628 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Lanius excubitor elegans. 



Lanius elegans Swains.; Sclater in Shelley's B. A. v. 

 p. 271. 



Lanius leuconotus (non Brehm) ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 225, 

 1909, p. 394. 

 . [B. coll.] 1 Jebel Bawati May, R.S. 



[C. & L. coll.] 9 Sinkat Mch. Apl. R.S. 



Also a resident species of Grey Shrike, replacing L. e. leuco- 

 pygos to the north and extending through Egypt to Tunis. 

 Both Butler and Chapman and Lynes found it breeding 

 in the Red Sea province near Port Sudan. 



Lanius excubitor pallidirostris. 



Lanius pallidirostris Cassin ; Sclater in Shelley's B. A. v. 

 p. 270. 



[B. coll.] 1 Wadi Mogileb Nov. Ber. ; 2 Jebel Kerbosh 

 Mch., 1 Kamobsana Mch., 1 Jebel Okokreb Mch., 

 1 Gebeit Mch. R.S. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 2 Kamisa Dec, 1 20 ra. above Sennar 



Jan. Sen. 

 A wintering migrant from Transcaspia, where it breeds. 

 Distinguished by the rosy tinge on its breast and by its 

 pale bill. 



Lanius excubitor aucheri. 



Lanius aucheri Bonaparte ; Sclater in Shelley's B. A. v. 

 p. 268. 



[B. coll.] 1 Bir Nurayet Nov., I Wadi Huriyeb Nov. 

 Ber. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Port Sudan Dec, 2 Sinkat Mch. R.S. 



This species breeds in Persia and perhaps in Arabia ; it also 

 winters in north-east Africa. It is darker on the back, has 

 a black bill, and the under parts washed with grey rather 

 than rosy, as compared with L. e. pallidirostris. 



Phoneus senator niloticus. 



Phoneus niloticus (Bonaparte) ; Sclater in Shelley's B. A. 

 v. p. 287. 



