Birds of Lucknoiv. 539 
No. 476. Lanius erythronotus. Rnfous-backed Shrike. 
Mattiya lahtora [H.]. 
According to my experience this species is rarer close 
to Lucknow than either L. lahtora or L. vittatus, but further 
out in the District it is much the commonest Shrike. I saw 
numbers on the telegraph-wires one day in December as I was 
travelling between Lucknow and Cawnpore. It breeds here, 
and I have taken what I believe to be its nest and eggs on 
two or three occasions. They resembled those of L. lahtora^ 
but were a trifle smaller. I saw the birds^ but in a bad 
light, when it was impossible to swear to anything. All the 
nests and eggs were found at one end of a babool-tope, and 
at the oth^r end I took several nests of L. lahtora, shooting 
the birds. I distinctly saw both the Shrikes in the tope, 
and though 1 did not succeed in obtaining a single specimen 
of L. erythronotus at its nest, I am fairly confident of the 
genuineness of my eggs. I hope, however, to succeed later 
in getting a clutch with the parent bird. 
Average of 9 (presumed erythronotus) Lucknow eggs. . •97"x '73" 
Measurement of largest e^^ 1-00" x "75" 
„ smallest egg -95" x -70" 
No. 479. Lanius isabellinus. Pale-brown Shrike. 
Reid stated that this Shrike was not common. As he 
apparently got only one specimen, an adult {? sex), at 
Ajgaen, which is now in the Lucknow Museum, and as I 
have never met with it in seven years, I think that it cannot 
be said to be a frequent visitor to this part of Oudh. 
No. 481. Lanius cristatus. Broivn Shrike. 
This pretty Shrike is not uncommon in the cold weather. 
I have often s een and shot it in babool-topes on open plains. 
All the specimens that I have secured have been more or 
less barred. 
No. 488. Tephrodornis pondicerianus. Common Wood- 
Shrike. 
Kerula [H., teste Reid], Tanti-tuia [Anglo-Indian boys]. 
This species is fairly common and is a permanent resident. 
According to Reid's experience and my own it is always 
