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SINGING BIRDS— OSCINES. 



Gknus COLLURIO, Vigors. 



Collurio, Vigors, Pr. Zool. Soc. IS.TI, 42. (Type, /jinius e.rrnhitnr, L.) (Gray, Gen. 1844.) 

 Lanius, of Autlioi'S. 



Gex. Cii.vr. Feathers of forehcail ptiiVened ; hni^p of bill, including nostrils, covered 

 bv bristly fcnthcrs directed forward. Bill shorter than the head, much compressed, and 

 very powerful. Cuhnen decur\ed from base, the mandible abruptly bent down in a 



C erruMtoroiiJes 



powerful hook, with an acute lobe near the tip. Tip of lower mandible bent upwards 

 in a hook ; the gonys very- convex. Rictus with long bristles. Legs stout ; the tarsi 

 rather short, longer than the middle toe ; the lateral equal ; the claws all very sharp and 



C. exctihitoroides. 



much eurced. AVings roimded : the first primary about half the second, which is equal to 

 the sixth or seventh. Tail longer than the wings, much graduated, the feathers broad. 



