ABOO AND NORTH GUZERAT. 21$ 



following localities — Neilgherries, Anjango, Kbnndalla, Deesa, 

 Aboo, Simla, Mussouri, Dehra Dhoon, Gourgaon, Eriupoora, 

 Ajinere, Sambhur, Kutch, Chunar, Bareilly, Saugor, Kumaon- 

 Bhabur, Chumparun, Seoni, Raipoor, and Sumbulpoor, I am 

 quite unable to satisfy myself of the existence of more than two 

 forms. The one, that I identify as sirkee, (to which all Captain 

 Butler's specimens belong) the upper surface of which is more of 

 a sandy or yellowish brown, and the whole lower surface of which 

 is more or less unicolorous, and the other that I call Leschenaulti, 

 of which the upper surface is more of an olivaceous brown, 

 and which has the breast and sides of the neck distinctly, in 

 most cases conspicuously, greyer or more olivaceous than the 

 throat and abdomen. 



In both these types the colour varies extremely. Some speci- 

 mens of sirkee (apud nos) are of a light yellowish sandy above; 

 others are brown with a strong rufous tinge, especially on the 

 head. Some specimens of my Leschenaulti are pale brown 

 above with a greenish tinge, some are a regular olive green 

 brownish no doubt, but still with an olive green the prevailing 

 tinge of the upper surface. 



Their dimensions vary greatly, the wings from 5 to 6*5, and 

 the tails and bills almost ad libitum, but I have not yet found 

 it possible to combine differences in plumage with differences 

 in dimensions, or even quite satisfactorily with locality. For 

 instance I have typical sirkee and typical Leschenaulti, both 

 from Dehra Dhoon. Still I may say that all my Leschenaulti 

 are from Anjango, the Neilgherries, Khandala, Seoni, Raipoor, 

 Sumbulpoor, Chumparun, the Kumaon-Bhabur, and the Dhoon, 

 while all my specimens from all the other localities above named 

 are sirkee. But then, as will have been observed, my series of 

 this genus is an indifferent one, and I must have specimens 

 from scores of other localities before I can pretend to give a 

 good account of it. Unfortunately it is a bird people won't 

 send. I have received chests full of Oriolus kundoo, Pitta 

 coronata, Irena puella, and such like, but of dull-colored birds, 

 like Taccocuas specimens, somehow but rarely come in. 



As for making out Blyth's two additional species, I must 

 confess that at present I cannot. — A. O. H.] 



260 ter.— Lanius collurio, Penn. 



I observed several of these birds again last rains in the 

 neighbourhood of Deesa, but was unfortunate in not shooting a 

 single specimen. They only remain for a month or six weeks 

 taking their departure again before the cold weather. 



