ORDER TASSERES. 295 



[n 233, C 119, R 151, C 167.] 



Had. North America at large, from the Fur Countries southward. 

 In winter south to Guatemala and the West Indies. 



Subfamily PTILIOGONATIN-^. 



Genus PHAINOPEFLA Sclater. 



Phaitiopepla SCL. P. Z. S. 1858, 543. Type, Ptiliogoiiys nitens 

 Swains. 



620. Fhainopepla nitens (Swains.). 



Phainopepla. 



Ptilioi^onys nitens Swains. Anim. in Menng. 1838, 285. 

 Phainopepla nitens Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 543. 



[B 234, C 120, R 26, C 168.] 



Hab. Southwestern United States, from Southwestern Texas west- 

 ward to California, north to Southern Utah and Nevada, and south 

 into Mexico. 



Family LANIID.^. Shrikes. 



Genus LANIUS Linn^us. 



Lanius Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 93. Type, by elimination, L. 

 excubitor Linn. 



621. Lanius borealis Vieill. 



Northern Shrike. 



Lanius borealis Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, 90. pi. 50. 



[B 236, C 134, R 148, C 186.] 



Hab. Northern North America, south in winter to the middle por- 

 tions of the United States (Washington, D. C, Kentucky, Kansas, 

 Colorado, Arizona, Northern Callfoi-nia). 



