208 LANIID^E. 



The forehead and a distinct supercilium greyish white; the feathers 

 immediately at the base of the upper mandible, the lores, and a broad streak 

 passing through the eye and covering the ear coverts, black ; the whole upper 

 plumage and scapulars liver brown, tinged with rufous on the rump and upper 

 tail coverts ; tail brown, tinged with rufous and tipped paler; chin, throat 

 and sides of neck white ; remainder of lower plumage pale buff; lesser coverts 

 white, the remaining coverts and all the wing dark brown, edged with rufescent, 

 more broadly so on the tertiaries than elsewhere. The young have the 

 upper plumage brown, closely barred with black, and the lower plumage 

 yellowish or buffy white ; all the feathers, except those on the chin, throat, 

 centre of breast and abdomen, barred with dark brown; legs and feet 

 dull leaden blue ; the upper mandible horny brown, edged whitish near the 

 gape, the terminal third of the lower mandible horny brown, the basal two- 

 third bluish or fleshy white ; irides brown. (Davisou.) 



Length. 8 inches ; tail 3-8 ; wing 3-5 ; tarsus I ; bill from gape 0-9. (Oa/es.) 

 Hab. Tenasserim, in the extreme south, where Gates says it is only a rare 

 straggler. In winter it is said to be found in the Malay peninsula, the 

 Andaman Islands, and the Phillipine Islands. It passes through China on 

 migration, and is said to have occurred in Ceylon. In the Andamans it 

 appears to be a permanent resident. 



The adult female differs from the male in having the ear coverts and lores 

 more brownish, and the under parts paler. The young are brownish rufous 

 above, brighter on the upper tail coverts ; no grey on the head ; loral region 

 and a supercilium dingy white or cream colour ; head, hind neck, mantle and 

 upper tail coverts showing faint dark vermiculations ; wing coverts and 

 secondaries 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 under wing coverts creamy 

 white ; rest of under surface strongly washed with creamy or even with 

 rufous, and marked with numerous dark brown cross vermiculations. 



706. LaniUS isabellinus, Ehrenb., Symb. Phys. i. fol. e. note ; 

 Stricld., P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217; Walden, Ibis, 1867, pi. v. f. t., p. 224 ; HeugL, 

 y. F. 0. 1 86 1, p. 195 ; Blanf., GeoL and Zool. Abyss., p. 339 ; Dresser, B. 

 Eur. iii. pi. 152 ; Jerd., Ibis, 1872, p. 1 16 ; Severtz, J. F. 0. 1875, p. 145 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, pi. 185; Seebhom, Ibis, 1877, p. 164; Henders. and 

 Hume, Lahore to Yark.,^. 183, pi. iii.; Plume, Str. F. i. p. 174; Scully, 

 Str. F. 1876, p. 137 ; Murray, H'dbk. Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 135 ; id., Vert. Zool. 

 Sind, p. 122; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 277. Lanius arenarius, 

 Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 304 ; StrickL P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217 ; Jerd., B. 

 Ind. i. p. 407, No. 262 ; Wald., Ibis, 1867, p. 223; Henders and Hume, 

 Lahore to Yarkand, p. 183, pi. iii. ; Plume, S/r. F. i. p. 174 ; Scully, S/r. 

 F. 1876, p. 137; Murray, H'dblc. ZoiL, fyc., Sind, p. 136; id., Vert. Zool. 

 Sind, p. 122. The DESERT SHRIKE. 



