118 MUSCICAPINJ3. 



One of the many inferences that may he drawn 

 from the ahove exposition, is that which renders 

 the genera of the Mwticapince representations, 

 equally perfect, of the divisions of the Laniadce or 

 shrikes. The only point upon which further evi- 

 dence seems to he necessary regards Megalophus ; 

 and, on this account, it will be as well if the two 

 groups are examined more accurately. We shall 

 therefore now state the analogies of the 



MUSCICAPIN^E AND LANIADCE. 



Genera of the ANALorlcAL CHARACTERS T n>ical Genera 

 MuscicapincB. <RS ' of theanio<te. 



C Wings long; tail graduated; ^ 

 Muscicapa ........ -j sit and watch for their > Lanius. 



C prey ................................. ) 



| "Wings short, rounded; tail") 

 slender, weak ; legs I 



Todug 



lengthened ; toes syndac- [ Thamnophilus. 

 tyle ; seek for their prey I 

 among trees 



Megalophu*. ..... {^tSftfilS } 



f Tail broad, generally round- ^ 

 Rhipidura ........ < ed ; bill greatly depres- v Tyrannus. 



C sed ................................... ) 



The two first of these analogies are so remarkably 

 strong that they require no additional evidence to 

 support them. The third, or that between Mega- 

 lophus and Dicrurus, tends very much to confirm 



