432 Mr. J. Scully on the 



49. Upupa epops, Linn. 



I obtained the Common Hoopoe in Gilgit as early as the 

 25th February. Five specimens have the wing 5*6 to 5-9 

 inches, bill at front 1*75 to 2-3, and agree well in colour with 

 examples from Asia Minor, 



50. Lanius homeyeri, Cabanis. 



This Grey Shrike is rare in Gilgit, and is only found on 

 migration in spring and autumn. I obtained a male on the 

 27th November, which measured — length 10*4 inches, expanse 

 14'6, wing 4*65, tail 4*5, tarsus 1'15, bill from gape 1*14, 

 culmen 075, closed wings short of end of tail 3, outer tail- 

 feathers 0'85 shorter than uropygials. I proceed to give a 

 description of this specimen, by which the species may be 

 discriminated from its numerous allies. 



Forehead sullied white ; lores white, with fine black shafts 



to the feathers ; rump grey, the same colour as the back ; 



basal part of upper tail-coverts white, the terminal halves of 



these feathers a paler grey than the rump and back ; minor 



wing-coverts grey. Chin, upper throat, lower wing-coverts and 



axillaries, and lower tail-coverts white ; rest of lower surface 



pinkish white, with faint crossbars on the breast and upper part 



of abdomen, formed by narrow pale-brown margins to the 



feathers. All the primaries white on both webs at the bases ; 



the secondaries white on both webs at the bases, except the 



innermost two, the white on the inner webs running narrowly 



down to the tips of the feathers ; from the eighth primary to 



all but two of the innermost secondaries with conspicuous 



white margins to the tips of the feathers. Outermost pair of 



rectrices wholly white, the central part of the shaft alone black; 



next pair white on outer web, the inner web white, with a 



large black patch about the middle of the feather ; third pair 



white at base and tip, the intermediate part black on both 



webs ; fourth pair with more black than the preceding on 



both webs, especially towards the tip, where only half an inch 



of white remains ; fifth pair with only a small spot of white 



at tip, and little more white at base than on the uropygials; 



uropygials black, white at base for 1*2 inch. 



