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The black frontal band is wider in young birds. 
There is also a difference in the whitish margin of the 
secondary quills. 
A female (26th January) had well-developed ovaries. 
Very common in open country, where it can always 
be seen on bushes, low trees, telegraph wires or other points 
of vantage, whence it can overlook its surroundings. Has 
a harsh shrieking note. I have never found insects on 
thorns, and doubt whether the Asiatic species of Lanius 
have the same habit of the European ones of impaling their 
prey. 
294. Lanius tigrinus (Drap.). 
2. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
April. 
é imm. Pasir Ganiing, Indrapura, Sea level. 
October. 
Iris dark brown, bluish grey, culmen, tip, and tomia 
black, lower mandible dirty white, tip blue-grey with black 
extremity, sometimes a black gonys, feet bluish grey. 
Wings, ¢ 82; 2 85 mm. 
The immature bird has the grey of the head mingled 
with earthy brown, possesses black markings on the sides 
of the neck and has these more marked on the sides of the 
breast and flanks. . 
Not very common. Has the same habits as L. s. bentet. 
295. Lanius c-istatus superciliosus (Lath.). 
Ree Ke ep. £22" 
44 ad., 2? ad., 2 subad. Fort de Kock, Padang, 
Highlands, 920 M., March (in moult) and April. 
6, 2? subad. Kamang, Agam, Padang Highlands, 
88 M., May. 
? subad. Pangkalan Koto Bahru, Pajokumbuh, 
Padang Highlands, 120 M., April. 
2 subad. Koto Tuo, Mt. Singgalang, Padang 
Highlands, 1000 M., March (in moult). 
Iris dark sepia, upper mandible black, lower bluish 
grey or pinkish grey, tip black or blackish brown, feet 
blackish or plumbeous, claws black. 
Wings, ¢ 89, 86, 86, 85, 85; ¢ 86, 85, 86 imm., 86 
imm., 85 imm., 84 imm. 
The immature birds have dark crescentic markings 
on the breast and flanks : none of the adults show the rich 
rufous brown of the mature pelage. 
As common as L. s. bentet and with the same habits, 
