SC GAG te 
‘acute. Bill lengthened, abruptly honked at its tip ; 
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220 ON THE CLASSIFICATION oF BIE : 
the middle toe. Claws broad, ct irved, _ 4 | 
sorial type. OA RRM 
Vora | ey. 
F. frontalis. Lewin. pl. 26. guianensis. Braz: iB. § 
Australia. S. America. ( Jig: 20( 10. 
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Supram. THAMNOPHILINA. Bush Shrikes. 
Lateral toes unequal ; the outer connected to the firs 
joint of the middle toe. Claws broad, and not very 
the tooth prominent. 
THAMNOPHILUS, Vieil. Bill strong, abruptly hooked ; the 
gonys ascending. Wings very short and rounded.s 
the four first quills graduated. Tarsus rather long 
the lateral scales more or less divided. Inner toe 
considerably shorter than the outer, and deeply cleft : 
outer toe connected to the middle as far as the first 
joint. Tropical America only. Colours dark. 
T. gigas.* Fr. V. pl. 18,19. niger. Less. Cent. pl. 19. 
guttatus. Spix,ii pl.35.1. cinnamomeus. Zool. J.ii.87. 
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doliatus. Z. Miss.1. 16. torquatus, Ib. p. 89. 
lineatus. Ib. i. pl. 6. ambiguus. Ib. P. BY 
bicolor. Braz. Birds, pl. 60. pileatus. Ib. p 
nevius. Ib. pl. 59. ) ferrugineus. Tb. a 92. 
badius. Ib. pl. 65, 66. pectoralis. Part 5. No. 7. 
Mauaconortus, Sw. Bill strong, abruptly hooked ; the — 
gonys ascending. Wings moderate or short, rounded ; — 
the three first quills graduated. Tarsi rather long; — 
the lateral scales in an entire piece. The toes as in 
Thamnophilus. Tail slightly rounded. Tropical ; 
Africa only. Colours bright. 
M. olivaceus. W. Af.i. pl.22. atrococcineus. Z.J. ii. pl. 16. 
cruentus. Less. Cent.p.65. torquatus. O.d’Af. pl. 286. 
superciliosus. W. Af.239. erythrogaster. Rupp. At. 29. 
barbarus. Ib. pl. 24. mollissimus. W. Af. i. pl. 23. 
chrysogaster. Ib. pl. 25. rufiventris. O. d’Af. ii. pl.68. 
leucotis. Part 5. No.178. orientalis. Part 5. No. 179. 
Prionoprs, Vieillot. Bill more slender; the base, and — 
front of the head, defended by long setaceous feathers, — 
* Striatus, if retained to this species, gives an erroneous idea of he 
markings, which are not stripes, but bands. The subgenera are not ye 
determined. 
