LANIUS FUNEKEUS. 



(EVERSMANN'S SHRIKE.) 



Lanius mollis, Bogdanoff, Sorokoputui Russkoi Faunui, p. 97 (1881, partim). 

 Lanius mollis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, p. 374 (nee Eversmann). 

 Lanius funereus, Menzbier, Ibis, 1894, p. 379. 



Figures notahiles. 

 Bogdanoff, Sorokop. Russk. Faun. pi. ii; Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, pi. xi. 



Ad. capite et corpore supra sordide schistaceo-cinereis, dorso vix fusco lavato : loris cum regione parotic^ 

 nigricantibus : aliis fusco-nigris, primariis basi albo maculatis : Cauda nigr&, rectricibus externis albo 

 terminatis, duabus centralibus omnino nigris : supracaudalibus longioribus conspicue nigro terminatis : 

 corpore subtus vinaceo-albo, cinnamomeo tincto, fusco transversim vermiculato : rostro fusco-corneo : 

 pedibus nigris. 



Juv. fusco-cinereus, dorso magis fusco : scapularibus ferrugineo tinctis : supracaudalibus ferrugineis, fusco 

 transversim vermiculatis : loris et regione parotica nigro-fuscis : secundariis et tectricibus alarum 

 ferrugineo marginatis : corpore subtus fusco-cinereo, fusco vermiculato. 



Adult Male (Ulugchat, Kashgaria). General colour above, including tbe crown of the head, pale slaty 

 grey, passing into pale fulvous grey on the tips of the greater scapulars and on the lesser upper 

 tail-coverts ; the back tinged with brownish, the longest upper tail-coverts tipped with black ; an 

 indistinctly marked line of whitish grey over the eyes ; a very narrow and incomplete frontal band, 

 lores, and ear-coverts black ; quills brownish black ; basal portion of the primaries pure white, 

 producing a conspicuous alar patch ; secondaries narrowly tipped with white ; upper coverts black, 

 the nearest to the ulnar edge greyish on the tip ; tail-feathers black, the greater part of the outer 

 web and the terminal portion of the inner web of the outer pair of feathers pure white, this colour 

 decreasing towards the central feathers ; the fifth pair of rectrices only tipped with white, the whole 

 of the central pair black ; chin dull white, the rest of the underparts whitish, tinged with vinaceous 

 and vinaceous cinnamon ; the fore neck, breast, and abdomen with narrow transverse vermiculations ; 

 the sides greyish vinaceous ; the flanks and under tail-coverts pale vinaceous, deeper in tinge on the 

 flanks ; under wing-coverts blackish brown, marked with whitish ; axillaries greyish brown : bill dark 

 horn-brown; feet black. Culmen 1*06 inch, wing 5"1, tail 5*0, tarsus l - 0. 



Adult Female (Lepsa River). Upper parts dark brownish grey, underparts rufous buff; lores and a broad 

 stripe passing below the eye and ear-coverts black; wings black, the primaries white at the base, 

 forming a small alar patch ; primaries narrowly and secondaries more broadly tipped with white ; tail 

 black, the outer feathers white on the terminal portion, but the white covers a much smaller area than 

 in the other specimens I have examined ; upper tad-coverts lighter and greyer than the back, the 

 longer ones broadly tipped with black ; underparts very distinctly barred, but the under tail-coverts 

 are plain, unbarred. 



