LANIUS. 467 



The iiestling is rufous above and pale fulvous below, tiuoly and 

 closely barred with black or dark brown. 



Iris dark ; legs and feet black ; bill black, pale at base of lower 

 mandible (Butler). 



Length about 7*5 ; tail 3'2 ; wing 3'6 ; tarsus '05 ; bill from 

 gape -8. 



Distribution. This Shrike was obtained by Colonel Butler at 

 Deesa in Northern Guzerat in September. Dr. Scully states that 

 it occurs in Gilgit during the autumn migration, and he observed 

 it in that district in September and November. It has not been 

 recorded from any other portion of the Empire. 



In summer this Shrike is found in Turkestan, and westwards to 

 Europe. In winter it extends to South Africa *. 



479. Lanius isabellinus. The Pale-brown Shrike. 



Lanius isabellimis, Ehrenb. Syutb. Phys., Aces, fol. e, note (1828); 

 \Vuld. Ibis, 1807, p. 224, partiin. ; Hume, Cat. no. 262 ; Gado'tv, 

 Cat. B. M. viii, p. 277; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 433; Barnes, Birds 

 Bom. p. 146. 



Lanius arenarius, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 304 (1846) ; Jerd. B. I. 

 i, p. 407 ; Wold. Ibis, 1867, p. 223 ; Hume 8> Renders. Lah. to 

 York. p. 183, pi, iii; Hume, S. F. i, p. 174; Butler, S. F. iii, 

 p. 464 ; Scully, S. F. iv, p. 137. 



Coloration. Crown, nape, hind neck, back, scapulars, upper rump, 

 and lesser wing-coverts ashy brown with a tinge of rufous ; fore- 

 head pale rufous ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts rather bright 

 rufous ; tail dull rufous ; feathers at base of upper mandible, lores, 

 and eyebrow fulvous-white ; a spot in front of the eye and the 

 ear-coverts black ; entire lower plumage pale fulvous, tinged with 

 rosy buff on the flanks in freshly moulted birds; wings brown 

 edged with fulvous, the primaries with a white spot at base barely 

 visible beyond the primary-coverts. 



The young is pale fulvous, the upper plumage closely barred with 

 black and the lower with some wavy cross-bars. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown, horny flesh-colour below except 

 tip of lower mandible ; legs and feet slaty black (Butler}. 



Length 7*5 ; tail 3'4; wing 3'6 ; tarsus *9 ; bill from gape '85. 



* Lanius auriculatus, P. L. S. Miill., has been recorded from Daulatpur 

 in Sind by Mr. Murray, but under circumstances which render it somewhat 

 doubtful whether the specimen said to have been procured at that place was 

 really shot there. Hume (8. F. vii, p. 115) and Blanford (& F. vii, p. 520) 

 have discussed the question, and the reader is referred to their remarks. I 

 shall content myself with describing the specimen referred to as having been 

 procured in Sind. It is a fully adult bird, and is contained in the Hume 

 Collection. 



Forehead and lores white ; anterior half of crown and a broad band through 

 the eye to the end of the ear-coverts black; remainder of crown and nape 

 chestnut; sides of neck and the back black; upper rump ashy; lower rump, 

 upper tail-coverls, and scapulars white ; wings black, with a large white patch 

 on the primaries ; tail white at base, then black and tipped white ; lower 

 plumage white. 



Length about 75 ; tail 3'3 ; wing 4 ; tarsus '9 ; bill from gape '85. 



