328 C0TINGIDJ3. 



1. TITYRA*. 



Type. 



Titvra, Vieillot, Anal. p. 39 (1816) T. cayana. 



Psaris, Car. Iih/n. An. i. p. 340 (1817) T. cayana. 



Erator, Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 47 T. inquisitor. 



Exetastus, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, Zool. i. p. 134 



(1854) (No type given.) 



Exetastes, Cab. et Heine, Mas. Hein. ii. p. 83 (1859). T. inquisitor. 



The genus Tityra embraces the largest and strongest forms of this 

 subfamily, which are clad in black, white, and grey. The sexes are 

 not so conspicuously different as in the two following genera, but 

 usually well distinguished. There are only five species known, 

 which range from Southern Mexico down to Southern Brazil. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Lores denuded. 



a. Whole cap black; tail black: females striated. 



1 Smaller: bill at base widely red .... 1. cayana, p. 328. 

 | Larger : bill at base narrowly red .... 2. brasiiiensis, p. 329. 



b. Front of head black ; nape white ; tail white, 



with a black band : female not striated . , 3. semifasciata, p. 330. 



B. Lores feathered ; cap black : female with rufous 



ear-coverts. 



i Tail black 4. inquisitor, p. 331. 



j Tail white, with a black band 5. albitorques, p. 332. 



1. Tityra cayana. 



Lanius cayanus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 137 ; Licht. Doiibl. p. 50. 

 Pachvrhvnchus melanocephalus, Hahn u. Mister, Vb'g. Lief. xiii. 



pl/6($>). 

 Tityra cinerea, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 859 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 217, pi. 134. 

 Psaris cayanus, Less. Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 378 ; Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 46. 

 Psaris nsevius, Less. Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 379 (2 ). 

 Psaris virgata, H Smith, in Griff. Anim. Kingcl. vi. p. 488 ($). 

 Psaris cayanensis, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 255. 

 Psaris guianensis, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 286. 

 Tityra cayana, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 238 ; id. in Schomb. 



Guian. hi. p. 697 ; Cab. et Hem. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 81 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 179 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 09, 265; id. Cat. A. B. p. 238; 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 119 ; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 114 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 578 (Lower Amazons), 1868, p. 168 (Venezuela), 1873, 



p. 284 (E. Peru), 1879, p. 617 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 56 ; Tacz. 



Om. Per. ii. p. 354; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 301 (Br. Guiana). 



Clear greyish white : whole head above, wings, except outer 

 secondaries, and tail black ; bill red, with a black tip ; feet blackish : 

 whole length 7 - 7 inches, wing 4-6, tail 2-8. Female similar, but 

 back and breast more or less striped with long black shaft-stripes. 

 Young without the black head, and striped above and beneath. 



* Refer also to: — 



(1) Tityra {Erator) leucura, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 120 (Brazil). 



(2) Exdastcs a/hinuchus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 83 (Brazil). 



