querullm. 



LlPANGUS.* 



Bill moderate, broad at the base, and rather depressed, with the culmen curved, and the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, 

 with the opening oval and partly covered by the frontal plumes and short bristles. Wings moderate, 

 and rather rounded ; with the third and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad, and slightly 

 rounded. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes short ; 

 the outer toe longer than the inner, and slightly united at the base ; the hind toe long and strong ; the 

 claws moderate, compressed, curved, and acute. 



It is in the tropical parts of South America that the species of this genus are found. 



1. L. plumbeus (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 53., Levaill. 

 Ois. d'Amer. t. 44. — Ampelis cineracea Vieill. ; Lathria cinerea 

 Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. pi. 2. 



2. L. simplex (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 53. 



3. L. fuscocinereus (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 292. 



4. L. hypopyrrlms (Vieill.) Encyc. Meth. p. 762. — Muscicapa 

 sibilatrix Pr. Max. ; Lipangus lateralis G. R. Gray, plate lx. 



5. ? L. sanguinarius (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 353. — Type of 

 Laniocera Less. (1840). 



5. L. lanioides (Less.) Echo, 1844. p. 156.— Type of Turdam- 

 pelisXera. (1844). 



* Established by M. Boie in 1821 (Isis). Lathria of Mr. Swainson (1831), Laniocera (1840), and Turdampelis (1844) of M. Lesson 

 are coequal with the name employed. 



February, 1847. 



