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1. Spain (H. Sounders). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Granada, 30th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Seville, 16th April (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Seville, April (H. /S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Seville (A. Ruiz}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Seville (A. R.}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga (A. R.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Southern Spain. H. F. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



Lanius ludovicianus (Linn.}. 



Collurio ludovicianus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 418 



.(1874). 

 Lanius ludoviciamis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 245, part. (1883) ; 



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



The eggs of the American Southern Shrike, or Loggerhead, do not 

 appear to differ in any respect from those of L. excubitoroides. Two 

 examples measure respectively : '97 by '73 ; *95 by *77. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Georgia (Audubon : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius excubitoroides, Swains. 



Collyrio ludovicianus, Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 480. 



Collurio ludovicianus, var. excubitoroides, Baird. Breiuer fy Ridgw. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 421 (1874) 

 Lanius ludovicianus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 245, part. 



_(1883). 

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



The eggs of the American Western Shrike, or Loggerhead, are 

 not separable from those of L. excubitor. They measure from -93 

 to 1-05 in length, and from '75 to '77 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Illinois (T. M. Brewer : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



3. Winnebago, Illinois (J. W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tolman : Henshaw Coll.). 

 1 . San Antonio, Texas (H. E. Dresser : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. San Diego, Texas, 28th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius anthonyi, Mearns. 



Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi, Mearns, Auk, 1898, p. 261. 

 Lanius authonyi, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 283 (1903). 



The eggs of the Island Shrike are of a pointed oval form "and 

 slightly glossy. They are of an ashy-white colour, densely mottled, 

 more especially at the broad end, with pale brown and purplish 



