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Family LANIIDAE. Shrikes. 

 Subfamily LANIINAE. Shrikes. 



Genus LANIUS Linnaeus. 



Lanius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 93. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Lanius excubiior Linnaeus (Swainson, 1824). 



Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus. Loggerhead Shrike. 



Laniiis ludovicianus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 1.34. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, 

 California. 



Family ICTERIDAE. Meadowlarks, Blackbirds and 

 Troupials. 



Genus STURNELLA Vieillot. 



Sturnella Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 34. Type, by monotypy, Stourne, ou 

 Merle a fer-a-cheval Buffon = Alauda magna Linnaeus. 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon. Western Meadowlark. 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon, Birds Amer., octavo ed., VII, 1844, 339 (pL 

 489). 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, and 

 Upper San Pedro, San Pedro, California. 



Genus AGELAIUS Vieillot. 



Agelaius Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 33. Type, by subs, desig., Troupiale 

 commandeur Buffon = Oriolus phocniceus Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Agelaius phocniceus (Linnaeus). Red-winged Blackbird. 



Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 161. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



Genus EUPHAGUS Cassin. 



Euphagus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., [XVIII] 1866, No. 5, Nov.- 

 Dec. [July 20 1867], 413. Type, by monotypy, Psarocolius cyano- 

 cephalus Waglbr. 



