150 



LANIIDiE. 



externally with deep ash-colour : all the under parts 

 are white or whitish : the beak and legs are black. 



GENUS LXXIV.— LANIO, Vieillot. 



Rostrum robustum, latera- 

 tim compressum, supra 

 carinatum, apice angusta- 

 tum ; mandibula superior 

 versus medium dentata, 

 apice curvata ; inferior 

 emarginata, acuta, apice 

 recurvata. 



Rictus ciliatus. 



Sp. 1. La. atricapillus. 



Tanagra atricapilla. Steph. v. 



Beak robust, laterally com- 

 pressed, carinated above, 

 narrow at the tip ; the 

 upper mandible dentate 

 towards the middle; the 

 lower emarginate, acute, 

 with its tip recurved. 



Gape ciliated. 



x. p. 443. — Guiana. 



GENUS LXXV.— VANGA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum capite longior, late- 

 ratim compressum, rec- 

 tum ; mandibula superior' 

 versus apicem adunca ; in- 

 ferior acuta, apice recur- 

 vata. 



AIce penna spuria; remex 

 secunda longissima. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 laterally compressed, 



straight ; the upper man- 

 dible hooked towards the 

 tip ; the lower acute, with 

 its tip recurved. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther ; the second quill 

 longest. 



Sp. 1 . Va. curvirostris. 



Lanius curvirostris. Shaw, v. vii. p. 299. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 2. Va. australis. 



Lanius curvirostris, var. Shato, v. vii. ;;. 299. — Vanga de- 

 structor. Temminck ?— New Holland. 



