246 LANIUS ISABELLINUS. — PANURUS BIARMICUS. 



LANIUS ISABELLINUS, Ehrenberg. 

 [§ 975. Two.—KiMja, 9 June, 1886. From Herr Tancre,1888. 



Received under the name of X. phcenicuroides, wliicli Dr. Schalow (Journ. 

 fiir Orn. 1875, p. 148) reg-ards as a good species, while some authors have even 

 split it into two or three species, or subspecies (Bogdanov, Sorokoputui Russ. 

 Fauu. p. 14 ; Bianchi, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xxx. p. 514 ; Pleske, Mem. 

 Ac. St. P6tersb. ser. 7, xxxvi. no. 3, p. 40). Its variability is noticed by 

 HH. E. F. von Homeyer and Taucr6 (Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 188-3, p. 88), 

 and further dwelt upon by Herr Giitke (Vogelwarte Helgoland, pp. 227-230 ; 

 Engl. Ed. pp. 219-222), who with Mr. Dresser (B. Eur. iii. p. 413) refers it to 

 L. isabellinns, of which Dr. Gadow (Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 278) considers it 

 to be a subspecies.] 



LANIUS NUBICUS, Lichtenstein. 



[§ 976. 2bo.— Asia Minor (?), 9 June, 1863. From Dr. 

 Kriiper, through Herr Seidensacher, 1864. 



In the ' Journal fiir Oruithologie ' for 1869 (pp. 30-32), Dr. Kriiper has 

 some excellent notes on the habits and nidification of this species, under its 

 synonym of L. peisonatns, as observed by him in Asia Minor.] 



[§ 977. Four.—Sakd, Palestine, 19 May, 1864. From Mr. 

 Tristram. 



A complete sitting. The Canon's notes on the nidification of this species in 

 Palestine are published in ' The Ibis' for 1867 (p. 365).] 



[§ 978. Five.— Acmthu, Cyprus, May, 1887. From Lord 

 Lilford, 1888. 



Part of Dr. Guillemard's spoil (cf. Ibis, 1888, p. 114).] 



PANURUS BIARMICUS (Linnaeus). 

 BEARDED TITMOUSE. 

 ^ 979. Ttvo.— From Mr. Mansfield, 1844. 



[Most likely from the Whittlesea fens, whence Mr. Mansfield in those 

 days had many eggs, for they were then more easily obtained there than in 

 Norfolk.] 



