LANIUS ISABELLINUS. 
(ISABELLINE SHRIKE.) 
Lanius isabellinus, Khr. Symb. Phys. fol. » (1828). 
Lanius arenarius, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. p. 304 (1846). 
Otomela arenaria (Bl.), Bp. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 437. no. 27. 
Enneoctonus arenarius (Blyth), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 394. no. 639 (1854). 
Lanius ruficaudus, A. K. Brehm, J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 79. 
Lanius phenicurus, Blasius, Ibis, 1862, p. 66 (nec Pallas). 
Lanius phenicurus, var. montana, Severtzoff, Turk. Jevot. p. 144 (1873). 
Lanius phenicurus, var. caniceps, Severtz. ut supra (1873). 
Lanius phenicurus, var. ruficeps, Severtz. tom. cit. p. 145 (1873). 
Lanius phenicuroides, Severtzoff, J. fiir Orn. 1873, p. 347. 
Otomela isabellina (Ehr.), Schalow, J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 145. 
Otomela phenicuroides (Sev.), Schalow, tom. cit. p. 148. 
Lanius montanus (Sey.), Schalow, tom. cit. p. 150. 
Lanius canescens (Sev.), Schalow, ut supra. 
Figure notabiles. 
Walden, Ibis, 1867, pl. v. fig. 1; Henderson & Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, pl. 3. 
3 ad. ptil. est. pileo, uropygio et supracaudalibus saturaté rufescenti-fulvidis: dorso saturaté fusco-cinereo : 
cauda saturaté ferrugined, rectricibus centralibus fulvescentibus: remigibus nigricantibus, primariis ad 
basin albis speculum formantibus: secundariis intimis et tectricibus alarum rufescente cervino margi- 
natis: loris, lined ad basin rostri et vitté magna per oculum ducta albo marginata, nigris: gula, gutture 
et corpore subtus albis: hypochondriis et subcaudalibus rufescente cervino lavatis: rostro saturate 
fusco-corneo: iride fuscé: pedibus nigris. 
2 ad. supra fusco-cinerea vix rufescenti tincta: alis fuscis, vix pallidiore marginatis: cauda sicut in mare 
picturata sed pallidiore: loris albidis: vitta oculari fuscd: corpore subtus albo, hypochondriis et 
pectore rufescenti-cervino lavatis. 
3 ptil. hiem. capite supra et dorso cinereo-isabellinis, uropygio et cauda sicut in ptilosi estivali picturatis : 
alis pallidioribus: loris albidis: vittaé oculari minore: corpore subtus isabellino-albo, colli lateribus, 
pectore et hypochondriis rufescenti-isabellinis, mento et abdomine centraliter albis. 
Adult Male in summer (Chimkent, 20th April). Crown, rump, and upper tail-coverts deep rufous brown ; 
back dull dusty brown; tail deep rufous, the central rectrices rufous brown; quills blackish, the 
primaries white at the base, forming a distinct speculum; wing-coverts and inner secondaries broadly 
margined with warm rufous buff; entire space before the eye, with a narrow line over the forehead, 
and a broad streak through the eye over the ear-coverts, deep black, on the upper side margined with 
white; underparts white, the flanks and under tail-coverts washed with rufous buff; bill dark horn- 
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