BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 693 



637. (476) Lanius schach caniceps. The Southern Rnfous- 



backed ShriJce. 

 L. caniceps Blyth, J.A.S.B., xv., p. 302 (1846), {South 

 India). 

 Southern India and Ceylon. 



638. (477) Lanius schach tephronotus. The Grey-backed 



ShriJce. 

 Collurio tephronotus Vigors, P.Z.S., 1831, p. 43 (Himala- 

 yas), (Gyantse). 

 Breeding C4arh\v'al to E. Tibet and W. China. 



639. (478) Lantus collurio. The Red-backed Shrike. 



Linn. S.N., p. 94 (1758), {Euro])e, Sweden). 

 Straggler into India. 



640. Lanius senator niloticus. The Eastern Woodchat 



Shrike. 

 Enneoctonus niloticus Bonpte. Rev. Zool, 1853, ?j. 439 {The 

 White Nile). 

 Breeding Palestine to Persia. 



641. (482) Lanius cristatus cristatus. The Brown Shrike. 



L. cristatus Linn., S.N., p. 93 (1758) {Bengal).. 



. Breeding Siberia, L. Baikal to Amur, Assam Hills. 



642. (479) Lanius cristatus isabellinus. The Pale Brown 



Shrike. 

 L. isabellinus Hemp. <£; Ehr., Sijmb. Phys. Aves., fol. e., note, 

 (1828), {Kumfuda, Arabia). 



Breeding E. Turkestan, Mongolia, etc, 



643. (480) Lanius cristatus phoenicuroides. The Rufous 



Shrike. 

 L. phoenicuroides Severtz., Jour, fur Orn., 1873, p. 347 

 {Tschimlcent). 



Breeding Transcaspia to Baluchistan, Quetta. 



644. (481) Lanius cristatus lucionensis. The Philippines 



Shrike. 

 L. lucionensis Linn., 8.N., p. 135 (1766), {Luzon). 



Breeding N. China to Korea. Straggler into Burma, etc. 



645. (483) Lanius tigrinus. The Thick-billed Shrike. 



Drapiez, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. xii., p. 523 (1828), {Java). 



646. (484) Hemipus picatus picatus. The Black-backed Pied 



Shrike. 

 Muscicapa picata Sykes. P.Z.8., 1832, ?x 85 {Decmn), India. 

 S. of the Himalayas and S. Burma. 



647. (485) Hemipus picatus capitalis. The Brotcn-backed Pied 



Shrike. 

 Muscicapa capitalis McClelland P.Z.S., 1839, 2^. 157 (Assam). 

 Himalayas, Garhwal to Assam, N. Burma and Shan 



States. 



