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Birds of Celebes: Laniidae. 
unfortunately to only a dozen specimens ranging from Sept. 19*^ to April (see 
Salvador! h 15, b25, Tristram b 23, W. Blasius b.l8, Meyer b 14), but 
Prof. W. Blasius ’s Sooloo specimen was included in a collection formed by 
Dr. Platen “in summer”, 1887 (8). L. tigrinu^ is easily distinguishable from 
L. lucionensis by its barred back and grey head and mantle, the latter species 
being above uniform broccoli-brown, greyer on the head. Dr. Gadow places 
tigrinus next to L. collurioides Less, of Burmah, from which it may likewise be 
distinguished by its barred back. This character in the adult male makes it a 
well-marked species among the red-tailed Shrikes, 'fhis peculiarity must be a 
character of very long standing, inasmuch as most — if not all — Shrikes are 
more or less barred above when young. 
The genus Lanius is absent in the Australian Region, though occurring in 
Europe, Africa, Asia and N. America, “extending into the northern parts of the 
Neotropical Region” (Gadow). 
153. LANIUS LUCIONENSIS L. 
(Chinese Red-tailed Shrike. 
Lanius lucionensis [Briss., Orn. 1760, IT, 169, pi. XVIII, fig. 1 — Luconi; {1} Linn., 
8. N. 1766, I, 135; {2) Swinli., Ibis 1860, 59; {3) id., ib. 1861, 43, 255, 340; {\) 
id., ib. 1863, 272; {4*''^) id., P. Z. 8. 1863, 286; {4^“'') id.. Ibis 1866, 295, 394; (5) 
Martens, J. f. O. 1866, 12; {6} Wall, Ibis 1867, 215; {7) Gray, HL. I, 1869, 
393, Nr, 5970; {8) Swinh., Ibis 1870, 241; {8^'^} id., P. Z. 8. 1870, 428; {3) id., 
P. Z. 8. 1871, 376; {10) Wald., Ibis 1871, 173; {11) Ball, Str. P. 1873, I, 65; 
{12) Hume, t. c.. 434; {13) Wald., Ibis 1873, 309; {14} Hume, 8tr. F. 1874, H, 
199; {15) Swinh, Ibis 1875, 115; {16) Wald., Ibis 1875, 116; {XVll) id., Tr. Z. 8. 
1875, IX, 171, pi XXIX, fig. 1; {18) Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 43; {18^^^) Hume, Str. 
F. 1876, IV, 393; {10) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 99; ^20; Wald., P. Z. 8. 
1877, 536, 544, 692, 759; {21) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 205; {22) Wald., 
P. Z. 8. 1878, 342, 380, 709, 947; {23) Sharpe, Ibis 1879, 259; {24) id., P. Z. 8. 
1879, 341; {25) id., Tr. Z. 8. 1879, (2) I, 323; {26) Hume, Str. F. 1878, VHI, 
57, 91; {21) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 378; {28) Wdl. Ramsay, Tweedd. Works 
1881, 056; {29) Gadow, Ca.t. B. VHI, 1883, 274; {30) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 
1883, I, 251; {30'''^) W. Bias., “Braunschweig. Anz.” 1886, 3. Marz; {31) Styan, 
Ibis 1887, 225; {32) Biittik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1887, 55; {33) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 
198; {34) W. Bias., Or n is 1888, 311; {35) Oates, Fauna Br. Ind. 1889, I, 469; 
{36) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 419; {37) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. 8. 1889, 121; {38) 
Tristr., Oat. CoU. B. 1889, 193; {39) Steere, List Coll. B. Philipp. 1890, 14; {40) 
Seeb., B. Japan. Emp. 1890, 105; {41) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1890, 145; (42) Sharpe, 
Ibis 1890, 279; (43) Styan, Ibis 1891, 322, 348; (^44) Vor derm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 
1891, 228; (45) Camph., Bus 1892, 239; (46) Hose, Ibis 1893, 393; (47) Biittik., 
Zool. Erg. AVeber’s Reise Ost-Ind. 1893, III, 299; (48) Bourns & Worces., B. 
Menage Exped. 1894, 39; (49) Grant, Ibis 1895, 24, 254; (50) De La Touche, 
t. c. 334; (51) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, 320; {52) M. & AVg., Abb. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 10; (53) Grant, Ibis 1896, 119, 550. 
a. Lanius phoenicurus (1) Meyen (nec Pall.), Nov. Acta Acad. Caesar. Leopold. 1834, XVI, 
