tooth very prominent. Wings moderate, somewhat 
pointed. Tail rounded, or slightly graduated. Lateral 
toes free, and equal. Claws (fig. 200. 7) acute. 
L. excubitor. P. E. 445. (a,) collurio. P. E. 32. f. 2. 
excubitoides. N. Z.ii.pl.34. collaris. O. d’Af.i. pl. 61. 
~ ee 
LANIAD A. — LANIANE. 219 
borealis. N. Z. pl. 33. flavirostris. W. Af. i.233.(c) 
_elegans. N. Z. p. 122. Hardwickii. Gould’s Cent. 
meridionalis. P. E. 32. f. 1. pl. 12. 
rufus. P. E. 9. f. 1. superciliosus. Ib. pl. 12. 
TrnopHonus, Sw. Bill more lengthened, slightly 
hooked ; the tooth smaller. Wings very short and 
rounded. Tail lengthened, graduated. Lateral toes 
free ; the inner very slightly shorter than the outer. 
leucogrammicus.( fig. 200.d) longirostris. Part 3. No.6. (g) 
erythropterus. is. d’Af. collaris. O.d’ Af. ii. pl. 67.(/) 
pl. 70. (e) 
Cuzrostemma, Sw. (fig. 201.) Bill short; the tip 
merely curved, and the we 
tooth obsolete. Front 
defended by thick-set 
bristly feathers, direct- 
ed forwards. Wings 
lengthened ; the third 
quill the longest. Feet 
. De & NN SSS 
NIK S 
S\S== 
; : QS 
short, robust. Middle AK GSS 
and hinder toe of the same length ; lateral toes free, 
nearly equal. The fissirostral? type. Analogous to 
Tephrodornis. 
L. leucocephala. Sw. Part. 3. No. 5. 
Nizavs, Sw. Bill lengthened, slender, with a prominent 
hook and tooth. Wings moderate ; the fourth and 
fifth quill longest. Tail short, and nearly even; the 
feathers narrow and obtuse. Tarsi moderate, slender 
Inner toe shorter than the outer. Tenuirostral ? 
N. capensis. Ois. d’Af. ii. pl. 71. (fig. 121. p. 13.) 
Faucuncutus, Vieil. Bill very short and broad; the 
hook slight, and the tooth small. Wings moderate. 
Tail divaricated; or slightly forked. Feet semi- 
scansorial ; the hind toe lengthened, and longer than 
