290 jji-suvx. 



the shell. The measurements vary from '79 to -SS in length, and 

 from -6 to -66 in breadth. 



1. Altai Mountains {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kuldia, Turkestan. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Kuldja, 7th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Otomela cristata (Linn.). 



Lanius cristatus, Oadow, Cat. Birds S. M. viii. p. 271 (1883) ; Oateg, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 468 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 72 (1899). 



Otomela phcenicura, Tacz. Faune Om. Sihir. Orient, p. 498 (1891). 



Otomela cristata, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



Of the five eggs of the Brown Shrike in the Collection, four 

 have the ground-colour greenish white, while the fifth from Dauria 

 is of the rufous-buff type. The yellowish-brown or rufous markings 

 and the underlying lavender blotches are much the same as in the 

 allied forms. The measurements vary from '85 to -92 in length, 

 and from "62 to '68 in breadth. 



1. Darasun, Dauria, June (DySoB's/a; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Amur-land. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Amur-land. Crowley Bequest. 



Otomela isabellina {Hempr. Sf Ehr.). 



Lanius arenarius, Jerd. Birds Ind. i. p. 407 (1862). 



Lanius isabelltnus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 418 (1878) ; Gaduw, Cat. 



Birds B. M. yiii. p. 277 (1888) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 



p. 467 (1889) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 

 Otomela isabellina, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



Pour eggs of the Isabellina or Pale-brown Shrike belong to the 

 type with the ground-colour greenish white, and resemble those of 

 0. cristata a,nd other allied forms. Measurements vary from Si 

 to '86 in length, by '65 in breadth. 



2. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Otomela superciliosa (Lath.). 



Lanius superciliosus, Qadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 273 (1883) ; 

 Jouy, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. vi. p. 292 (1888); Seebohm, Birds 

 Japan. Emp. p. 104 (1890) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 72 (1899). 



Otomela superciliosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 288 (1903). 



The eggs of the Japanese Eed-taUed Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are of a rich creamy-buff colour, 

 spotted and blotched with pale chestnut-brown and lavender. As 

 is the case with the eggs of the Shrikes in general, the markings 

 are chiefly confined to the larger half of the egg and form a zone 

 round the broad end. Nine examples measure from •82 to "96 in 

 length, and from "67 to "7 in breadth. 



