LANIID.E. 



167 



the two outer feathers graduated ; the rest nearly of 

 equal length j and all of them tipped with white. 



GENUS LXXXL— CEBLEPYRIS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum breve, subarcua- 

 tum, basi dilatatum, plu- 

 mosum, versus apicem cur- 

 vatum. 



Rictus amplius u 



Pernio; crissi rachidibus 

 elongatis, rigidis, acutis. 



Campjzphaga, Vieillot. 



Beak short, subarcuated, its 

 base dilated, plumose, 

 curved towards the tip. 



Gape ample. 



Feathers of the rump with 



their shafts elongated, stiff 



and sharp. 



The Ceblepyri feed upon larvae, and inhabit the 

 highest trees : they are confined to Africa and its 

 eastern islands. 



Sp. 1 . Ce. cana. 



Muscicapa cana. Steph. v. x. p. 398. — Inhabits Madagascar. 



Sp. 2. Ce. Le Vaillantii. Temm. 



Ce. ardosiaco-griseus infra pallidior ; ante et pone oculos pec- 



toreque nigricantihus ; remigibus fuscescentibus margine ex- 



feriore albo ; caudd bicuneatd. 

 Slaty-grey Ceblepyris, beneath paler ; before and behind the eyes 



and the breast dusky ; the quills brownish, margined externally 



with white ; the tail doubly wedged. 

 Echenilleur gris. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. pi. 162, 163 — Grey 



Caterpillar-Thrush. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. 85. 



Size of a Lark : beak black : plumage slaty-grey, 

 deeper on the head, and paler beneath : before and 

 behind the eye dusky : breast the same ; from thence 

 to the vent still paler : quills brownish ; edged out- 



