150 Col. ll. Meinertzliagen on the [tbi?, 



and r ])resume that tliey are resident in very small 

 number.s. 



One exani[)le oljtainod agrees ^vitll Himalayan specimens. 



Lanius excubitor. 



L. e. /xdlidiros/ris Cass. (= assiinilia l>rebm.) 

 A summer \ isitor to the foot-hills, and common locally, 

 arriving in early March and leaving in early November. 

 A nest found on 11. vi. at Spereragha contained four young 

 about a wecdv old, the nest being in a wild almond bush 

 about eight feet from the ground and of the usual type. T 

 found it especially connnon round Kach and A/sim from 

 June to August. 



Seven obtained from T.iii. to 2.viii. 



L. e. auchcvi \)\). ( = j'aUa,v Heuglin.) 



I obtained males o£ this race on 27. ix. and 2. x. There is 

 a male in the Quetta Museum from Hirok on 28. vi., and I 

 shot a pair at Mangi on 2.viii. which I was unable to 

 preserve. The specimens I brought home agree well with 

 the series at Tring. 



Both /adiiiis minor and />. rdruhitor lahtoni have been 

 reported at Quetta. I met with neither bird. 



Lanius vittatus Valenc. 



A fairly common summer visitor, arriving in the early 

 days of April and leaving in late August. Eggs were taken 

 on the first three days of May, only one clutch being full. 

 Hall'-flodged young woie found on 27. v. The nests were 

 large for a ►i^hrike, and composed of twigs, grass^ and a few 

 leaves, with a soft lining of rubbish. 



Lanius cristatus. 



L. c. /i/nrnicio'oides (Schalow). 



A connnon summer visitor to the hills, arriving in early 

 March and leaving at the end ol" Auy-ust. Nests with two and 

 four eggs were found on 20. iv. and 10. v. respectively between 

 (5500 and 8000 feet, but breeding birds were observed up to 

 *J000 feet in June. The nosts were slovenly structures in 



