OTOMELA. 597 



581. OTOMELA LUCIONENSIS (Linnaeus). 

 GRAY-HEADED SHRIKE, 



Lanius lucionensis LINN^US, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 135; WA,LDEX, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 171, pi. 29, fig. 1; GADOW, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1883), 8, 274; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 226. 



Otomela lucionensis SHARPE, Hand-List (1903), 4, 288; MCGREGOR and 

 WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 92. 



Ta-ga-pa-ri, Ticao; ti-cong, Cagayancillo ; te-ti-bi-as, Bantayan; ti-ba-las, Siqui- 

 jor; ta-rat or ca-bi-so-te, Manila. 



Agutaya (McGregor) ; Balabac (Everett) ; Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan 

 (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; 

 Cagayancillo (McGregor] ; Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Calayan 

 (McGregor) ; Caluya (Porter) ; Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Everett, Steere 

 Exp., McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester) ; Leyte (Everett, Bartsch) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Lu/on 

 (Mollendorff, Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch) ; 

 Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Platen, Bourns <& Worcester, 

 Goodfellow, Celestino) ; Mindoro (Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead)', Palawan (Whitehead, 

 Everett, Platen, Bourns & Worcester, White); Panaon (Everett) ; Pamiy (Steere 

 Exp., Bourns & Worcester") ; Romblon (Bourns & Worcester) ; Sainar (Steere Exp.) ; 

 Sibay (McGregor & Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester) ; Siquijor (Celes- 

 tino, Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & 

 Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (Mc- 

 Gregor). Mongolia, northern China, Korea, Formosa, Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, Malay Archipelago; southern India in winter. 



Adult male (Bohol, April). Lores, a narrow frontal line, and a broad 

 band through eye to side of neck black; forehead delicate pearl-gray, 

 shading, gradually into earthy brown on the back and becoming more 

 reddish brown on the lower back and rump; chin, throat, jaw, and 

 middle of abdomen white; thighs pale gray; remaining under paits buff; 

 wing-feathers blackish; primaries whitish at their bases; axiilars and 

 inner edges of wing-quills white; rectrices earthy brown, narrowly tipped 

 with whitish and obsoletely barred. Bill, legs, and nails black. Wing, 

 88; tail, 87; culmen from base, 1C ; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 2->. 



Most of the specimens taken in the Philippines, autumn and winter, 

 have the under parts whitish with varying amounts of dusky vermicula- 

 tions. This plumage appears to be characteristic of both young and 

 winter specimens. 



Young birds differ from the adults in the color of the upper parts, 

 which are "brownish rufous, brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; no gray 

 on the head; loral region and a superciliary streak dingy white or cream- 

 color; head, hind neck, mantle, and upper tail-coverts showing faint 

 dark vermiculations ; wing-coverts and secondary quills brown, broadly 

 edged with rufous, each feather with a dark brown submarginal line; 

 ear-coverts and a small spot in front of the eye dark brown; chin, throat, 

 middle of abdomen, and the under wing-coverts, axiilars, and edge of 



