PSARIS Cuvierii. 

 Cuviers Psaris. 



Generic Character. 



Kodrum validum, crassum, conicum, hasi rotundatum, terms apicem leviter 

 compressuin, cuhnlne convexo non carinato ; mandibuUs emarginatis, iM- 

 periore apice adunca. Nares basales, simpUces, rotunda, juxta marginem 

 sita, basi paucis plumulis setaceis incumbentibus. Pedes simplkcs, tribua 

 digitis antkis squallter jissis. Remiges spuria nulla. Cauda brevis : 

 rectrkibui duodecim aqualibus. 



Typus Genericus Lanius cai/anus. Linn., Lath., &c. 



Bill strong, thick, conic, the base rounded, towards the top slightly com- 

 pressed, the top convex, not carinated ; both mandibles notched, the 

 tip of the upper hooked. Nostrils basal, simple, round, situated near 

 the margin, the base with a few short incumbent setaceous feathers. 

 Feet simple, the three fore-toes equally cleft. Spurious quills none. 

 Tail short, of twelve equal feathers. 



Generic Type Lanius cayanus. Linn., Lath., &c. 



Specific Character. 



P.olivaccus, subtus ulhidus; cnpite supra nigro ; occipite temporibus et colli la- 

 tcribus cinereis ; pedore laterihus tcgminihusqiie inftrnis Jiavis. 



Olive, beneath whitish ; crown black ; nape, sides of the head and neck 

 pale cinereous; breast, sides, and under wing-covers yellow. 



The geuus Psaris was first instituted with great propriety by 

 Cuvier; and before the discovery of the species now made 

 known, was supposed to consist of only one, the Cayenne Shrike 

 of Latham, which with the present bird (named in honour of the 

 first zoologist of the age) is found in Brazil. The figure is nearly 

 of the natural size. 



Total length five inches and a half. Bill blueish, three quar- 

 ters of an inch from the angle of the mouth, and four- ten tlis 

 from the nostrils, which are ovately round, rather large, and 

 simple, being entirely devoid of an external membrane, "but the 

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