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Asia, thus connecting its range from Palestine to India. This spe- 
cies is undoubtedly the southern representative of Lanius eacubitor 
in the western Palzerctic Region ; but we have not sufficient authority 
to state clearly the range of this last-named bird in the eastern por- 
tion of the Palearctic Region to give the exact extent in this direc- 
tion, so that the point where the two species meet has yet to be 
determined. Throughout Northern Africa, from Algiers to Egypt, it 
is not uncommon, and in Palestine is the common Shrike of the 
country, according to Dr. Tristram (Ibis, 1867, p. 364), who, how- 
ever, on this occasion confounded the bird with Lanius excubitor, 
as we find from an examination of the specimens collected by him, 
and kindly lent to us for the present paper. 
In Algeria this species, according to Herr Taczanowski, takes the 
place of L. algeriensis on the southern slope of the Atlas and in the 
deserts. 
We have the advantage of possessing in this country the type 
specimen of Lanius elegans of Swainson, which is preserved in the 
national collection. On a close examination this bird seems to be 
nothing more or less than Lanius lahtora, to which species we have 
accordingly referred it. Whether the identical specimen described 
really came from the Fur Countries as stated, can only be determined 
by further investigation in the locality whence the type specimen 
is said to have come; and this question will, doubtless, be set at 
rest some day by the American ornithologists. It seems possible 
to us that the Shrike in question may have come from some other 
locality altogether, or it may be a straggler from Northern Siberia 
into North-western America. 
Before concluding our remarks on this species we may state that 
Dr. von Heuglin in his new work admits Lanius leucopygus, Hempr. 
& Ehr., and ZL. lahtora as two distinct species. The former name 
he assigns to the bird called L. dealbatus by most ornithologists : 
but we must protest against the resuscitation of the name L. leuco- 
pygus ; for on turning to the passage quoted (Symb. Phys. d, e) 
we fail to find any account of the species, and we cannot allow this 
name to take precedence of L. /ahtora, as Hemprich and Ehrenberg 
do not seem to be very clear on the subject and evidently regard 
their L. leucopygus, whatever it may be, as a hybrid. 
7. LANIUS PALLIDIROSTRIS. 
Lanius pallidirostris, Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1851, 
p- 244; id. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1853, p. 257, pl. 23. 
Collyrio pallidirostris, Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 391 (1869). 
Lanius pallidus, Antin, Cat. Coll. Uce. p. 56 (1865). 
Head and back pale whitish grey; a line on the forehead and 
over the eye white; loral space dusky grey ; ear-coverts black ; sca- 
pulars edged with white ; least wing-cuverts greyish white, the rest 
black ; quills brownish black, white at the base, the external web of 
the primaries at their base white, forming a distint alar bar; rump 
and upper tail-coverts greyish white; centre tail-feathers black 
tipped with white, the white predominating towards the outermost 
