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PICO-PASSRRES. 



Falcunculus frontatus. 



Hall. Southern and Western Australia. 



361. Sternum of female, with shoulder-girdle. Clarence River 

 {E. P.Ramsay). S. S. 939. 



Presented hy P. L. Sctater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Genus LANIUS *. 

 LinnjEUS, Sj^st. Nat. i. p. 135 (1766). 



A. Olfactory capsule fully ossified; external opening oval. 



B, Posterior extremity of palatines prolonged and with a spine- 



like extension of internal angle. 

 Fio-. 20. 



Fiir. 19. 



Fig. 19. — Lateral view (enlaroed) of cranium of Lanius e.vcubitor, to show 

 the bony olfactory capsule, the slight!}^ developed front.al zygomatic 

 process, and the long and broad-based squamosal. 



Fig. 20. — Ventral view of palate, to show the spinous prolongation of the 

 inner posterior angle nf the palatine.^. Letters as before. 



Lanius minor. 



Lanius minor, Cimelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. oOS (17S8) ; Dresser, E. 

 Eur. iii. p. :39:3, pi. 149 (1872). 



The Lesser Grey Shrike. 



Hah. Central Europe and Africa. 

 362. Skull of male. Prussia. 



Purchased. 



* The bony siphonium is present in Lanius. 



