292 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Lanius superciliosus L. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 450; Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. 
As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X, Pt. I, 1882, p. 147. 
Very abundant at the base of Fuji, breeding. Not observed else- 
where. 
Nest in the fork of a small tree or bush. It is very large for the 
size of the bird, measuring 100™™ in diameter, with an inside depth of 
50™, It is composed of roots, the stems of plants, and grass, and is 
lined with finer grasses and rootlets. The eggs are cream color, much 
speckled all over, but especially the larger end, with umber brown; 
there are a few lilac blotches beneath the spots. The eggs are per- 
fectly oval in shape, and measure 22™™ by 16.5™™, 
Young, first plumage.—Above, grayish brown, tinged with rusty, 
and narrowly barred with dusky; these bars narrower and more indis- 
tinct on nape; rump dull buff, narrowly and rather distantly barred; 
upper tail-coverts light rusty, narrowly barred with dusky; wings 
dusky, the coverts and secondaries broadly margined with pale rusty; 
lores and auriculars blackish, bordered above by light mottled grayish; 
lower parts white, the breast and sides tinged with pale buffy grayish, 
and rather indistinctly undulated with dark grayish; bill pale-colored, 
darker on culmen; feet very pale. 
List of specimens. 
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Original | Museum | | He : 
Re P| eer | Sex. | Locality. | Date. | Remarks. 
5 Sach Aa Tie ai as. are (AG a | | 
Bias ees tee h Oa sa) Sony l-Wa MR acces sjemoe tices July 1,1882, Bill dark horn color, fleshy 
CY dapane (el aot ate Wethadan|tee ee AOE Teh ae aes | July 1,1882| toward the base ; feet slate. 
Yee Bee ee ie ads asus Oa sia ee ca tate reat July 1, 1882 | 
400 | 88673 | 9 ad.|...... do: abate eer aes | Fuly 2) 1882 |, 
AOL iw Ute seek co ad. |------ O22 2 3s see --- |July 2, 1882 
nea eee ee ee 
Ge ke Ver res, eee EAs Gi ee aE Se capers Mere July 6, 1882 | 
446 | 88675 agave |saeeoe doses es Sere egeee | July 6, 1882 | 
S63bay: aeeeesecet | 2 ad. |e----- OO sesh ates | July 10, 1882 | 
BOO Phe setagtee se Onn. (eyo. Coles. ea Pauleinaw eee | July 18, 1882 | 
501 | 88674 OFads i\s<42 5 GOs eee eee | July 13, 1882 | 
523 88672 ads eh. COs ee ace seman | July 14, 1882 
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? Lanius magnirostris Less. Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X, 
Pt. I, 1882, p. 147. 
A specimen which is identical with the one mentioned in Blakiston 
and Pryer’s list was shot at Fuji. It has the form of superciliosus, but 
is a very distinct species. 
The head is pure ashy gray, extending down to the shoulders; the 
wing-coverts, back, and rump are a rich chestnut, closely barred with 
dusky wavy lines. Ear-coverts black. A narrow black line extends 
from the eye to the base of the bill. Nasal feathers white. A super- 
ciliary and pest-ocular white line. Entire under parts pure white; flanks 
barred with dusky. Tail chestnut, narrowly tipped with white. Bill 
heavy, strongly hooked and toothed, 15™™ in length. Wing 92™™, Tail 
85™", Tarsus 24™™, 
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