LANIUS SUBCORONATUS. 



than the hinder toe. Claws of anterior toes long, slender, and slightly 

 curved ; the claw of hinder toe strong, and much curved. 



Length from the tip of the bill to the 



point of the tail 8 



of the bill from the gape 



of the wings when folded . . . 

 ofthetail 4 



DIMENSIONS. 



lacb. Lines. Inch. Lines. 



Length of the tarsus 



of the outer toe 



of the middle toe 



of the inner toe 



of the hinder toe 



The grey tint is stronger in the female than in the male, and the white is 

 less clear, being generally tinged with yellow. 



The first specimen we obtained was killed near Latakoo, and many others were added to our 

 collection as we proceeded to the northward, although we never found the species common in 

 any of the districts we visited. When Lanius subcoronatus appeared, Lanius Colluris ceased 

 to be found, and we had every reason to believe that tlie former held, to the northward of 

 Latakoo that place which the latter holds to the southward. We were familiar with L. 

 subcoronatus in its native haunts long before we were aware that it was an undescribed species. 

 We had always conceived it to be identical with Lanius Collaris, and it was not till one of our 

 liunters killed a specimen by accident that we were convinced of the contrary. When flying, as 

 well as when perched, the similarity of the two species is striking, and their manners and habits 

 are identically the same. Botli pounce upon their prey with the same hawk-like spirit, and move 

 throuo-h the air with equal velocity ; both perch upon the summit of trees or shrubs, and there 

 watch their prey or their enemies, and both impale what objects they capture, and are not able 

 at the moment to consume, upon the long and powerful thorns of some favourite acacia tree, 

 L. subcoronatus differs from L. Collaris, first, in having a smaller bill, the culmen of which is 

 sharp, especially towards the frontal feathers ; secondly, in having the frontal feathers and eye- 

 brows white instead of black, as is the case in L. Collaris ; it is also rather a smaller bird. 



