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1868. Walden, Viscount. Note on Lanius melantlies, Swinhoe, and on Lanius cepha- 



lomelas, Bp. <^IMs, 1868^ 2dser.,iv, pp. 68-71. 

 The former = L. fuscatus Less. ; the latter = L. nasutus Scop. 

 1889. Clark- Kennedy, A. Woodchat in Kent in 1868. <^Zoologist, 2d ser., iv, 1869, 

 pp. 1863, 1864. 



1869. Gedney, H. S. Tlie Loggerhead Shrike [Lanius ludovicianus]. < J.m. Nat., 



iii, 1869, pp. 159, 160. 

 Note on ite hahits. 

 1869. GuNN, T. E. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] in Norfolk. <^ Zoologist, 26. 



ser., iv, 1869, p. 1513. 

 1869. GURNEY, J. H., Jr. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] at Dover. <^Zoolo- 



gist, '2d ser., iv, 1869, p., 1513. 

 1869. Stubbs, C. E. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] at Henley-on-Thames. 



<^ Zoologist, 2d ser., iv, 1869, p. 1560. 



1869. Walden, Viscount. [On Japanese species of Lanius. ] <^ J&ts, 2d ser., v, 1869, 



p. 242. 



1870. CouES, E. Om Tornskademes Vane at spidde Insekter fortasUer den ameri- 



kanske Ornithologo Elliot[t] Coues f0lgende: < TidssJc. for Populoere Fremsi. 

 af Natiirviclensk., 4th ser., ii, 1870, p. 480. 

 Habits of Lanius ludovicianus: from Proc. Host. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, pp. 112, 113. 



1870.' Dresser, H. E., and Sharpe, E. B. Notes on Lanius excubitor and its Allies. 

 < P. Z. S., xxxviii, 1870, pp. 590-600. 



A synoptical table of nine closely allied, species is given, and their geographical distribution 

 shown. L. meridionalis, p. 594 ; L. minor, p. 599, spp. nn. {L. mollis, Eversm., is accident- 

 ally omitted, cf. Ann. N. M., (4), xvii, p. 78.) 



1870. Stevenson, H. Lesser Gray Shrike [Lanius collurio] in Norfolk. < Zoologist, 



2d ser., v, 1870, p. 2139. 



1871. BoYES, F. Great Gray Shrikes [Lanius excubitor] in East Yorkshire. < Zoolo- 



gist, 2d ser., vi, 1871, pp. 2482,2483. 

 1871. Harding, H. J. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor]. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., 



vi, 1871, p. 2439. 

 The manner in which it strikes its prey. 

 1871. Hooker, J. Ueber die verschiedene Fiirbung der Eier von Lanius minor. <^J, 



f. 0., xix, 1871, p. 464. 



The variation in color, as in other species of the genus, depends on the age of the female. 

 1871. Holford, C. E. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] at Ware. <C^ Zoologist, 



2d ser., vi, 1871, p. 2607. 

 1871. Eigkards, M. S. C. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] near Clifton. <Zo- 



ologist, 2d ser., vi, 1871, p. 2726. 

 1871. EoBSON, S. E. Eedbacked Shrike breeding near Wastwater. < Zoologist, 2d 



ser., vi, 1871, p. 2805. 



1871. Saxby, H. L, Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] in Shetland. <^Zoologi8t, 



2d ser., vi, 1871, p. 2561. 



1872. Anne, A. F. [Der grosse Wlirger (Lanius excubitor).] <^Zool. Gart., xiii, 1872, 



p. 89. 



1872. BoYES, F. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] in East Yorkshire. <^ Zoolo- 

 gist, 2d ser., vii, 1872, p. 3064. 



1872. GuNN, T. E. Great Gray Shrike [Lanius excubitor] near Yarmouth. <C Zoolo- 

 gist, 2d ser., vii, 1872, p. 3323. 



1872. LOCKWOOD, S. The Great Northern Shrike [Lanius boreaUs] and the English 

 Sparrows. < 4m. Xat., vi, 1872, pp. 236,237. 

 Lanius horealis feeding on Passer domesticus. 



