210 LANIID^E. 



708. LanitlS VittatUS, Valenc., Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 227 ; Wald., 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 220; Beavan, Ibis, 1870, p. 311 ; Blanf., J. A. S. B. 1871, 

 p. 272; Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 408 ; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 398; Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs, i. p. 173 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., &c., Sind, p. 134; id., Vert. 

 Zool., Sind, p. 121 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 280. Lanius Hardwickii, 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 290; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 304 ; id., Cat. B. Mus. 

 As. Soc. p. 152 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 495, No. 260. The BAY-BACKED SHRIKE. 



A broad black frontal band continued through the eyes to the nape ; top of 

 head whitish ; back of head, hind neck, lower back and upper tail coverts 

 greyish white, paler on the rump and upper tail coverts ; middle of back and 

 scapulars chestnut bay ; primaries, secondaries, tertiaries, wing coverts and 

 four central tail feathers black, the primaries with a broad white patch on both 

 webs ; outermost tail feathers on each side, and the bases and tips of the three 

 next following white ; entire under surface white or buffy white, tinged with 

 ferruginous on the flanks, breast and abdomen. Bill and legs black ; irides 

 hazel. 



Length. 7-5 to 8 inches; wing 3*25: tail 4; bill at front nearly 075 ; 

 tarsus 0*75. 



Female. Head ashy grey, shading off into dull rufous on the back and 

 scapulars; forehead whitish ; ear coverts dull brown ; upper tail coverts ashy 

 grey ; tail dull brown, the feathers edged and tipped with rufous buff, the 

 outermost pair entirely pale rufous buff; no black frontal band. 



Hab. India generally ; not on the Malabar Coast and Bengal. (Jerd^} 

 Occurs in Beloochistan, South Afghanistan, Mooltan, in the Punjab, through- 

 out the Concan and Deccan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore and North Guzerat, 

 South India, Behar, Nepaul, Kamptee, and Rajkote. A permanent resident 

 where found. Breeds from April to August, and like those of the preceding 

 species of the genus, the eggs are white, speckled all over, or near the larger 

 end with rusty. 



709. LaniUS COlly rioideS, Less, in B clangers Voy. Zool. p. 254 ; 

 Walden, Ibis, 1867, p. 220 ; Godw.-Aust., J. A. S. B. 1874, p. 157; Ander- 

 son, B. Yunnan, p. 646 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 250; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. viii. p. 289. Lanius hypoleucus, Blyth, J.A. S. B. xvii. p. 249; 

 Hume, Str.F. 1874, p. 473, 1875. The BURMESE SHRIKE. 



Forehead, lores, ear coverts and round the eyes blackish ; crown, nape, and 

 sides of the neck dark ashy ; back, rump, scapulars and upper tail coverts 

 chestnut; wing coverts brown, edged with ferruginous; tertiaries the same; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown, narrowly edged on the outer webs 

 with whitish ; inner webs of all white at the base ; the fifth to tenth primaries 

 also with a white spot on the outer web near the base ; the outermost pair 

 of tail feathers white with black shafts, the next white with a large black 

 patch on the inner web ; the others black tipped with white ; under wing 



