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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
the midfUe toe. Claws broad, curved. The scan- 
sorial type. 
F. frontalis. Lewin. pi. 26. guianensis. Braz. B. 58. 
Australia. S. America, {jig. 200. h) 
SoBFAM. THAMNOPHILIN.®. Sush Shrikes. 
Lateral toes unequal ; the outer connected to the first 
joint of the middle toe. Claws broad, and not very 
acute. Bill lengthened, abruptly hooked at its tip ; 
the tooth prominent. 
Thamnophilus, Vieil. Bill strong, abruptly hooked ; the 
gonys ascending. Wings very short and rounded; 
the four first quills graduated. Tarsus rather long ; 
the lateral scales more or less divided. Inner toe 
considerably shorter than the outer, and deeply cleft : 
outer toe connected to the middle as far as the first 
joint. Tropical America only. Colours dark. 
T.gigas.* Fr. V. pi. 18, 19. niger. Less. Cent. pi. 19. 
guttatus. Spix, ii pi. 35. 1. cinnamomeus. Zool. J.ii.87. 
doiiatus. Z. Miss. i. 16. torquatus. Ib. p. 39. 
lineatus. Ib. i. pi. 6. ambiguus. Ib. p. 91. 
bicolor. Braz. Birds, pi. 60. pileatus. Ib. p. 91. 
naivius. Ib. pi. 59. fcrrugineus. Ib. p. 92. 
badius. Ib. pi. 65, 66. pectoralis. Part 5. No. 7. 
Malaconotus, Sw. Bill strong, abruptly hooked ; the 
gonys ascending. Wings moderate or short, rounded ; 
the three first quills graduated. Tarsi rather long ; 
the lateral scales in an entire piece. The toes as in 
Thamnophilus. Tail sUghtly rounded. Tropical 
Africa only. Colours bright. 
M.olivaceus. W. Af. i. pi. 22. atrococcineus. Z. J. ii. pl.76. 
cruentus. Less. Cent. p. 65. torquatus. O. d’Af. pi. 286. 
superciliosus. W. Af.239. erythrogaster. Riipp. At. 29. 
barbarus. lb. pi. 24. mollissimus. W. Af. i. pi. 23. 
chrysogaster. Ib. pi. 25. nifiventris. O. d’Af. ii. pl.68. 
leucotis. Part5. No.I78. onentalis. Part 5. No- 179. 
Prionors, Vieillot. Bill more slender ; the base, and 
front of the head, defended by long setaceous feathers, 
* if retained to this species, gives an erroneous idea of the 
markings, which are not stripes, but bands. The subgcnera are not vet 
determined. ^ 
