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STURNIDvT,. 



Sp. 2. Ca. Persicus. Vigors. 



Oriolus Cacicus. S/iatv, v. vii. ^;. 413, 

 Sp. 3. Ca. haemorrhous. Vigors. 



Oriolus haemorrhous. Shaw, x\ vii. p. 417- 



li. Cauda rotundatd. 



B. With the tail rounded. 



Sp. 4. Ca. cristatus. 



Oriolus cristatus. Shniv, v. vii. p. 414. faem. — Oriolus rufi- 

 rostris. .SV/6fiu, t. vii. /;. 41G. 



GENUS CLX\'.- 



Rostrum elongatum, eras- 

 sum, rectum, acutum, basi 

 altum : mandibtda superior 

 basi inter frontis plumas 

 retrorsum extendente ; in- 

 ferior margine angulato, 

 mandibularum marginibus 

 introrsum inclinantibus. 



Alec mediocres : remiges 

 quartae extimae fere aequa- 

 les longissimi. 



Cauda mediocris, aequalis, 

 rectricum apice angulato, 

 rhachibus plerumque pro- 

 longatis, nudis. 



Pedes mediocres ; tarsi gra- 

 cili. 



AGELAi;.s {pars.) V'ieillot 



LEISTES, Vigors. 



Beak elongated, thick, 

 straight, acute, high at the 

 base : the upper mandible 

 at the base extending 

 among the feathers of the 

 forehead ; the margin of 

 the lozoer angulated ; the 

 edges of the mandibles 

 inclining inwardly. 



Wings moderate : the four 

 outer quills nearly equal, 

 longest. 



Tail moderate, equal, with 

 the feathers angulated at 

 the tip, the shafts fre- 

 quently prolonged, naked_ 



Legs moderate ; tarsi slen- 

 der. 



Sp* 1 . Le. phoeniceus. 



Or. phoeniceus. Skatv, v. vii. p. 421. — Sturnus praedatorius. 

 Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. 30.;;/. 30./: I, 2. 



