LANIUS. 203 



. From Abyssinia and Nubia to Beloochistan and Afghanistan. It is not 

 unlikely this species will also be found to inhabit the Sind frontier. Lanius 

 minor is also found in (Kandahar) S. Afghanistan. 



699. LaniUS aSSimiliS, Brehm., J. F. 0. 1854, p. 146; Sogdanow, 

 Russian Shrikes t p. 160; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii.p. 249. The ALLIEI> 

 SHRIKE. 



Upper parts, including the rump, pale grey ; scapulars broadly edged with 

 white or white throughout their terminal half ; a broad black band extends 

 from the nostrils through the eye, including the ear coverts, sometimes 

 joining its fellow of the other side at the base of the culmen, producing thus 

 a very narrow black frontal band ; supercilium white ; outer web of secon- 

 daries black at the base ; inner web white throughout or broadly bordered with 

 white; basal half or two-thirds of most of the primaries pure white on the 

 outer and inner web, thus producing a large speculum ; secondaries broadly 

 edged with white round their tips j lesser wing coverts and ulnar bend grey 

 like the back ; all the other wing coverts black ; central pair of tail feathers 

 entirely black, and the next pair narrowly tipped with white, the two outer 

 pairs entirely white, the shafts only black. All the under parts are generally 

 pure white, frequently with a slight rosy tinge on the breast ; under wing 

 coverts near the base of the primaries not pure white but pale silky grey. 



Length. 9-2 inches ; wing 4 to 4*2; tail 3*1 to 4*1, 



Hab.Tht Punjab, Sind, Deccan, Ghiznee in S. Affghanistarr and East 

 Africa, 



Lanius grimmi is said to occur in Beloochistan in Khelat territory. It will 

 probably be found in Northern Sind. 



700. LaniUS lahtora (Sykes), Gray, Gen. S. i. p. 290; Blyth* 

 J. A. S. B. xv. p. 300, et xvi. p. 473 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 400, No. 256 ; 

 Murray, H'dbk. ZooL, fyc., Sind, p. 133 j id., Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 120 j id^ 

 Zool. Bel. and Afgh, p. 29 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 252. Collyrio 

 lahtora, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 86. The INDIAN GREY SHRIKE, 



A narrow frontal streak (not always distinct) continued through the eyes 

 including the ear coverts to the nape, black ; head, back and upper tail coverts 

 blue grey ; primaries dusky, the feathers with a broad band of white at their 

 bases on both webs ; secondaries dusky, their inner webs broadly margined, 

 and the tips edged with white ; tertiaries and wing coverts black ; the tertiaries 

 broadly tipped with white, some of the feathers also margined broadly on their 

 inner webs with the same colour ; scapulars white ; entire under surface white; 

 middle feathers of the tail black, tipped white, the external feathers wholly 

 white, black shafted, the two next following margined on their outer web and 

 also tipped white ; under wing coverts white. Bill black j legs brown black ; 

 irides hazel brown. 



