COTIKGID.^. 323 



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



e*. Bill strong!}- hooked and toothed Laniidae. (Pago 465.) 



cP. Tarsi not divided into scutellre, except at extreme lower portion, 

 e'. AVithout rictal brintles ; nostrils linear ; tail excessively short. 



Cinclidse. (Page 538.) 

 c'. With distinct rictal bristles; nostrils oval; tail normally de- 

 veloped. 

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



Sylviidae {Sylviince, Regulina'). (Pago 56G.) 



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



spotted Turdidae. "(Page 571.) 



F.\MiLY COTINGID^E.— The Cotingas. (Page 321.) 



Genera. 



rt'. Xostrils wholly exposed ; lores and orbits naked Tityra} 



(('. Xostrils more or less hidden by bristly feathers; lores and orbits feathered. 



6'. Tip of bill very slightl}^ hooked ; tail decidedly rounded or graduated ; 

 males with second quill very small or rudimentary. 

 c'. Tail graduated for only about half the length of the exposed eulmen ; 

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



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



(?. Tail graduated for about as much as full length of exposed eulmen ; 

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



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



f. Tip of bill very distinctly hooked ; tail nearlj- even; males with second 



quill larger than first. 



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



eulmen, more than four times as long as tai-sus ; eulmen more or 



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



slightl}' concave, and tip of bill graduallj' decurved. 



d'. Tarsus stout, verj- little longer than middle toe, with claw, the 



upper third feathered in front ; eulmen curved throughout, and 



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



more Laniocera} 



(P. Tarsus slender, decidedly longer than middle toe, with claw, en- 

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

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

 (in Mexican species) Lipaurjus? 



' Tilgrn ViEiLi.oT, Analyse, 1818, 39. Type, Lnniiu cai/aniu LlNX, (One species in Mexico, with others 

 in Central and South America.) 



'' Lnniortra Less., Rev. Zool. 1840, 3.W. Type, i. tnjtyuinaria Less., = .4 mpe?r» hypnpijrrhn Vikill. 

 ''"'ne species in Mexico.) 



' Lipanjui (err. lyp.) EoiE, Isis, 182?, 318. Type, iSuicicapa timplcx Licdt. (One species in Mexico.) 



