Birds of the Zarafschan Basin. 455 



59. Lanius leucopterus. 



Lanius leucopterus Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 455. 

 (J. Samarkand. 26 Dec, 1907. No. 255. 



60. Lanius homeyeri. 



Lanius homeyeri Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 454. 

 ? . Bokhara. 24 March, 1908. No. 320. 

 ? iram. Bokhara. 4 Dec, 1907. No. 205. 

 $ imm. Samarkand. 3 Jan., 1908. No. 260. 



61. Lanius dealbatus. 



Lanius dealbatus Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 458. 

 ? imm. Bokhara. 24 March, 1908. No. 321. 



62. Lanius minor. 



Lanius minor Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 470, Dec. 1902. 



<?. Samarkand. 1 June, 1908. Nos. 510, 511, 512. 

 ? . „ 10 May, 1908. No. 439. 



This is a summer migrant, arriving during the first week in 

 May in large numbers. It breeds in the cultivated area in 

 June. 



63. Lanius collurio. 



Lanius collurio Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 471, Dec. 1902. 



S . Bokhara. 15-20 May, 1908. Nos. 491, 456. 



<J imm. Samarkand. 8-11 Sept., 1907. Nos. 7, 11. 



? . Bokhara. 15 May, 1908. No. 457. 

 A summer migrant, commoner on the steppe at 600 ft. than 

 in the cultivated area (2000 ft.). 



64. Lanius phosnicuroides. 



Lanius phcenicuroides Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 12. 

 <J . Samarkand. 6 May, 1908. No. 422. 

 $ jr. „ 15 Oct., 1907. No. 69. 



65. Lanius erythronotus. 



Lanius erythronotus Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 477. 



<J ? . Samarkand. 1 June, 1908. Nos. 514, 515. 



A summer migrant to the cultivated area only; not to be 

 met with on the open country. 



In the first week in June these birds were laying. Their 

 nests were built in the poplars, about thirty feet from the 



