378 Prof. Menzbier on new or little-known 



crimson, and the fore part of the neck and chest reddish 

 chestnut. The tarsi are without spurs, and the bill, legs, and 

 feet blackish horn. [Total length 12"5 (?) inches, wing 5*85, 

 tail 2'8, tarsus 1*85 : fide Sharpe.] 



In a somewhat immature female (from Mt. Dulit) most of 

 the wing-coverts have a rust-coloured spot at the extremity 

 of the shaft, and some of the middle breast-feathers are 

 mottled with reddish chestnut. Total length 10"5 inches, 

 wing 6, tail 2*8, tarsus 1"9, middle toe and claw I "6. 



Hab. Northern Borneo : La was Mts., Mt. Dulit, and Mt. 

 Kina Balu. 



XXXII. — On some neiv or little-known Shrikes from Central 

 Asia. By M. Menzbier, Professor of Zoology and Com- 

 parative Anatomy in the University of Moscow. 



Whilst working at the Shrikes for my ' Ornithologie du 

 Turkestan,^ I found that under the name of " Lanius mollis, 

 Eversm.,^^ two very distinct species, which have separate geo- 

 graphical ranges, have been included by many ornithologists, 

 including myself. The new species being darker and duller 

 than L. mollis, I think that the name Lanius funereus will 

 be found suitable for it. Two specimens of this new Shrike 

 are in my possession — an adult male, erroneously marked as 

 a female, obtained near Ulugchat, in Kashgaria, and a young 

 male from the district of Kuldscha (river Kichi-bulak), both 

 from the Thian-Shan range. As regards L. mollis, I have 

 five specimens, all obtained in Mongolia — that is, in the Altai 

 Mountains. I add a comparative diagnosis of the two 

 species, as follows : — 



L. FUNEEEus, sp. n. L. MOLLIS, Eversiii. 



Tectricibus alarum superioribus Genis et auricularibus in juveui 



dorso baud concoloribus, in seniore et femina dorso fere concoloribus, 



nigris, radialibus solis griseo api- vix obscurioribus : tectricibus alar- 



catis, creterisunicoloribns, injuveni um minoribus in omni fetate dorso 



nigris, ferruginoo margiuatis ; fascia concoloribus : axillaribus albis vel 



suboculari ob&cura in omni estate albis vinaceo lavatis. Mas senior 



