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GENUS LXXVI.— PR10N0PS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi plumosum, 

 porrectum, gracile, late- 

 ratim valde compressum ; 

 mandibula superior versus 

 apicem adunca ; inferior 

 acuta, apice recurvata. 



Palpebrcs laciniatas. 



Beak plumose at the base, 

 porrect, slender, much 

 compressed laterally ; the 

 upper mandible hooked to- 

 wards the tip; the loiver 

 acute, with its tip re- 

 curved. 



Eyelids jagged. 



Sp. 1. Pr. cristatus. Vieill. 



Lanius plumatus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 292. — Senegal. 



Sp. 2. Pr? albifrons. 



Pipra albifrons. Stepk. v. x. p. 1 2. Le Plumet blanc, ou Ma- 

 nikup. Desm. Hist. Nat. des Tangaras, Sfc.pl. 66. — Guiana. 



GENUS LXXVIL— LANIARIUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi nudum, sub- 

 gracile, supra convexum, 

 rectum, compressum; man- 

 dibula superior prope 

 apicem adunca ; inferior 

 acuta, apice recurvata. 



Rictus ciliatus. 

 Ala? penna spuria ; remex 

 secunda longissima. 



Lanius, Temm. 



Beak naked at the base, 

 somewhat slender, convex 

 above, straight, com- 

 pressed ; the upper man- 

 dible hooked near the tip ; 

 the lower acute with its tip 

 recurved. 



Gape ciliated. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther; the second quill 

 longest. 



Sp. 1 . Li. barbarus. 



Lanius barbarus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 297. — Africa. 



