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the two outer feathers graduated ; the rest nearly of 

 equal length ; and all of them tipped with white. 



GENUS LXXXL— CEBLEPYRIS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum breve, subarcua- 

 tum, basi dilatatura, plu- 

 mosum, versus apicem cur- 

 vatum. 



Rictus ampliuso 



PenncB crissi rachidibus 

 elongatis, rigidis, acutis. 



Campephaga, Vieillot. 



Beal<: short, subarcuated, its 

 base dilated, plumose, 

 curved towards the tip. 



Gape ample. 



Feathers of the rump with 

 their shafts elongated, stiff* 

 and sharp. 



The Ceblepyri feed upon larvae, and inhabit the 

 highest trees : they are confined to Africa and its 

 eastern islands. 



Sp. 1 . Ce. cana. 



Muscicapa cana. Steph. v. x. p. 398.— Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Sp. 2. Ce. Le Vaillantii. Temm. 



Ce. ardosiaco'griseus infra pallidior ; mite et pone oculos pec^ 



toreque nigricantibus ; remigibus fuscescentibm wargine ex'- 



teriore albo ; caudd bicuneatd. 

 Slaty-grey Ceblepyris^ beneath paler; before and behind the eyes 



and the breast dusky ; the quills brownish, margined externally 



with white ; the tail doubly wedged. 

 Echenilleur gris. Le Vaill. Ois, d'Afriq. pL 162, 163. — Grey 



Caterpillar-Thrush. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. 85. 



Size of a Lark : beak black : plumage slaty-grey, 

 deeper on the head, and paler beneath : before and 

 behind the eye dusky : breast the same ; from thence 

 to the vent still paler : quills brown isli ; edged out* 



