THONEUS. 279 



grey. Five examples measure from 1*01 to 1-09 in length, and 

 from 76 to -79 in breadth. 



5. Santa Cruz Island, California Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 9th May (J2. H. Beck). 



Genus PHONEUS, Kaup. 

 Phoneus nubicus (Licht.). 



Lanius nubicus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; 



Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 365 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 417 (1871) ; 



Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 282 (1883). 

 Lanius personatus, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 168, pi. (1865), 2nd ed. ii. 



p. 22, pi. (1875) ; Krilper, J. f. O. 1869, p. 30. 

 Phoneus nubicus, Sliarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 283 (1903). 



The eggs of the Masked Shrike are mostly of a pointed oval form 

 and possess a fair amount of gloss. They are of a creamy-buff 

 colour, usually marked with well-defined spots and blotches of brown 

 or yellowish brown and lavender. These are chiefly distributed over 

 the larger half of the egg, and often form an irregular zone, 

 but they are not so streaky in character as in the eggs of most other 

 Shrikes. They measure from '77 to -87 in length, and from -59 to 

 68 in breadth. 



2. Safed, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



4. Jericho, 16th April (H. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Tristram). 



1. Jericho, llth April (/. H. Cochrane). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Jericho, 17th April (J. H. C.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Csesarea Philippi, 9th May (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram). 



4. C^esarea Philippi, 13th May Crowley Bequest 



(H. B. T.). 



3. Smyrna, 25th May (T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, 25th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Smyrna, 25th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, 26th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll, 



5. Smyrna, 26th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll, 



1. Smyrna, 30th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Smyrna, 31st May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, June (T. K). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Smyrna, 13th June ( T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna, 13th June (T. K). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Smyrna, 4th July (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



1 Smyrna ( W. H. Simpson : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Phoneus pomeranus (Sparrm.). 

 Lanius rufus, Thien. Fortpflam. ges. Vog. p. 326, tab. xxxi. fig. 8, a-f 



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Enneoctonus ruficeps, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 5 (1855-63). 



