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specimens : T t'ounrl every intennediate link between 

 them." 



Lanius phcenicukoides aberr. n. analog'us. 



Adult male : Similar to L. ph. karelini, but the tail like 

 that of the preceding- form. 



" I consider this form as an aberration only, to employ 

 the term already adopted by lepidopterists. (Description 

 taken from five specimens.) "' 



Lam ITS PHCENICUROIDES ELAEAGNI, Susllk. 



Adult male: Bright cinnamon-rufous above; fore jjart 

 of tilt' pilcum pearl-g-rey ; upper tail-coverts, orang'e-ruf ous ; 

 tail-feathers parti-colovu'ed, more or less white at the base 

 and ti]js, then rufous, with large subterminal black j3atches; 

 middle pair dark russet. 



Lanius phcenicuroides infuscatus, Sushk. 



Adult male : Eufescent olive-greyish above, with greyer 

 pilemn and runiij, upper tail-coverts light mouse-brown ; tail- 

 feathers parti-coloured as in. L. pli. elaeagni, but generally 

 with more white, and with the middle pair dark brown. 



Lanius ph(enicuroides pseudocollurio, subsp. n. 



Adult male : Pileum pearl-grey, gradually passing- into 

 the brig-lit chestnut-rufous upper-side of body ; upper 

 tail-coverts chestnut-rufous ; tail feathers much like those 

 of L. colhirio, black and white, only suffused with ruf©us 

 on the edges and near to the black patches. 



" I consider this form as a distinct subspecies ; it inhabits 

 only the southern slope of the western Altai, both the 

 northern and southern slopes of the western Tarbagatai 

 (not penetrating into the eastern part of it), and was 

 obtained at Veriii. 



" It differs from L. ph. infuscatus in its g-reyer head, 

 In-ig-hter back and more collurio-\ike tail. From L. coUurio 

 it is mainly distinguished bv the more sombre colour of the 



