406 Birds of Celebes: Laniidae. 



unfortunately to only a dozen specimens ranging from Sept. 19* to April (see 

 Salvadori h 15, b 25, Tristram b 23, W. Blasius b 18, Meyer b 14), but 

 Prof. W. Blasius's Sooloo specimen was included in a collection formed by 

 Dr. Platen "in summer", 1887 (8). L. tigrinus is easily distinguishable from 

 L. lucionensis by its barred back and grey head and mantle, the latter species 

 being above uniform broccoli-brown, greyer on the head. Dr. Gadow places 

 tigrinus next to L. collurioides Less, of Burmah, from which it may likewise be 

 distinguished by its barred back. This character in the adult male makes it a 

 well-marked species among the red-tailed Shrikes. This peculiarity must be a 

 character of very long standing, inasmuch as most — if not all — Shrikes are 

 more or less barred above when young. 



The genus Lanius is absent in the Australian Region, though occurring in 

 Europe, Africa, Asia and N. America, "extending into the northern parts of the 

 Neotropical Region" (Gadow). 



-r 153. LANIUS LUCIONENSIS L. 



C/hinese Red-tailed Shrike. 



Lanius lucionensis [Briss., Orn. 1760, 11, 169, pi. XVIU, iig. 1 — Lucon] ; (1) Linn., 

 S. K 1766, I, 135; (2) Swinh., Ibis 1860, 59; (3) id., ib. 1861, 43, 255, 340; (^) 

 id., ib. 1863, 272; (4>'<') id., P. Z. S. 1863, 286; (4'^'-) id., Ibis 1866, 295, 394; (5) 

 Martens, J. f. O. 1866, 12; (6) Wall, Ibis 1867, 215; (7) Gray, HL. I, 1869, 

 393, Nr, 5970; (8) Swinh., Ibis 1870, 241; (8^'') id., P. Z. S. 1870, 428; (9) id., 

 P. Z. S. 1871, 376; (10) Wald., Ibis 1871, 173; (11) Ball, Str. F. 1873, I, 65; 

 (12) Hume, t. c. 434; (13) Wald., Ibis 1873, 309; (14) Hume, Str. P. 1874, II, 

 199; (15) Swinh., Ibis 1875, 115; (16) Wald., Ibis 1875, 116; (XVII) id., Tr. Z. S. 

 1875, IX, 171, pi. XXIX, fig. 1; (18) Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 43; (18"'') Hume, Str. 

 F. 1876, JY, 393; (19) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 99; (20) Wald., P. Z. S. 

 1877, 536, 544, 692, 759; (21) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 205; (22) Wald., 

 P. Z. S. 1878, 342, 380, 709, 947; (23) Sharpe, Ibis 1879, 259; (24) id., P. Z. S. 

 1879, 341; (25) id., Tr. Z. S. 1879, (2) I, 323; (26) Hume, Str. F. 1878, Vm, 

 57, 91; (27) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 378; (28) Wdl. Ramsay, Tweedd. Works 

 1881, 656; (29) Gadow, Oat. B. VHI, 1883, 274; (30) Gates, B. Brit. Burmah 

 1883, I, 251; (SO''-") W. Bias., "Braunschweig. Anz." 1886, 3. Marz; (31) Styan, 

 Ibis 1887, 225; (32) Buttik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1887, 55; (33) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 

 198; (34) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 311; (35) Gates, Fauna Br. Ind. 1889, I, 469; 

 (36) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 419; (37) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 121; (38) 

 Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 193; (39) Steere, List Coll. B. Philipp. 1890, 14; (40) 

 Seeb., B. Japan. Emp. 1890, 105; (41) W. Bias., J. f. G. 1890, 145; (42) Sharpe, 

 Ibis 1890, 279; (43) Styan, Ibis 1891, 322, 348; ('^^j Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 

 1891, 22S; (45) Campb., J\>\s 1892, 239; (46) Hose, Ibis 1893, 393; (47) Biittik., 

 Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise Gst-Ind. 1893, HI, 299; (48) Bourns & Worces., B. 

 Menage Exped. 1894, 39; (49) Grant, Ibis 1895, 24, 254; (50) De La Touche, 

 t. c. 334; (51) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, 320; (52) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. 

 Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 10; (53) Grant, Ibis 1896, 119, 550. 



a. Lanius phoenicurus ('i^ Meyen (nee Pall), Nov. Acta Acad. Caesar. Leopold. 1834, XVI, 



