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5. N.W. Provinces, 24th April. Hume Coll. 



2. N.W. Provinces, 9th May. Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. Provinces, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Mirzapur, 19th March ( W. E. Hume Coll, 



Brooks). 



1. Mirzapur, 4th May ( W. E. Crowley Bequest. 

 Brooks: Tristram Coll). 



1, Bareilly, 15th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 18th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 

 1. Allahabad, 9th April. Hume Coll. 

 4. Jhansi, 19th June (F. R. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



1. Saugor, C. Provinces, 25th July Hume Coll. 



(F. JR. B.). 



2. Bengal ( W. Theobald: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Lanius algeriensis, Less. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 16.) 



Lanius algeriensis, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 312 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii 

 p. 391 (1871) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 244 (1883): Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the Algerian Grey Shrike resemble those of L. 

 excubitor in general appearance, but differ in the ground-colour 

 being of a light buff or cream- colour. Specimens measure from 

 1-02 to 1-11 in length, and from '75 to '78 in breadth. 



1. North Africa. 



2. Sidi Khalifa Cherif, Algeria, 8th 



May (O. Salvin). 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 23rd May 



(O. S.). 



2. Ain Djendeli, 23rd May (H. B. 



Tristram). 



1. Madracen, Algeria, 27th May 



(O. 8.). 



2. Madracen, 30th May (H. B. T.). 



2. Kef Laks, Algeria, April (H. B. T.) . 



H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coil. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius meridionalis, Temm. 

 Lanius meridionalis, Thien. Fortpflanz. qes. Vog. p. 323, tab. xxxi. fig. 3, 



a, b (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 387 (1871) ; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 206 ; 

 Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii. p. 18, pi. (1875) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 246 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the Southern Grey Shrike are of quite the same type 

 as those of L. excubitor. Many specimens are inseparable from the 

 eggs of that species, but others are more richly marked, the brown 

 being of a deeper tint, and the markings being more numerous, and 

 * consequently covering more of the ground. Examples measure from 

 1 to 1'15 in length, and from '75 to '8 in breadth. 



