224 ON THE OIjASSIPICATION of birds. 
rounded with setaceous hairs. Rictus bristled. 
Wings short, not reaching much beyond the tail 
covers ; the two first quills equally graduated. Rump 
feathers very thick and spinous. Tail very broad 
slightly rounded. Feet short, weak. Colours bright. 
C. Phoenicia. W.Af. i. pl.27, 28. atrata. O. d’Af. pi. 164-5. 
Phmnicornis, Sw. General structure of Campeplmga, 
but the nostrils and gape are entirely destitute of 
bristles or setaceous feathers. Rump feathers nearly 
of ordinary softness. Wings moderate ; the first quill 
spurious, and not half so long as the second; the 
third and fourth longest. Feet short, weak. Tail 
lengthened, nearly even; the feathers narrow. 
P. flammeus. Zool. 111. ii. miniata. Gould’s Cent. pi. 8. 
pi. 52. peregrinus, lb. pi. 9. 
Ebdcivoba, Sw. General structure of Campephaga, hut 
the bill is more lengthened and compressed from the 
middle. Front and rictus entirely smooth. Wings 
moderate ; the fourth and fifth quills longest. Tail 
broad, rounded. Rump feathers not rigid. Tarsus 
slender, lengthened, as long as the middle toe.* Up- 
per tail covers very long. 
E. orientalis. (Turdus oricntalis, Auct.) 
SoBFAM. TYRANNINiR. Trjrant Shrikes. 
Bill very straight, short, depressed its whole length ; the 
culmen not arched, but the tip abruptly hooked. Nostrils 
and rictus defended by bristles. Feet short, small, and 
slender. Lateral toes equal, or very nearly so. Claws 
long, slender, fully curved, and very acute. America 
only. 
Ptilogonys, Sw. Habit ot PhainicoTni.?^ but the rump 
feathers quite soft. Bill very short, rather strong, 
triangular ; the base compressed ; the culmen gently 
arched. Rictus smooth. Nostrils large, membran- 
• In all the other CMepgrina the tarsus is shorter than the middle toe. 
