ORDER PASSERES. 26 1 



[B 233, C 119, R 151, C 167.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America at large, from the Fur Countries 

 southward. In winter, from the northern border of the United 

 States south to the West Indies and Costa Rica. Breeds from Vir- 

 ginia, the southern Alleghanies, Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona, etc., 

 northward. 



Subfamily PTILIOGONATIN.a!. 



Genus PHAINOFEPLA Sclater. 



Phainopepla ScL. P. Z. S. 1858, 543. Type, Ptiliogonys nitens 

 Swains. 



620. Phainopepla nitens (Swains.). 



Phainopepla. 



Ptiliogonys nitens Swains. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 285. 

 Phainopepla nitens ScL. P. Z. S. 1858, 543. 



[B 234, C 120, R 26, C 168.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southwestern United States, from southwestern 

 Texas westward ; north to southern Utah, Nevada, Fort Crook, Cali- 

 fornia, and south to Cape St. Lucas and the Valley of Mexico. 



Family LANIIDiE. Shrikes. 



Genus LANIUS Linnaeus. 



Lanius Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 93. Type, by elimination, 

 L. excubitor Linn. 



621. Lanins borealis Vieill. 



Northern Shrike. 



Lanius borealis Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. 1807, 80, pi. 50. 

 [B 236, C 134, R 148, C 186.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern North America, south in winter to the 

 middle portions of the United States (Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, 

 Colorado, Arizona, northern California). Breeds north of the United 

 States. 



