COTINGID.^. 323 



(f. Bill slightly hooked at tip.. Vireonidse. (Page 468.) 



e'. Bill strongly hooked and toothed Laniidae. (Page 465.) 



Tarsi not divided into scutellse, except at extreme lower portion. 

 e\ Without rictal bristles ; nostrils linear ; tail excessively short. 



Cinclidse. (Page 538.) 

 e^. With distinct rictal bristles; nostrils oval; tail normally de- 

 veloped. 

 p. Smaller (wing less than 3.00 inches) ; young not spotted. 



Sylviidse {Sylviince, Regulince). (Page 566.) 



p. Larger (wing more than 3.00 inches) ; young distinctly 



spotted Turdidse. (Page 571.) 



Family COTINGIDiE.— The Cotingas. (Page 321.) 



Genera. 



a}. Nostrils wholly exposed ; lores and orbits naked Tityra} 



a*. Nostrils more or less hidden by bristly feathers ; lores and orbits feathered. 



h^. Tip of bill very slightly hooked ; tail decidedly rounded or graduated ; 

 males with second quill very small or rudimentary. 

 &. Tail graduated for only about half the length of the exposed culmen ; 

 tarsus stouter, the inner side (posterior half) with a series of large 



scutella3 ; bill more cylindrical Platypsaris. (Page 324.) 



&. Tail graduated for about as much as full length of exposed culmen ; 

 tarsus slender, the inner side (posterior half) covered by naked 



skin; bill more flattened Pachyrhamphus. (Page 325.) 



If. Tip of bill very distinctly hooked ; tail nearly even ; males with second 



quill larger than first. 



c^. Color uniform tawny (darker above) ; wing six times as long as exposed 



culmen, more than four times as long as tarsus ; culmen more or 



less distinctly convex, cutting-edge of upper mandible straight or 



slightly concave, and tip of bill gradually decurved. 



(Z\ Tarsus stout, very little longer than middle toe, with claw, the 



upper third feathered in front ; culmen curved throughout, and 



^ cutting-edge of upper mandible slightly concave ; wing 5.00, or 



more Laniocera} 



d?. Tarsus slender, "decidedly longer than middle toe, with claw, en- 

 tirely naked ; culmen nearly or quite straight to near tip, and 

 cutting-edge of upper mandible straight ; wing less than 5.00 

 (in Mexican species) Lipaugus? 



1 Tityra Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, .39. Type, Lanius cayanus Linn. (One species in Mexico, with others 

 in Central and South America.) 



^ Lnniocera Less., Rev. Zool. 1840, 353. Type, Z. sanguinaria Less., = ^jnpeZ!'s lypopyrrha ViEiLL. 

 (One species in Mexico.) 



3 Lipangus {err. typ.) BoiE, Isis, 1828, 318. Type, Muscicapa simplex Licht. (One species in Mexico.) 



