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LANIID/E. 



GENUS LXXVIII— THAMNOPHILUS, Vieillot. 

 BUSH-SHRIKE. 



Rostrum basi rectum, robus- 

 tum, supra con vexum, com- 

 pressum ; mandibula su- 

 perior apice adunca, in- 

 ferior laciniata, acuta, 

 apice recurvata. 



Rictus glaber. 



Alee breves, rotundatae. 



Cauda elongata, gradata, vel 

 rotundata. 



Beak straight at the base, 

 robust, convex above, com- 

 pressed; the upper man- 

 dible with its tip hooked, 

 the lower jagged, acute, its 

 tip recurved. 



Gape bald. 



Wings short, rounded. 



Tail elongated, gradated, or 

 rounded. 



All the Thamnophili inhabit America, ranging 

 to the north as far as Canada, and to the south as 

 far as Paraguay : they are found only among thick 

 bushes, feeding upon caterpillars and insects ; and 

 occasionally on young or sickly birds. 



A. Cauda elongata. A. With the tail elongated. 



Sp. 1. Th. doliatus. 



Lanius doliatus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 325. Leach, Zool. Misc. i. 

 S9.pl. 16. 



Sp. 2. Th. Canadensis. — Lanius Canadensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 314. 

 Sp. 3. Th. Swainsonii. Zool. Journ. (Such.) i. p. 556. 

 Th. niger Julvo Jcisciatus ; capite Jerrugineo cristata. 

 Black Bush-Shrike, fasciated with fulvous; with a ferruginous 



crest. 



Length eight inches and three quarters : the 

 upper mandible of the beak black, the lower white : 

 the throat, cheeks, and shafts of the feathers white : 

 the feathers of the back, abdomen, and scapulars, tri- 



