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LANIID^. 



Sp 2. Ti ? Cuvierii. 



Tr. olivacea, subtus albida, capite supra nigro ; occipite ternjmribus 

 et colli lateribus cinereh; pectore lateribus tegminibusque in- 

 fernis flams, 



Olive Tityra beneath whitish, with the crown black ; nape, sides 

 of the head, and neck pale cinereous ; breast, sides, and under 

 wing-coverts yellow. 



Psaris Cuvierii. Swains. Zool. Illust. pi. 32. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length five inches and a half: 

 beak bluish : nostrils ovately round, rather large and 

 simple, being entirely devoid of an external mem- 

 brane, but the base is partially covered with small 

 thickset, short, setaceous feathers : between the eye 

 and base of the beak are a few weak and short hairs : 

 the upper part of the head, as far as the nape, is 

 capped by deep black, having a bluish-gloss : between 

 the nostrils and the eye, as well as on the chin and 

 throat, the colour is white ; which changes to a pale 

 cinereous-grey on the sides of the head and round 

 the neck, the ears at their base and margin of the 

 eye tinged with yellow ; the rest of the upper plu- 

 mage yellowish-olive : the under plumage on the 

 lower part of the neck and breast, the sides, and the 

 inner wing-coverts are clear yellow, and from that to 

 the vent white : wings two inches long, the quills 

 brown, margined externally with olive, and inter- 

 nally with yellow : the first and second quill pro- 

 gressively shorter than the third and fourth, which 

 are of equal length : tail short, slightly divaricated, 

 olive, with whitish marginal tips : legs bluish-black ; 

 the three fore-toes are equally cleft, but a membrane 

 connects them equally at the base nearly to the end 

 of the first joint. 



