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dible has also a strong terminal hook. The feet are weak, the tail 

 long and rather squared at its extremity. The Lmiiones are mostlj- 

 clad in 3-ellow and black, with black heads, black wings, and a more 

 or less pronounced white scapi;lar patch. Thej' range from South 

 Mexico to Bolivia, but are not found in South-eastern Brazil. 



Structure of Lanio auranfms. 



Key to tlie Species. 



A. Size large ; rump yellow or black. 



a'. Throat black 1. aurcmthis, p. 202. 



b'. Throat white : 



rump yellow 2. lencothorax, p. 203. 



rump black 3. melunopyyius, p. 203. 



B. Size small ; rump orange : 



j throat black ; gr. wing-coverts black . 4. africajnllus, p. 204. 

 j throat olive ; gr. wing-coverts white . 6. versicolor, p. 204. 



C. (Only known in immature dress) 6. hncrencii, p. 205. 



1. Lanio aurantius. 



Lanio aurantius, Lafr. i?«'. ZooL 1846, p. 402 ; I)u Bus. JEsq. Oin. 

 t. 21 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 240 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, ])p. 119, 303, et 

 1857, p. 229 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 43 ; id. Cat A. B. p. 83 ; Sclat. 

 et Salr. Ibis, 1859,"p. 15 (Guatemala) ; iid. E.r. Orn. p. 61, t. 31 ; 

 lid. Nomfncl. p. 22 ; Suviichr. Mem. Bast. »Soc. K. If. i. p. 549 (Vera 

 Cruz); Latvr. Bull. U. S. N. M. no. 4, p. 19 (N.W. Mexico); 

 Salv. et Godm. Biol. Cetifr.-A>n., Ares, i. p. 304. 



Above and below bright yellow : head and neck all round and 



