276 LANIUS MINOR 
Lanius lubberti. 
Lanius liibberti, Reichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1902, p. 76 Damaraland; id. 
Vog. Afr. ii. p. 619 (1903). 
Adult. Above, including the scapulars and upper tail-coverts, pale grey, 
the latter no paler than the back; a black band along the sides of the head 
from the lores to the ear-coverts; above which is a clearly marked white 
eye stripe; wings chiefly black, the primaries white at the base, the inner 
primaries and secondaries with narrow white tips; below white, breast and 
sides washed with salmon; under wing-coverts white, the outer ones grey ; 
middle tail-feathers black with narrow white tips; the following ones white 
at the base and tips, the outer ones quite white; bill black, paler at the 
base of the lower mandible; feet black. Length about 8:25 inches, wing 4° 
to 4:7, tail 3°95, bill 0°65, tarsus 1:0 (Reichenow). 
The absence of white on the scapulars and the black frontal band seem 
to distinguish this species from ZL. fallax and L. pallidirostris, to which 
it is most nearly allied. 
Liibbert’s Grey Shrike is known from Damaraland only; 
it was described from an example obtained at Brakwater by 
Dr. Liibbert. There is no example in the British Museum. 
Lanius minor. 
Lanius minor, Gm. §. N. i. p. 308 (1788) ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 393, 
pl. 149 (1873); Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii. p. 235 (1883) ; Shelley, B. 
Afr. i, No. 704 (1896); Stark and Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. ii. p. 9 (1901) ; 
Grant, Noy. Zool. 1902, p. 470; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1902, p. 621 
Escarpment, B.H.A.; Reichen. Vég. Afr. ii. p. 616 (1903); Erlanger, 
J. f. O. 1905, p. 701 Harrar ; Schiebel, J. f. O. 1906, p. 169, pl. 
F. figs. 2, 3; Stoehr and Sclater, Journ. §. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 94 
(1906) Zambesi ; Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. p. 416 (1907); Sheppard 
Journ. 8. Afr. Orn. Union, v. p. 28 (1909) Beira ; Chubb, Ibis, 
1909, p. 160 Bulawayo; Gurney, Ibis, 1909, p. 499 Kallima Thekt, 
B.E.A.; Neave, Ibis, 1910, p. 226 Katanga ; Sjéstedt, Kilimandjaro- 
Meru Exped. Vog. p. 116 (1910). 
Lanius italicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 71 (1790) Huwrope. 
Lanius vigil, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso. As. i. p. 403 (1827) S. Russia. 
Lanius flavescens, Hempr. and Ehr. Symb. Phys. i. fol. e. (1828) nom. nud. 
Lanius medius and nigrifrons, Brehm, Vog. Deutsch. p. 236 (1831) 
Germany. 
Lanius pinetorum and eximius, Brehm, Isis, 1842, p. 652 Germany. 
