LANIIDiE. 



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GENUS LXXVI.—PRIONOPS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi plumosum, 

 porrectum, gracile, late- 

 ratim vald^ compressum ; 

 mandibula superior versus 

 apicem adunca ; itiferior 

 acuta, apice recurvata. 



PaJpebrcB laciniatasJ 



Beak plumose at the base, 

 porrect, slender, much 

 compressed laterally ; the 

 upper mandible hooked to- 

 wards the tip; the lozver 

 acute, with its tip re- 

 curved. 



Eyelids jagged. 



Sp. 1. Pr. cristatus. Vieill. 



Lanius plumatus. ShaxiOj v. vii. p» 292. — Senegal. 



Sp. 2. Pr? albifrons. 



Pipra albifrons. Steph. v. x. p. 1 2. Le Plumet blanc, ou Ma- 

 nikup. De$7n, Hist. Nat. des Tangaras, Sfc.pl. 66. — Guiana. 



GENUS LXXVII.— LANIARIUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi nudum, sub- 

 graciie, supra convexum, 

 rectum, compressum; man- 

 dibula superior prope 

 apicem adunca; inferior 

 acuta, apice recurvata. 



Rictus ciliatus. 

 Alee penna spuria; remex 

 secunda longissima. 



Lanius, Temm. 



BeaTi naked at the base, 

 somewhat slender, convex 

 above, straight, com- 

 pressed ; the upper man- 

 dible hooked near the tip ; 

 the lower acute with its tip 

 recurved. 



Gape ciliated. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther; the second quill 

 longest. 



Sp. 1. Li. barbarus. 



Lanius barbarus. Shatv, v. vii. p, 297. — Africa. 



