118 MUSCICAPIKE. 



One of the many inferences that maj be drawn 

 from the above exposition, is that which renders 

 the genera of the Muscwapince representations, 

 equally perfect, of the divisions of the Laniadae or 

 shrikes. The only point upon which further evi- 

 dence seems to be 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 LANIADAE. 



Genera of the AKATnrTPAT rwAR ArTm ,5 Typical Genera 



*f . . ANALOGICAL/ LHARAL1 JfiKo. /. ,. T j 



MuscicapincB. of the Lamada. 



C Wings long; tail graduated; ^ 



Muscicapa < sit and watch for their > Lanius. 



prey 3 



'Wings short, rounded; tail") 

 slender, weak ; legs 



Todut 



lengthened ; toes syndae- 

 tyle ; seek for their prey 



among trees 



Feet short ; head with fron- 



Thamnophilus. 



Dicrurus. 



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 



