268 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF 



19th March 1878, Female.-~ Length, 9*08 ; expanse, 12-0; 

 wing, 3*75 ; tail from vent, 4*25 ; tarsus, 1*0 ; bill from gape, 

 0-92 ; at front, 0*60 ; closed wings fall short of tail, 0*60. 

 Bill black ; base pinkish ; legs horny. 



No. 1 is evidently a bird of the year. It wants the rufous tinge 

 on the lower breast, observable in the adult bird. The edging of 

 secondaries is pale rufous in the young, but dark in the adult. 



By no means common ; not having noticed it in the rains, I 

 conclude it is a migratory bird ; it frequents orchards and 

 hedgerows, and is very seldom seen in such open country as its 

 congeners. I only observed about half a dozen birds during 

 the year. 



259.— Lanius nigriceps, Frankl. 



25th January 1878?— Length, 10*17; expanse, 12*08 ; 

 wing, 3*75 ; bill from gape, I/O; at front, 059 ; tail from 

 vent, 5*25 ; tarsus, 1*16 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 

 40. 



1st February 1878, Female.*— Length, 9*33; expanse, 11*75; 

 wing, 3*66 ; tail from vent, 4*92; tarsus, 1*16; bill at front, 

 0*62 ; bill from gape, 0*83 ; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 3 33. 



llth March 1878, Male. — Length, 10* ; expanse, 11*50 ; wing, 

 3*60; tail from vent, 4*75 ; tarsus, 1*16; bill from gape, 1*0 ; 

 at front, 060; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 3*66; 

 weight, 1 *62 oz. 



9th May 1878, Male. — Length, 10*0 ; expanse, 11*0 ; wing, 

 3*80; tail from vent, 4*92 ; tarsus, 1*16 ; bill from gape, 1*0 ; 

 at front, 0*64 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 3*66; 

 weight, 1*62 oz. Bill and legs black. 



lith May 1878, Young Female. — Length, 8'60 ; expanse, 

 11*50; wing, 358 ; tail from vent, 3*83; tarsus, 1*08; bill 

 from gape, 098 ; at front, 0*58 ; closed wings fall short 

 of end of tail, 2*75 ; weight, 1*62 oz. Legs plumbeous; bill 

 horny above, bluish beneath. 



IMh May 1878. — Young Male, shot in company with the 

 last one. — Length, 8*0 ; expanse, 11*0; wing, 3*50 ; tail from 

 vent, 3*75 ; tarsus, 1*16; bill from gape, 0'95 ; at front, 0*60 ; 

 closed wings fall short of end of tail, 2*20 ; weight, 1*62 oz. 

 Irides dark brown ; legs plumbeous. 



15^ May 1878.— Nestling just left nest.— Length, 8*0 ; 

 expanse, 8*50 ; wing, 2*75 ; tail from vent, 1*50 ; tarsus, 1*0 ; 

 bill from gape, 0*90 ; at front, 0*56 ; closed wings fall short 

 of end of tail, 0*92 ; weight, 1*12 oz. Legs fleshy blue; irides 

 stone colour ; bill horny above, pale beneath ; mouth, inside 

 yellow. 



