QUERULINiE. 
Lipangus.* 
Bill moderate, broad at the base, and rather depressed, with the culmen curved, and the sides 
compressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, 
with the opening oval and partly covered by the frontal plumes and short bristles. Wings moderate, 
and rather rounded ; with the third and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad, and slightly 
rounded. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes short ; 
the outer toe longer than the inner, and slightly united at the base; the hind toe long and strong; the 
claws moderate, compressed, curved, and acute. 
It is in the tropical parts of South America that the species of this genus are found. 
1. L. plumbeus (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 53., Levaill. 
Ois. d’Amer. t. 44. — Ampelis cineracea Yieill. ; Lathria cinerea 
Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. pi. 2. 
2. L. simplex (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 53. 
3. L . fuscocinereus (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 292. 
4. L. liypopyrrhus (Vieill.) Encyc. Meth. p. 762. — Muscicapa 
sibilatrix Pr. Max. ; Lipangus lateralis G. It. Gray, plate lx. 
5. ? L. sanguinarius (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 353. — Type 
Laniocera Less. (1840). 
5. L. lanioides (Less.) Echo, 1844. p. 156. — Type of Turdam- 
pelis Less. (1844). 
* Established by M. Boie in 1821 {Isis'). Lathria of Mr. Swainson (1831), Laniocera (1840), and Turdampelis (1844) of M. Lesson 
are coequal with the name employed. 
February, 1847. 
