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 2. 

 2. 

 1. 

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N.W. Provinces, 24th April. 

 N.W. Provinces, 9th May. 

 N.W. Provinces, 10th May. 

 Mirzapur, 19th March ( W. E. 



Brooks). 

 Mirzapur, 4th May ( W. E. 



Broohs: Tristram Coll.). 

 Bareilly, 16th May. 

 Etawah, 18th March. 

 Allahabad. 

 Allahabad, 9th April. 

 Jhansi, 19th June {F. R. 



Bkwitt). 

 Saugor, 6. Provinces, 25th July 



(-F. R. B.). 

 Bengal ( W. Theobald : Tristram 



Coll.). 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume OoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius algeriensis, Less. 



(Plate Xn. fig. 16.) 



Lanius algeriensis, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 312 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii 

 p. 391 (1871) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 244 (1883); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the Algerian Grey Shrike resemble those of L. 

 excuhitor in general appearance, but differ in the ground-colour 

 being of a light buff or cream-colour. Specimens measure from 

 1-02 to l-ll in length, and from '75 to "78 in breadth. 



North Africa. 



Sidi Khalifa Cherif, Algeria, 8th 



May (O. Saloin). 

 Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 23rd May 



(O. S.). 

 Ain Djendeli, 23rd May {B. B. 



Tristram). 

 Madracen, Algeria, 27th May 



(0. S.). 

 Madracen, 30th May {H. B. T.). 

 Kef Laks, Algeria, April {H. B. T). 



H. P. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coil. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Lanius meridionalis, Temm. 



Lanius meridionalis, Thien. Fortpflam. ges. Vog. p. 323, tab. xxxi. fig. 3, 

 a, b (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 52. fig. 3 (1856-63) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 387 (1871) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 206; 

 Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. ii. p. 18, pi. (1875) ; Gadmu, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 246 (1883) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899) ; 

 Sliarpe, Samd-l. iv. p. 282 (1903). 



The eggs of the Southern Grey Shrike are of quite the same type 

 as those of L. excuhitor. Many specimens are inseparable from the 

 eggs of that species, but others are more richly marked, the brown 

 being of a deeper tint, and the markings being more numerous, and 

 consequently covering more of the ground. Examples measure from 

 1 to l-15in length, and from "75 to "8 in breadth. 



