Birds from Marocco. 5D9 



MoTACILLA FLAVA. 



Six skins, all of maleSj from Casa Blauca, Mazagan, Karia- 

 el-Habessi, and Isseremont, betwccu March aud May. 



MOTACILLA KAII. 



Four skins of ^ and ? , from Mazagan, in April. 



Anthus phatensis. 



A few skins of ^ aud $ , from North Marocco, in February 

 and March. 



Anthus trivialis. 



A few skins of S and $ , from North INIarocco, in February 

 and March. 



Anthus campestkis. 



A few skins of S and $ , from Central Marocco in Apiil^ 

 and from Zarakten in May. 



Pycnonotus barbatus. 



A large series, (S , ? and young, from Schaf-el-Akab, El 

 Kasar, Fez, Marocco city, and Llas-el-Ain, February to July. 



Oriolus galbula. 



A male, from Amsmiz, 18th May. 



Lanius algeriensis. 



Five skins of c? and $ , from North ]\Iarocco in March. 

 These are identical with specimens from Algeria and Tunisia. 



Lanius algeriensis dodsoni, subsp. nov. 



I have a large series of skins, of both sexes, of a Grey 

 Shrike from Central and Southern Marocco, obtained 

 between April and July. The bird resembles L. algeriensis to 

 a certain extent, but differs from that species in having the 

 general colour of the upper parts paler, and of a soiled grey 

 instead of a clear slate-grey, while the underparts are whiter, 

 in some specimens being quite white. In point of colour 

 these examples somewhat resemble dark specimens oi L.faUax 

 from Palestine, but are rather more dingy, and, moreover, 

 differ from them, and still more so from L. elegans, in having 

 much less white on the secondaries and tail-feathers, the 

 marking of the wings aud tail being as in L. algeriensis, of 



