LANK^CERCA. 



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Genus LANIOCERCA Less. 



Laniocrrca Lesson, Iiev. Zool. 1840, p. 353. Tvpe L. hypopyrrha 

 O'ieill.,;. 



Fig. 111. — Laniocerca liypopijrrlia. 



Tliis genu.s is distinguislieJ l)y tl>e Slirike-like l)ill, propor- 

 tionately lon<i" tail, an<l small feet. The bill is somewhat com- 

 pressed, the width at the base is about three-fifths the length of 

 the exposed culmen. Rictal bristles only feebly developed. The 

 wing is rounded, the third and fourth primaries longest and equal, 

 tlie second being equal in length to the fifth and the first about 

 equal to the sixth. The tail is slightly rounded at the tip and 

 nearly four-fifths the length of the wing, the middle toe and claw 

 nearly e([ual in length to the tarsus. Coloration : male and 

 female similar. 



532. Laniocerca hypopyrrha 

 Kkd-p.kkasted Mourner. 



Ampclis liypopijrrha Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 101, lSil7 



(Guiana). 

 Aulia lijipopyrrha Salvin, Ibis, IS.S.j, p. 303 (IJartica Grove, Camacusa) ; 



Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 3oi, 1S88 (Camacusa, liartiea 



(irove). 

 Laniocerca hi/popyrrha Brab(niviie A; Cliubb, B. S. Amer. p. 317, 



no. 32i3,' 1912. 



Adult male. General coloiii- above and below slate-grey with a 

 hoary ting(? ; median and greater uj)p('r wing-coverts dark brctwn, 

 with f(;rrn<rinoiis tii)3 to some of the feathers : bastard-wiiio-, 

 j)riinary-coverts, and Hight-quills also dark bi'own, some of 

 tlu! inner secondaries slightly tipped with buff and with pale 

 edges to the inner webs ; tail-feathers Itrown, tipped with biilT and 

 tinged with grev on the f)uter wcIjs ; thioat and under surface of 



