LANIO. 529 



Genus LANIO Vieill. 



irt/i/o Yicillot, Analyse Nouv, Ornith. p. 40, 181G. Type L. fulvus 

 (J3odcl.). 



Fig. 192. — Lanio fulvus. 



Tlie members o£ this genus are distinguished cliiefly by the 

 well-developed victal bristles. The bill is coiujiressed on the 

 apical portion, sharply hooked at the tip of the upper mandible, 

 and a vrell-developed tooth on its cntting-edo-es. The wing is 

 rounded, the second, third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest and 

 subequal, and the first intermediate in length between the sixth 

 and seventh. The tail is slightly rounded at the tip and nearly as 

 long as the wing. The tarsus is rather longer than the exposed 

 culmen, which is about equal in length to the middle toe and claw. 

 Coloration : male and female different. 



683. Lanio fulvus. 



Black-headed Toothed Tanager. 



Tanffara jaune a tetc noire, de Cayenne Daubenton, PI. Eul. v. pi. 800. 

 lig. 2, 1781. 



Tiuujara fulva Eodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 50, 1783. 



TiimKjra ulricapiUa Giuel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 89S), 1789 (Gujiviia). 



l*oijunoth)'aupis atricapilla Cab. in Scliomb. liuis. Guiau. iii. p. GOO, 

 18-18. 



Lanio ntricapillus Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 211 (Merunie IMts., Atajjurau 

 Jiiver, Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 204, 188(1 

 (.MeruineMts.,Ata|juro\vlfiver. liarlica Grove); J>rabourno<t Chubb, 

 B. S. Anier. i. p. 420, no. 4329, 1912; liuobii. Tropical Wild Life 

 in Briti.sb Gniana, ]). 137, 1917 (Bartica). 



Lanio fulvus Mathews & Iredale, Austral Avian Uccurd, iii. p. 47, 191o. 



Adult male. Crown of head, na[)(', hind-neck, sides of face, and 

 tliroat uniform deep black ; upper wing-coverts aiul scapulars 

 also black, some of lessor inner coverts white, which forms a 

 concealed patch, flightHpiills browni.-h black, [jalcr on the maigiihs 



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