484 APPENDIX. 



Sub-family, TYRANNIN^E, Nob. 



Rostrum breve, totum depressum, nee cul- Bill short, depressed its whole length, the 



mine arcuato, sed apice aduncd. Nares et culmen not arched, the tip abruptly hooked. 



Ricti setis obtecti. Pedes breves, graciles ; Nostrils and rictus defended by bristles. Feet 



digiti laterales (Equates vel sub-asquales ; un- short, slender ; lateral toes equal, or very 



gues longi, graciles, acutissimi. nearly so ; claws long, slender, very acute. 



Genera. — Ptiliogonys, Swains. (Zool. Illust., N.S., 62). Tyrannula, Swains. Tyrannus, Cuv. Saurophagus, 



Swains. Milvulus, Swains. 



8. Genus, SAUROPHAGUS. 



Rostrum rectum, caput aquans ; latenbus Bill straight, as long as the head, com- 



compressis, apice aduncd. Alse rotundatcs, pressed on the sides, abruptly hooked at its 



remige prima et secundd sub-gradatis, inte- tip. Wings rounded ; the first and second 



gerrimis. Cauda mediocris rotundata. Pedes quills slightly graduated, immarginate. Tail 



validiusculi ; digiti laterales cequales ; ungues moderate, rounded. Feet rather strong; lateral 



acuti, parum curvati. toes equal ; claws acute, slightly curved. 



Type. — Lanius sulphuratus, Auct. 



9. Genus, TYRANNUS, Brisson. 



Rostrum depressum. Alee elongates; re- Bill depressed. Wings lengthened; the 



miges primaries abrupte sinuatce aut apice primary quills abruptly sinuated or emarginate 



emarginatec ; remiges tertice et quartce longis- at their tips; the first and second quills rather 



simce, p>rimas et secundas paulo superantes. shorter than the third and fourth, which are 



Cauda lata, cequalis vel sub-emarginata. the longest. Tail broad, even, or slightly 



Ungues magni, acuti, valde curvati. forked. Claivs large, acute, much curved. 



Typical. — T. intrepidus, Vieill., crudelis, Sw., crassirostris, Sw., griseus, Vieili.., leucotis, Sw., borealis, Sw. 

 Aberrant. — T. uuda.r, Sw., crinitus, Sw., magnirostris, Sw. (Lanius pitangua, Linn.) See Sw. Monograph. 



10. Genus, TYRANNULA. 

 Statura parva. Rostrum dej>ressum. Alae Size small. Bill depressed. Wings mode- 



mediocres ; remiges primes et secundcB se- rate ; the first and second quills rather shorter 



quentibus paulo breviores, apicibus nee sinua- than the following, the tips neither sinuated 



tis nee emarginatis. Cauda lata, cequalis. nor emarginate. Tail broad, even. Claws 



Ungues magni, acuti, valde curvati ; posticus large, acute, much curved ; hinder claw very 



validissi?nus. Scutulae anticae tarsum invol- strong. Anterior scales enveloping the tarsus, 



ventes id postice contiguce fiunt. and meeting behind. 



Types. — Muscicapa nunciola, rapax, querula, Wilson, fyc. 



