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naribus basalibus, rotundis, setis plumulisque opertis ; rictu 

 vibrissis fortibus instructo. 



Ahe médiocres, subrotundatœ ; rémige prima brevi, secundâ 

 duplo longiore, tertiâ et quintâ fequalibus, quartâ qua; est 

 longissima, paulo breviori ; cœteris gradatim breviscenti- 

 bus : tertiae ad sextam inclusam pogoniis externis paulatim 

 in medio latioribus. 



Cauda mediocris, Kqualis. 



Pedes médiocres, acrotarsiis scutellatis, paratarsiis integris. 



The powerful construction of the bill of this group separates 

 it at once from the other species of the Muscicapidce, with 

 which in the depression and breadth at the base of that mem- 

 ber, the strength of the rictal bristles, and the general charac- 

 ters of the wings and legs, it otherwise accords. This strength 

 of bill would incline us to place the bird among the Laniadœ, 

 and in the subfamily of Tijrannina, Swains., of which it might 

 thus be considered to form the Australian representative, did 

 not the other characters of its structure evince a more predomi- 

 nant inclination to the Muscicapidce than to the Tyranni. The 

 group may, however, be considered to stand intermediately 

 between the two families ; and might perhaps be referred with 

 equal propriety to either, according to the characters which 

 each naturalist would select as most predominant, and most 

 convenient to guide him in his subdivisions. The habits of the 

 birds of the group, hitherto unknown, will have much influence 

 in determining its exact station. 



1. Car IN ATA. Moil, plumhen; genis coUique lateribus pallidi- 

 oribus ; f route, gula, notàque carpali uigris; abdomine, tec- 

 tricibus inferioribus, crissoque ferrugiueis. 



Muscipeta carinata. Sic^aius. Zool. lllust. pi. 147. 



The 



