70 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



Family LANIID^. 

 Genus LANIUS. 



138. Lanius homeyeei. 



Lanius homeyeri, Cab. ; Severtz. Str. F. iii. p. 430 (1875) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 136 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 

 1881, p. 51; Scully, ibid. p. 432; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 87; Menzbie/ 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 357 ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 462 (1889). 



Lanius leucopterus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 67 (1863) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 184. 



No. 1097. Yangihissar, November 30, 1873.— Length 10*5 inches, wing 4*7, tail 4*6, 

 tarsus 1*2 ; expanse 15 ; bill from front 0*7, from gape 1*17 ; length of foot 1*8. Iris 

 hazel-brown ; bill bluish horny above, pale at base and sides, pale fleshy below, with 

 dusky tip ; feet horny black ; wings reach within 3 inches of end of tail. 



No. 1337. Kashghar, February 11, 1874. 



No. 1376. Jigda, February 25, 1874. 



"This Shrike," Dr. Scully writes, "was tolerably common near Kashghar and Yarkand 

 in winter ; it was never seen in spring or summer, as it had then migrated northwards. It 

 chiefly affects bare places with a few trees scattered about, but is occasionally seen near 

 villages. Near Kizil in January I saw some of these Shrikes perched on small leafless trees, 

 sitting very motionless and apparently not alarmed when one approached them even pretty 

 closely. This Shrike was occasionally trained to capture small birds, such as Sparrows, &c. 

 ... It is the winter Shrike of Eashgharia, as Lanius arenarius is the summer one. The 

 Turki name for the species is ' Ala ghurulai,' the Variegated Shrike." 



139. Lanius ehythronotus. 



Lanius erythronotus (Vig.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 182 (1873) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 51 ; 

 Scully, t.c. p. 433; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 464 (1889). 



No. 27. Murree, June 24, 1873. 



Nos. 138, juv., 140, ad. Hatti, Jhelum Valley, July 21, 1873. 



No. 156, juv. Baramula, July 25, 1873. 



No. 198. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 



No. 267. Srinagar, August 5, 1873 (Tembh). 



Colonel Biddulph says that he saw this species only in Kashmir and Ladak, south of the 

 Indus ; more were seen in the Indus Valley. 



140. Lanius isabellinus. 



Lanius isabellinus, Ehr. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 67, 144 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 185; 



Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 139 (1876); Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 433; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 104; 



Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 70; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 357; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. 



p. 76 (1889). 

 Lanius arenarius, Blyth; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 183, pi. iii. (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 



p. 137 (1876) ; Prjev. in Bowley^s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 274 (1877) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 433. 

 Lanius cristatus (nee L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 182 (1873) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 51. 

 Otomela isabellina, Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 35 (1885). 



