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G. Mount Tabor, Palestine, 16th Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 April (H. B. T.\ 



3. Palestine, 1st April (H. B. T.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Palestine, 17th April (H. E. 7\). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Palestine, 20th May (H. B. T.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Palestine, 16th April (J. H. Seebohm Coll. 



Cochrane). 



2. Palestine, May (J. H. C.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Palestine ( f. B. Tristram). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Palestine (H. B. 7 1 .). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Palestine, 16th March (H. B. TV). Crowley Bequest. 



6. Palestine, 16th April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Tiberias, Palestine (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Gennesaret, Palestine, 30th March Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. T.}. 



5. Gennesaret, 30th March (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius lahtora (Sykes). 



Lanius lahtora, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 381 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. viii, p. 252 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. 

 p. 459 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 306 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand- 1. iv. p. 281 (1903). 



The eggs of the Indian Grey Shrike show much variation in 

 shape, size, colour, and extent and disposition of markings, but the 

 majority do not differ from the eggs of L. excubitor. The ground 

 is cream-colour, stone-colour, or pale greenish white, and the 

 markings are of many shades of brown, tinged with yellow, rufous 

 or olive, and underlying pale purple. In many specimens the 

 markings consist of blotches chiefly disposed over the larger end 

 and frequently forming an irregular zone or cap ; in others they 

 consist of mere spots and specks, spread over the entire shell, but 

 more thickly over the larger half than elsewhere. They vary 

 from -9 to 1-15 in length, and from '75 to -82 in breadth. 



1. Umballa, Punjab, 1st July. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, Punjab, 26th March Hume Coll. 



(W.Bkwitt). 



3. Hansi, 27th March ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 28th March ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Hansi, 29th March (W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 30th March (W. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 7th April ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 1st May ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, July (W. B.). ' Hume Coll. 

 4. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



1. Delhi, 30th May (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon District, 26th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurgaon District, 30th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Gurgaon District, 30th March. Hume Coll. 

 3. Gurgaon District, 31st March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurgaon District, 5th April. Hume Coll. 

 3. Jodhpur, 1st April (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



12. N.W. Provinces, India. Seebohm Coll. 



