230 LANIUS 



339. WHITE-WINGED SHRIKE. 



LANIUS LEUCOPTERUS. 



Lamus Uucopterus, Severtz. Turk. Jevot. p. 67 (1873) ; Gadow. Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. viii. p. 242 ; Dresser, ix. p. 162, pi. 668, fig. 2 ; L. 

 prjewalskii, Bogd. Sorokop. Russk. Faun. p. 147, pi. iii. fig. 2. 



g ad. (Ferghana). Much paler in coloration than L. excubitor, 

 with more white on the wing, some of the secondaries having the entire 

 inner web white ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, and the three outer 

 tail-feathers nearly pure white. Culmen 09, Aving 4'7, tail 4*75, tarsus 

 I'l inch. The female resembles the male but is a trifle smaller. 



Hob. Transcaspia and Turkestan, .ranging north to Kras- 

 noyarsk. 



In habits it does not differ from L. cxcubitor, and its nest and 

 eggs will be found to resemble those of that species. L. homeyeri 

 Cab. (J. f. O., 1873, p. 75), is a form intermediate between the 

 present species and L. exciibitor, approaching rather nearer to 

 the former than the latter. 



340. LONG-TAILED GEEY SHRIKE. 

 LANIUS SPHENOCERCUS. 



Lamus sphenocercus, Cabanis, J.f.O., 1873, p. 76 ; David and Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 92, pi. 76 ; Bogd. Sorokop. Kussk. Faun. p. 149 ; Gadow, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 242 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 485. 



Sorokoput klinochoostui, Russ. 



<J ad. Differs from L. excubitor in having more white on the ivings, 

 the upper tail-coverts grey like the back, the three outer tail-feathers 

 white with a dark shaft, the fourth with but little black on it, and 

 the tail considerably longer. Culmen 0*9, wing 4*85, tail 5'7, tarsus 

 1-35 inch. 



Hob. South-eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Corea, and China. 



In general habits does not differ from Lanius excubitor, and its 

 nest and eggs, of which I cannot find any description, will doubt- 

 less be found to resemble those of that species. 



