316 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
In both sexes the irides were light brown; bill, dusky black, 
paler towards base ; feet, legs, and claws, dark slate color. 
[Dr. Armstrong preserved eight specimens. All of these 
agree in the characteristic point of the black tippings of the 
crest feathers joining on to the chestut of the crest, without 
any intermediate white bar as in epops, or paler band as in 
nigripennis. The bills too, as will be seen from Dr. 
Armstrong’s measurements, run considerably longer than 
those of either of the two above referred to species. A. O. H.] 
260 bis.—Lanius collurioides, Less. (L. hypoleucos, 
Blyth.— Vide 8S. F., III, 90.) 
I have only seen this species at Rangoon where it was 
decidedly scarce. They frequent the thick bushes and hedges 
in the neighbourhood. ‘The following are the measurements of 
two male birds recorded in the flesh :— 
Length, 7:6 to 7:8; expanse, 10°7 to 105; wing, 3°4 to 
3°35; tail from vent, 3°55 to 3°75; tarsus, 1; bill from gape, 
“9 to °85. 
Irides, reddish brown ; upper mandible, dusky black, margined 
near gape with yellowish white; lower mandible, yellowish 
white, tipped with dusky black ; feet and legs, dusky. 
261.—Lanius cristatus, Lin. 
This Shrike, although far from being abundant, appears 
to be more generally distributed than collurioides. It seems to 
prefer the vicinity of towns or villages, frequenting the thick 
low jungle in their vicinities. The following are the measure- 
ments recorded in the flesh of two specimens, a female and 
a male killed near Rangoon and Elephant Point respectively :— 
Length, 7-4 to 7°6 ; expanse, 10-4 to 10°5; wing, 3°35 ; tail 
from vent, 3:2 to 3°35; tarsus, 1; bill from gape, *85 to ‘87. 
Irides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky black, margined 
with yellowish white near gape; lower mandible, dirty white, 
tipped with dusky black ; legs and feet, dusky brown. 
270.—Graucalus Macei, Less. 
This species occurs in tolerable abundance amongst the thin 
tree jungle at Syriam and Eastern Grove, as well as in 
similar localities between Elephant Point and China-Ba-keer. 
It frequents the tops of the taller trees, flymg from one to 
another, and seldom so far as I have observed, settling amongst 
any of the lower branches, There seems to be no appreciable 
difference of size between the two sexes. ‘The measurements 
