290 LAXIIDJ5. 



the shell. The measurements vary from '79 to -85 in length, and 

 from -6 to -66 in breadth. 



1. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Growl ey Bequest. 



2. Kuldja, Turkestan. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Kuldja, 7th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Otomela cristata (Linn.}. 



Lanius cristatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 271 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 408 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. 

 p. 72 (1899). 



Otomela phcenicura, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 498 (1891). 



Otomela cristata, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



Of the five epigs of the Brown Shrike in the Collection, four 

 have the ground-colour greenish white, while the fifth from Dauria 

 is of the rufous-buff type. The yellowish-brown or rufous markings 

 and the underlying lavender blotches are much the same as in the 

 allied forms. The measurements vary from "85 to '92 in length, 

 and from -62 to '68 in breadth. 



1. Darasun, Dauria, June (Dylowski: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Amur-land. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Amur-land. Crowley Bequest. 



Otomela isabellina (Hempr. $ Ehr.}. 



Lanius arenarius, Jerd. Birds Ind. i. p. 407 (1862). 



Lanius isabellinus, Dresser, Birds Fur. iii. p. 413 (1878) ; Gadow, Cat. 



Birds B. M. viii. p. 277 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 



p. 467 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 

 Otomela isabellina, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



Four eggs of the Isabelline or Pale-brown Shrike belong to the 

 type with the ground-colour greenish white, and resemble those of 

 0. cristata and other allied forms. Measurements vary from '84 

 to '86 in length, by -65 in breadth. 



2. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Ctomela superciliosa (Lath.}. 



Lanius superciliosus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 273 (1883) ; 

 Jouy, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 292 (1883); Seebohm, Birds 

 Japan. Fmp. p. 104 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 



Otomela superciliosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



The eggs of the Japanese Bed-tailed Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are of a rich creamy-buif colour, 

 spotted and blotched with pale chestnut-brown and lavender. As 

 is the case with the eggs of the Shrikes in general, the markings 

 are chiefly confined to the larger half of the egg and form a zone 

 round the broad end. Nine examples measure from -82 to r 96 in 

 length, and from -67 to '7 in breadth. 



