Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Icteridse. 



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' XV. — Revieio of the Species of the Family Icteridje. — Part I. 

 Cassicinre. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



(Plates VI., VII.) 



The Cassiques have been mostly associated by modern natu- 

 ralists with the Icteriiise or Hangnests, but may, I think, 

 fairly stand apart as a separate subfamily of Icteridse, recog- 

 nizable by their naked nostrils and conspicuous frontal 

 shield. 



The Cassiques were arranged in the ' Nomenclator ' in five 

 genera, and placed at the head of the family Icteridse. I will 

 take them in the same order on the present occasion, but 

 have a slight addition to make to the number of species, and 

 have also been obliged, somewhat unwillingly, to make one 

 new generic title. 



Genus 1. Clypeicterus. 

 (h C/ypjicterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 426 (1850) : type C. oseryi. 



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Fig. 1. Frontal shield of Ch/peicfents osen/i: fig. 2. of Oci/aJuslafinMfn's: 

 ti g. 3, of Eiieorydes wof/leri. 



