AVES, 



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middle toe ; the external toe attached to the first pnalange ; wings mid dU'- 

 sized ; the third and fourtli quills longest. 



Psaris personata.— The Masked Psarig. Plate xxx*. fig. 2. Upper parts 

 ash-gray, paler below, and almost inclining to white ; shoulders, quills, and 

 secondaries, black ; the wings are long in proportion ; bill yellowish-bruwn ; 

 a narrow yellow-red circle round the eyes ; tarsi and feet strong; of a bluish, 

 black. Length seven inches and a half. Inhabits Mexico. 



Ge7ms 10.— SPARACTES.— 7«ig-er. 

 Generic Character— '&\\\ strong, thick, somewhat depressed at the base, and 

 considerably dilated at the margins; slightly bent and compressed, and 

 notched at the point ; without a distinct nasal furrow ; lower mandible 

 strong, broad, and obtuse at the tip ; nostrils lateral, situated at the base of 

 the bill, within a furrow in the corneous substance; legs robust; tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe. 



Spiiractessupcrbus.— The Superb Shrike. Plate xxx*. fig. 3. Head with an 

 upright crest of long narrow feathers ; plumage black ; throat scarlet, edged 

 with yellow ; abdomen yellow, streaked with red ; quills margined with 

 white'; bill thick and gray. Seven inches long. Inhabits the South Sea 

 Islands. 



Gentu 11.— OCYPTERUS.— OtiiVr. 



Generic Character.— BiW somewhat depressed at the base, and the point 

 notched and compressed ; upper mandible arched above, and slightly hooked 

 at the point ; nostrils lateral, remote from the base, and penetrating the 

 horny substance, concealed by the nuchal bristles ; legs and toes short ; wings 

 long, the second and third quills of the same length, and longer than the 

 others. 



Octjpteriis lucorytichos.—The White-Bellied Ocypterus. Head, neck, 

 thniat, back, wings, and tail, brownish -black, with a bluish changing colour; 

 ■ ■lihthalmic region black ; irides chestnut ; bill lead-colour ; breast, belly, 

 and rump white ; legs and feet strong, lead-coloured. Seven inches long. 

 Inhabits Manilla. 



Genus 12.— TRICOPHORUS.— n'mwiwcA;. 



Generic Character.— ViM short, strong, conical, compressed at the tip, and 

 siimevvhat expanded at the base ; upper mandible bent at its point, and 

 slightly notched ; base beset with long, strong nuchal bristles ; legs short ; 

 tarsus not so long as the middle toe, the external one adhering the length 

 of the second joint ; fourth, fifth, and sixth quills longest. 



Tricophorus barhatus.— The Bearded Tricophorus. Plate xlvii*. fig. 7. 

 Green above, glossed with ash-colour ; tail with a rufous tinge ; with a tuft 

 (if long yellow feathers under the throat, forming a beard ; under parts 

 dusky-green ; base of upper mandible, occiput, and upper part of the neck be- 

 set with long nuchal bristles. Eight inches long. Inhabits Africa. 



Genus 13.— EDOLIUS.— CM»/er. 



Generic C7iaracler.-Bi\] robust, depressed at the base, point notched and 



compressed ; upper mandible slightly arched, bent at the point, and a little 



liooktd ; lower mandible straight, turned up at the tip ; base beset with 



long, stilf, nuchal bristles; nostrils lateral, partly covered with large fea- 



