THE IBIS. 



EIGHTH SERIES. 



No. XXIV. OCTOBER 1906. 



XXXVI. — Field-Notes on the Birds of Chin/dang, Lower 

 Yangtse Basin. — Part II.* By J. D. D. La Touche, 

 C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



38. Lanius sphenocercus Cab. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 348. 



Once, on February 22, I saw a large grey Shrike in a bare 

 reed-field. It was very wild and quite unapproachable, 

 perching, after the long flights it made across the fields, on 

 large trees bordering the reed-ground. 



39. Lanius schach Linn. 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 347 ; La Touche & Rickett, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 37. 



Common in winter on the plain and in the loess country, 

 but not noticed in late spring or during summer. A few 

 pairs most probably breed in the district in suitable 

 localities. 



I once met a man carrying on a perch an albino Shrike, 

 which was, I have no doubt, an individual of this species. 

 It was pure white with pink eyes and legs. The bird was 

 quite tame, and, according to its owner, had come from 

 Shanghai. 



* Continued from p. 450. 

 SER. VIH. — VOL. vi. 2 s 



