214 Mr. ^'iGORs's ajid Dr. Hoksiield's Description of the 



This group, whicli by its straight and rather lengthened bill 

 appears to come into the subfamily of Thamnophilinu among the 

 Shrikes, may probably be considered the representative in Aus- 

 tralia of the South American ThamnopliiJi and the African Mala- 

 conoti. From both those genera it ditfers in its entirely even 

 tail ; in its wings being comparatively longer, although rounded 

 as in those genera ; and in the paratarsia being entire instead of 

 being furnished with either large but distant, or small but nu- 

 merous, scales. A\ e have been enabled to ascertain nothing of 

 the habits of the group : but its general appearance points out 

 the situation we at present assign it ; while at the same time it 

 lias also some general resemblance to the neighbouring family 

 of the Thrushes. The present subfamily, it is to be observed, is 

 that which connects the Laniadce with the last-mentioned family 

 MerididiE : and this approaching conformity to the Thrushes in 

 the birds which compose the extreme and connecting group of 

 the Shrikes is therefore to be expected. We have assigned the 

 genus a name indicative of these approaching afhnities. 



1. CiXEKEA. Coll. suivra cinerca, suhtus paUidior, gula regione- 



que anteoculnri albidis, reviigibus interne fuscis. 

 Fœm. Suhtus cinerescens, gula nigro-striata, lostrojiuvescente. 



Doj'sufu brunnescens. Ptila inferiora albida ; pteromala infe- 

 riora cana fusco-variegata. Rostrum pedesque nio;ri. Lon- 

 gitudo corporis, 84- ; ala a carpo ad remigem quintam, A^ ; 

 Cauda-, 4^; rostri ad frontem, -fij, ad rictum, l^V ; tarsi, -V- 



Mr. Caley has noted these two birds as sexes of the same 

 species. He adds, that they frequented at times the neighbour- 

 hood of his house, and were found in the green uattle-trees. 

 The eyes he described as black. The weight of the male was 

 2-i- ounces. 



Cenus. 



