OBSERVATIONS 



ON SEVERAL OF THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF 



THE ORDER PASSERES OF CUVIER, 



By WILLIAM SWAINSON, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., 



SOC. HIST. NOV. •EBOR., SOCIUS HON. SOC. HIST. NAT. PARIS ET ACAD. 

 SC. PHIL. COKRESP., &C. &C. &C. 



ORDER PASSERES. 



VOL. VI. p. 264. — Lanius Meridionalis. The true distinction between 

 this and all the other European species, has not, we believe, 

 aver been stated. It consists in the formation of the wings ; the 

 first quillis completely spurious, being hardly an inch long; 

 the second and fourth are equal, and the third longest. 



265. The Brubru, or Cape Shrike, has long since been considered 

 as indicating an aberrant group, (named Milaxis in 1826) 

 leading immediately to the sub-family, Thamnophilinse, Sw. 



268. Lanius Scapularis, is considered by M. Cuvier as a Vanga. 



269. Lanius Karu, Lesson, is a Ceblepyris. 



269. Black-headed Shrike, appertains to the genus Brachypus, Sw. 



269. Northern Shrike. It is probable that these synonyms belong 

 to different birds. 



