Chat from Samarcand. 



Saxicola opistholeuca. 



I have both male and female from Samarcand of Strick- 

 land's Chat. 



Erithacus cyaneus. 



A fine adult male of the Siberian Blue Robin from Kras- 

 noyarsk slightly extends the known geographical range of 

 this species to the west. 



Ruticilla erythronota. 



Six examples of Eversmann's Redstart from Samarcand 

 are interesting. In my volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds 

 in the British Museum' (p. 348) I erroneously included 

 Ruticilla alaschanica of Prjevalsky as a synonym of this 

 species. Prjevalski's bird is quite distinct, the black of the 

 lores, ear-coverts, and sides of the neck being replaced by 

 slate-grey. 



Troglodytes pallidus. 



An example of the arctic form of the Common Wren from 

 Samarcand is very distinct from our bird. Sharpe recog- 

 nizes it as a subspecies only in his last volume of the Cata- 

 logue of Birds. It probably will prove to be so ; but I am not 

 aware that intermediate forms have yet been found. Sharpe 



