412 



NOIiTIl A.MEUICAN mRDfl. 



Family LANIIDJE. - Tiik SirniKKs. 



CnAH Dill very pouo, Ihl, strong, «,„1 mud. comprcsso.l, th.. tip nbr.iptly hooko.l. .looply 



otdH.,1, aiRl with a pn.iniiH.Mt t.-nth l„.l.in.l the- notcl, ; l,„th nm„,lil,l,.s,listinctlv not,.l 'o.l 



ho uppc-r w.tl, « .iistiiu.t tontl, l,..|,i,„l, tho lower witl. tlu- point bent np. 'IWsi longer 



"^•" the „„,l,lk. t,u, .tron.dy s,.nt,.|l,Ue. Prinmries ten; lirst prin.ary half the se.on.i, or 



.^.ortcr ,o,...as,onaliy wantin;,;. Wn,^, short, ronn,le,l; tail long an.l niueh gra.Inate.l. 



fellies of tarsi with the plates divided on the outside. 



Of this family only a sinyle yenus is known in North America. 



iiv.si- 



COLLURIO, Viouiw. 



Co!h,no, \ Hions, Vr. Z,„A. .S,„.. is;,], 42. ('!>., L.nnu.s ,:rn,l,i,o,; L.) 

 Lnniii.s, Al-<T. (not ef I.inn.kis, w1,„s.. tv]..' Ih /.. aM„h,s) 

 Vn/hn-in, O. It. OiiAY. liAii!!., Birds N. Am. 1858, 323 



GeX. ClIAIt. 



longer th.an the 



reathers of forehea.l stilfened ; base of bill; including nostril.s, covered by 



lirislly leathers directed ibrward. Bill 

 shorter than the head, much com- 

 pressed, and very powerful. Cnlinen 

 decurved liom base, the n idible ub- 

 rupliy bent down in a powerful liook 

 with an acute lobe near the tip. Tip 

 of lower inamlible lient upwards in a 

 liook ; the goiiy.s very convex. Rie- 

 tus with long bristles. Legs stout; 

 the tarsi rather .«hort, and longer than 

 the middle toe; the lateral equal; 

 the daws all very sharp and much 

 curved. Wings rounded; the first 

 primary about half the second, wliidi 

 is equal to the .sixth or .seventh. Tail 



Cbllurin fxniMtoroirlfs. 

 wings, much graduated, the feathers I'.road. 



Bitt few .spec.es of this yenus helong to America, and these are confined to 

 the northern portion. For the purjiose of more retulily identifyin-^ the spe- 

 cies we present a hrief dia,,nosis, and then furnish .Icscnptions of aU (itichul- 

 ing a European ally) in a single table. . 



Species. 



A. Outer webs of secondaries wholly white for basal half (mostly concealed 



by coverts, however). Upper eyelid white. 



C. excubitor.' Xasal tufts grayi.sh-white. fn other respects, as rec^ards 

 colors, hk-c rxcubitoroHk.. Wing, 4.2(J; tail, 4.00; tarsus itt 'ifab 

 Jiurope. I • • 



1 iMiiiMwuhilnr, I, INS. .Syst. Nat. ed. lo, 94. 



