274 



Cracticus cinereus (Gould). 



Cracticus cinereus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 186 (1865) ; 



Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 101 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 63 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 69 (1899) ; 



Sharps, Hand-L iv. p. 277 (1903). 

 Cracticus destructor cinereus, Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 305 (1901). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Crow-Shrike do not appear to differ 

 in any material respect from those of C. destructor. Specimens 

 measure from 1-26 to 1-4 in length, and from -9 to -93 in 

 breadth. 



4. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 

 ] . Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (A. J. Campbell). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania (J. Gould). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Launceston, Tasmania (E. P. Sey- Crowley Bequest. 



mour}. 



Genus LANIUS, Linn. 



Lanius minor, Gm. 



Lamus minor, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 324, tab. xxxi. fig. 4, a-d 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 165, pi. (1866) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. 

 p. 393 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 235 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 603, pi. 11 (1883); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 220, pi. 54. fig. 12 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv'. p. 279 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Grey Shrike are of an ordinary oval form 

 and moderately glossy. They are very uniform in tint, the 

 ground-colour being of a greyish-green, spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly on the broader half of the egg, with olive-brown and 

 lavender. The markings generally form an irregular zone or cap 

 at the broad end. Specimens measure from -91 to '98 in length, 

 and from -68 to '75 in breadth. 



3. Savoy (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Bonneville, Savoy (Tristram Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.}. 



2. Switzerland (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 6. Saxony. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cilli, Styria (E. Seidensacher). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Cilli, 29th May (E. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 20th May Seebohm Coll. 



(T.Kruper*). 



6. Parnassus, 26th May (T. K.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Olympus, Greece, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



(T. K.}. 



2. Kustendji, Rumania, 25th May Seebohm Coll. 



(W. H. Culleri). 



3. Asia Minor, 1st June. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Smyrna, llth May. Seebohm Coll. 



7. Smyrna, 21st May. Seebohm Coll. 



