LANIID.E. 



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GENUS LXVl.— ARTAMUS, Vieillot. 



Nostrum basi glabrum, las- 

 vissimum, conicum, subro- 

 bustum, supra convexum, 

 prope apicem paulo late- 

 ratim compressum: man- 

 dibula S7iperior subarcu- 

 ata ; ioiferior acuta, apice 

 recurvata. 



Rictus vibrissis armatus. 



Ala: valde elongatae ; remex 

 prima longissima. 



Beak glabrous at the base, 

 very smooth, conic, rather 

 robust, convex above, and 

 a little pressed laterally 

 towards the tip ; the upper 

 mandible slightly arcu- 

 ated ; the lower acute, with 

 its tip acute, recurved. 



Gape furnished with bristles. 



Wings very long; the first 

 quill longest. 



OcYPTERus, Cuvier, Temm. — Leptopteryx, Horsfield. 



The species of this genus are very numerous on 

 the shores of the islands in the Indian Seas, and are 

 perpetually on the wing in pursuit of insects. 



8p. 1. Ar. leucorhynchos. 



Lanius leucorhynchos. (S7mtUj v. vii. p. 323. — Tlie Philippine 

 Islands. 



Sp. 2. Ar. viridis. 



Lanius viridis. Shavo, v. vii. p. 321. — Madagascar. 



N. B. There are several other species of this genus described 

 in the Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, for the year 

 1824, but I have hitherto been unable to obtain the use of that 

 work, 



GENUS LXVII.-DICRURUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis or- 

 natum, robustum ; mandi- 

 hula superior supra sub- 

 carinata, apice adunca ; 

 inferior acuta, apice re- 

 curvata. 



Cauda f urcata ; rectrices de- 

 cern. 



Beak furnished at the base 

 with bristles, robust; the 

 upper mandible subcari- 

 nated above, its tip hook- 

 ed ; the lower acute, with 

 its tip recurved. 



Tail forked, with ten feor- 

 thers. 



