ENNHOCIONTJS. — OEPHALOrHONETJS. 



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Enneoctomis vittatus (Val.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 19.) 



Laniiis vittatus, Oadow, Cat. Birds, B. M. viii. p. 280 (1883) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 462 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, i. p. 811 (1889). 



Enneoctonus vittatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 286 (1993). 



The eggs of tho' Bay-backed Shrike are smaller than those of 

 Lanius lahtora, Cephalophoneus erythronotus, and 0. nigrieeps, hut 

 do not otherwise dififer from them. They measure from '75 to '95 

 in length, and from '62 to -71 in breadth. 



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Sind {J. H. Gould). 



Hansi, 5th April. 



Hansi, 12th April. 



Hansi, 14th April. 



Hansi, 15th April. 



Hansi, 16th April. 



Hansi, 3rd May. 



Hansi, July. 



Hansi, August. 



Delhi, 29th June (C. T. Bingham). 



Delhi, 15th Sept. (C. T. B.). 



Delhi, 17th Sept. (C. T. B.). 



Agra, July. 



Agra, 26th July. 



Bareilly, 23rd May. 



Bareilly, 5th June. 



BareUly, 15th June. 



Bareilly, 20th June. 



Bareilly, 22nd June. 



Bareilly, 24th June. 



Etawaii, 10th May. 



Etawah, 14th Mav. 



N.W. Provinces, India. 



Bengal {W. Theobald: Tristram 



Coll.). 

 Jhansi. 



Jhansi, 2nd July. 

 Jhansi, 7th July. 

 Hoshungabad, 22nd July. 



Gould Coll. 

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Genus CEPHALOPHONEUS, Fitz. 



Cephalophoneus bucephalus {Temm. 6f ScM.). 



(Plate XII. fig. 18.) 



Lanius bucephalus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 270 (1883) ; 



Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 106 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 72 (1899). 

 Cephalophoneus bucephalus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 286 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bull-headed Shrike are of a somewhat elongated, 

 pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. They are of a greenish 



