154 Mr. ^X. L. Sc-later on [Ibis, 



it was bred there. In this case the Lesser Grey Shrike 

 might well be a resident in southern Arabia. 



Lanius buryi. 



Lanius buryi Lorenz & Hellmayr, Orn. Monatsb. ix. 1901, 

 p. 39 : Yeslibum, S. Arabia. 



Lanius arahicus O.-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xv. 1905, p. 78 : 

 Amiri distr., S. Arabia. 



Lorenz & Hellmayr, 1901, p. 238, 1907, p. 112. 



a. ?. Wasil. ' 20.ii.l3. 



h. ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 8. ix. 13. 



These Shrikes are quite similar to the type of L. arabicus, 

 and to a large series of other examples obtained previously 

 by Bury. There can also be no hesitation in identify injy 

 L. arahicus with L. buryi. The bird from Sanaa is in 

 immature dress, and has the tips of the secondaries and 

 coverts washed with pale brown ; the back also shows traces 

 of pale brown feathers, and the lower side is sooty not 

 bluish grey, the chin and throat being almost white. It is 

 undoubtedly a resident, 



Phoneus niloticus. 



Enneoduiius niloticus Bonaparte, Bev. Zool. 1853, p. IS^ : 

 White Nile. 



Lanius rvfus auct. 



ff. $ . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. Il.iii.l3. 



b-e. c^, 3 c? imm. Sanaa, 7600 ft. 5-17. ix. 13. 



The Eastern Woodchat Shrike was obtained many years 

 ago by Hemprich and Ehrenberg at Kunfuda, on the Red 

 Sea Coast, but does not appear to have been met with since 

 in Arabia. Whether it breeds in southern Arabia is un- 

 certain, but eggs have been taken by Zarudny in Arabistan 

 and southern Persia,, and it certainly winters iu north-east 

 Africa, if it does not breed there. 



Fiscus nubicus. 



Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, Yerz. Doubl. 1823, p. 47 : 

 Nubia. 



Yerbury, 86, p. 16, 96, p. 21; O.-Graut, 190^, p. 251; 

 Lorenz fe'llellmayr, 1901, p. 239, 1907, p. 113. 



