-'71 i.aniiiu;. 



Cracticus cinereus (Gould). 



Cracticus cinereus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 186 (1865); 



Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 101 (1883) ; North, Nests \ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 63 (1889); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 69 (1899) : 



Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. l'77 (1903). 

 Cracticua destructor cinereus, Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 305 (1H01). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Crow-Shrike do not appear to differ 

 in any material respect from those of G. destructor. Specimens 

 measure from 1 '26 to 1 - 1 in length, and from -9 to "93 in 

 breadth. 



4. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 I. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (A. J. Campbell). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania (./. Gould). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Launceston, Tasmania (/:'. P. Sey- Crowley Bequest. 



mow). 



Genus LA.NIUS, Linn. 



Lanius minor, Gm. 



Lamus minor. Thien. Eortpflanz. ges. Vbg. p. 324, tab. xxxi. fig. i. a d 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vbg. tab. -r2. tig. 4 (1855-63); 

 Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 165, pi. (1866); Dresser. Birds Eur. in. 

 p. 393 (1872) : Gadow, Cat. Birds />'. M. viii. p. 235 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 603, pi. 11 (1883); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 220, pi. 54. tig. 12 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 279 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Grey Shrike are of an ordinary oyal form 

 and moderately glossy. They are very uniform in tint, tlio 

 ground-colour being of a greyish-green, spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly on the broader half of the egg, with oliye-brown and 

 lavender. The markings generally form an irregular zone or cap 

 at the broad end. Specimens measure from *91 to *98 in length, 

 and from "68 to *75 in breadth. 



.",. Savoy (Tristram Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Bonneville, Savoy {Tristram Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 



2. Switzerland ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 6. Saxony. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cilli, Styria (E. Seidenmcher). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Cilli, -"'Hi May (E. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Parnassus, Gn ce, 20th .May Seebohm Coll. 



(T. Kruper). 



6. Parnassus, 26th May (T. A'.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Olympus, Greece, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



| T. A'.'i. 



•J. Kustendji, Rumania, 25th May Seebohm Coll. 

 ( If. H. CuUen). 



\sia Minor, 1st June. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Smyrna, lhli .May. Seebohm Coll. 



7. Smyrna, 21s1 Way. Seebohm Coll. 



