348 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the present 
No species of Sundevall’s “‘ Certhiomorphe ” being found 
in the New World, I have not given that group any equivalent 
designation. But calling these “ Oscines curvirostres,”’ for 
uniformity’s sake, and keeping the Larks apart on account of 
their peculiar planta, I should propose to arrange the Oscines 
as follows :— 
A. Laminiplantares. 1. Deutirostres. 
2, Latirostres. 
3. Curvirostres. 
4, Tenuirostres. 
5. Conirostres. 
6, Cultrirostres. 
B. Scutiplantares.  (Alaudide.) 
These six groups may, I think, be separated without much 
difficulty. But when we come to attempt to subdivide them, 
there is room for endless varieties of opinion as to the nearest 
allies of many of the forms. It would, I fear, be impossible 
to discuss the best arrangement of the different subdivisions 
of these groups within the limits of this paper. 
The second suborder of Passeres, the Oligomyode, are not 
nearly so numerous as the Oscines. It embraces, however, 
according to the present state of our knowledge, some 550 
species, belonging to 8 families, most of which are restricted 
to the New World. 
New World. Old World. 
Oxyrhamphide. Pittidee. 
Tyrannidee. Philipittidee, 
Pipridee. — 
Cotingidee. Kurylemide. 
Phytotomide. 
ferent group from that designated by Sundevall (‘Tentamen,’ p. 87) by 
the same name. Sundevall’s Coliomorphe is nearly equivalent to my 
‘ Oscines cultrirostres”’ (Sundevall’s group includes Jrrisor, on which 
point see above, p. 343), and consists of the following families (according 
to my nomenclature) :—Icteride, Sturnidse, Buphagide, Paradiseide, 
and Corvide. But Mr. Sharpe puts in his “Coliomorphe” only the 
last two of these five families, and adds to them the Oriolid, Dicruride, 
and Prionopidee. The first two of these belong to Sundevall’s Cichlo- 
morphe (7. e. my Dentirostres) ; the last consists of a heterogeneous as- 
semblage of genera, mostly also Dentirostres, but having, in my opinion, 
no sort of connexion together. 
