430 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 



(under the name of phanicurua,) page 144. It is closely allied 

 to L. isabellinus, but 



L. Ph^enicuroides. 



10 Middle rectrices equal, 

 only the two outmost shortened 

 speculum album alareremigibus 

 primariis 2-10. General colour 



L. Isabellinus. 



Only 4 middle rectrices equal, 

 the 8 outer (4 on each side) 

 gradually shortened, speculum 

 alare remigibus primariis, 5 — 8, 



more reddish, above greyish ; General colour more fulvous, 

 rufous or reddish-grey, below 

 rosy-whitish remiges 3=4 Z 5 

 z 2/ 6; or 2=5, 3z4. 



Size smaller, length 1\ — 8". 



above sandy, belows pure ful- 

 vous white, tinned with ferrum- 

 nous. 



Remiges, 3=4 z 5 z 2 z 6 ; or 

 4 z 3 l 5 z 6 z 2 ; or 2=6. 

 Size larger, 8 — 8|. 



I have compared above 50 specimens of each form, old and 

 of young, both sexes. 



67. — My Lanius major, Pall, is correct ; young named by 

 Eversmann L. mollis. It is a north-east Siberian form, closely 

 allied to the North- American L. borealis ; in Turkestan it occurs 

 only in winter, and very rarely. 



68. — My Lanius excubitor, Var., leucoptera is the L. Homeyeri, 

 Cab., differing from the true excubitor by a pure white (not 

 grey) rump, complete white edges on the inner web of secondary 

 quills, as in L. lahtora, joined to the large white crossbar of 

 excubitor, more white on the tail, and a light pinkish tinge on the 

 underparts ; this last not constant. I have shot it on the Upper 

 Naryn, on its way to Kashgar, aud seen in London a specimen 

 from Kashgar. 



69. — My Certhia tcsniura is Certhia liimalayana. 



70. — A new species of Caprimulgus will appear in the Ibis for 

 October, Caprimulgus arenicblor, Sev., from the Oxus. 



71. — Also a new Woodpecker, Picus, leptorhynchus, with a 

 white-winged variety, Var. leucoptera (P. leucopterus, Salvacl.) ; I 

 have Turkestan specimens and saw some from Kashgar. In my 

 list P. leptorhynchus is misnamed P. Cabanisi, Sev., nee Malh. 



72, 73. — Besides Cuculus canorus, not in the least different 

 from the European, there are in Turkestan two smaller Indian 

 Cuckoos allied to canorus. One of them is quite the same with 

 a specimen from Etawah, given to me by Mr. Dresser and 

 labelled by Mr. Brooks as Cuculus micropterus ; lower parts 

 with very thin and numerous cross-bars ; the other wider stria- 

 ted, perhaps C. saturatus, Vig., if not C. striatus, which is still 

 more likely. 



74. — My Columba livia is not the true; it is your C.neglecta; 

 and my C. livia, Var., cyanotus is Col. intermedia, Strickl., different 



