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LANIIB^. 



6. Mount Tabor, Palestine, 



April {H. B. T.). 

 8. Palestine, 1st April {H. B. T.). 

 2. Palestine, 17th April {H. B. T.). 

 1. Palestine, 20th May (if. B. T.). 



1. Palestine, 16th April {J. H. 



Cochrane). 



2. Palestine, May {J. 3. C). 



5. Palestine (H. B. Tristram). 



4. Palestine {H. B. T.). 



3. Palestine, 16th March {H. B. T.). 



6. Palestine, 16th April {H. B. T.). 



5. Tiberias, Palestine (H.. B. T.). 



1. Gennesaret, Palestine, SOth March 

 {H. B. T.). 



6. Gennesaret, SOth March (H. B. T.) 



16th Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius lahtora (Syhes). 



Laniug lahtora, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 381 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. viii, p. 252 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 

 p. 459 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 306 

 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 281 (1903). 



The eggs of tte Indian Grey Shrike show much variation in 

 shape, size, colour, and extent and disposition of markings, but the 

 majority do not differ from the eggs of L. exeuhitor. The ground 

 is cream-colour, stone-colour, or pale greenish white, and the 

 markings are of many shades of brown, tinged with yellow, rufous 

 or olive, and underlying pale purple. In many specimens the 

 markings consist of blotches chiefly disposed over the larger end 

 and frequently forming an irregular zone or cap ; in others 'they 

 consist of mere spots and specks, spread over the entire shell, but 

 more thickly over the larger half than elsewhere. They vary 

 from -9 to 1-15 in length, and from -75 to -82 in breadth. 



1. UmbaUa, Punjab, 1st July. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, Punjab, 26th March Hume Coll. 



( W. Blewitt). 



8. Hansi, 27th March (W. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 28th March ( W. B.). Hume CoU. 



2. Hansi, 29th March {W. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 30th March ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 7th April ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 1st Mav ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, July ( W. B.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Delhi, 14th April ( C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bingham). 



1. Delhi, 30th May (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon District, 26th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurgaon District, 30th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Gurgaon District, 30th March. Hume Coll. 

 3. Gurgaon District, 31st March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Gurgaon District, 5th April. Hume Coll. 

 3. Jodhpur, 1st April {A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



12. N.W. Provinces, India. Seebohm Coll. 



