288 LANIIDiE. 



2. Ooonoor, Btli April. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, 8tli April. Hame Coll. 



*3. Ooonoor, 9tli April. Hume Coll. 



2. Coonoor, 16th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Coonoor, 9tli May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ceylon, 6tli April ( W. V. Legge). Crowley Bequest. 



Cephalophoneiis schach (Linn.). 



Laniua sehacli, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 326, tab. xxxi. fig. 7, n, h 

 (1846-54) ; Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 261 (1888) ; St^/an, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 225; Za Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 423; Nehrk. Eat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 



Lanius schach, var. formosse, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p, 270. 



Cephalophoneus schach, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chinese Eufous-backed Shrike are larger than 

 those of 0. erythronotws, but otherwise very similar to them. 

 They measure from "93 to 1*1 in length, and from -71 to -79 in 

 breadth. 



; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.l. 

 C. B. Riokett, Esq. [P.J. 



Cephalophoneus bentet (Horsf.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



Lanius bentet, Gadww, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 266 (1883) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 72 ('1899). 

 Cephalophoneus bentet, Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bentet Shrike in the Collection are very similar 

 to some of those of 0. erythronotus. In shape they vary from a 

 broad to a rather long oval. The ground-colour is creamy 

 white, with fine dots and spots of brown and underlying blotches 

 of pale lavender-grey scattered over the whole shell. They 

 measure from -S to -93 in length by "65 in breadth. 



3. "West Java, 30th April. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Cephalophoneus nigriceps (Frankl). 



Lanius nigriceps, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 268 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Faima Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 468 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests 

 8t Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 315 (1889), 



Cephalophoneua nigriceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 287 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Shrike resemble those of Lanius 



