274 



Cracticus cinereus (Gould). 



Cracticus cinereus, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 186 (1865) ; 



Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 101 (1883) ; NoHh, Nests §■ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 63 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Mersamml. p. 69 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, Kand-l. iv. p. 277 (1903). 

 Cracticus destructor cinereus, CampbeM, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 305 (1901). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Crow-Shrike do not appear to differ 

 in any material respect from those of 0. destructor. Specimens 

 measure from 1-26 to 1-4 in length, and from -9 to -93 in 

 hreadth. 



4. Tasmania. 

 1 , Tasmania, 

 1. Tasmania (A. J. Campbell). 



1. Tasmania (J. Goiild). 



2. Launceston, Tasmania (E. P. Sey- 



mour). 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LANIUS, Linn. 



Lanius minor, Om. 



Lamus minor, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. p. 324, tab. xxxi. flg. 4, a-d 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 4 (1856-63); 

 Sree, Birds Eur. i. p. 165, pi. (1866) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. 

 p. 393 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 235 (1883) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 603, pi. 11 (1883); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 220, pi. 54. flg. 12 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iV. p. 279 (1903). 



The eggs of the Lesser Grey Shrike are of an ordinary oval form 

 and moderately glossy. They are very uniform in tint, the 

 ground-colour being of a greyish-green, spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly on the broader half of the egg, with olive-brown and 

 lavender. The markings generally form an irregular zone or cap 

 at the broad end. Specimens measure from -91 to "98 in length, 

 and from -68 to '75 in breadth. 



3. Savoy (Tristram Coll.). 



1. Bonneville, Savoy (Tristram 



Coll.). 



2. Switzerland (Tristram Coll.). 

 6. Saxony. 



2. Cilli, Styria (E. Seidenaacher). 



3. Cilli, 29th May (E. S.). 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 20th May 



(T. Sriiper). 



6. Parnassus, 26th May (T. .r.). 



5. Olympus, Greece, 29th May 



(T. K). 



2. Kustendii, Rumania, 25th May 



(W.H. Cullen). 



3. Asia Minor, 1st June. 



6. Smyrna, 11th May. 



7. Smyrna, 21 st May. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



