278 laniidj;. 



1. Spain (JET. Sound Seebohm Coll. 



4. Granada, 30th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Seville, L6th April (H. S.). Se bohm Coll. 



4. Seville, April | If. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Seville (A. Ruiz). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Seville (A. It.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga (A. It.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Southern Spain. H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



Lanius ludovicianus (Linn.). 



Collurio ludovicianus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridow. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 418 



1 1 874 ). 

 Lanius ludovicianus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 245, part. (1883) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the American Southern Shrike, or Loggerhead, do not 

 appear to differ in any respect from those of L. excubitoroides. Two 

 examples measure respectively : -97 by -73; *95 by -77. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Georgia (Audubon : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius excubitoroides, Sivains. 



Collyrio ludovicianus, Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 480. 



Collurio ludovicianus, var. excubitoroides, Baird. Brewer §■ Ridgto. 



N. Amer. Birds,i. p. 421 (1874) 

 Lanius ludovicianus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 245, part. 



(1883). 

 Lanius excubitoroides, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the American Western Shrike, or Loggerhead, are 

 not separable from those of L. excubitor. They measure from -93 

 to 1*05 in length, and from "75 to -77 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



•_'. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Illinois (T. M. Broar: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



3. Winnebago, Illinois (J. W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tolnian : Henshaw Coll.). 

 1. San Antonio, Texas (It. E. Dresser: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. San Diego, Texas, 28th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius anthonyi, Mearns. 



Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi, Mearns. Auk. 1898, p. 261. 

 Lanius anthonyi, sharpe. Hand-l. iv. p. 283 (1903). 



The eggs of the Island Shrike are of a pointed oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are of an ashy-white colour, densely mottled, 

 more especially at the broad end, with pale brown and purplish 



