Severtzoff’s ‘Fauna of Turkestan,’ 185 
223. Lanius cotturio (L.) ; Severtzoff, p. 67. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in districts ITI. and IV. 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2 and 3. 
224, ? Lanius pHa@nicurvs, Pall.; Severtzoff, pp. 67, 144. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in all four districts, commonly in 
the first three. 
Vertical range. Breeds commouly in districts 1, 2, and 3. 


225. LANIUS ISABELLINUS, Ehr. ; Severtzoff, pp. 67, 144. 
Horizontal range. Breeds commonly in districts III. and 
IV. 
Vertical range. Breeds commonly in district 1, and occurs 
on passage in district 2. 
Respecting the two preceding species, Nos, 224 and 225, 
Dr. Severtzoff gives a long note (p. 144), of which it may be 
advisable to give a detailed translation as follows :— 
“In Turkestan there are three forms of Lanius phenicurus, 
the first of which inhabits the mountains (var. montana*), the 
second the lowlands (var. caniceps) ; and the third, the steppe- 
form, which differs constantly, though slightly, and may be 
considered a distinct species, is L. isabellinus. On examining 
a considerable series, I did not find any specimens inter- 
mediate between L. phenicurus and L. isabellinus. 
“TL. isabellinus is larger than L. phenicurus; the tail is 
rounded, the four central rectrices alone being of equal length, 
and the rest are graduated so that the outer ones are 4! to 
5! shorter than the central ones; the 1st quill is short, being 
once and a half as long as the coverts, 4=3>5>2>6, 
or 4>3>5>6>2. ; 
* Adult male in spring. Crown, nape, and two thirds of the 
back and shoulders same colour; lores, lower part of the 
cheeks, and a line above the eye brownish white, and on the 
upper part of the cheek there is a black line; rump and tail 
light brown; underparts light brownish, with a yellowish |. 
tinge, in old birds with a rose tinge, which is most apparent 
on the sides; throat and breast sometimes pure white; quills 
dark greyish brown, with pale yellowish grey margins, the 
* Ste.—H. E. D. 
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