STUnNID^. ICTEBIN^. 
273 
dilated. Commissure considerably sinuated. Nostrils 
basalj naked ; the aperture round. Wings moderate, 
somewhat pointed; the two first quills slightly shorter 
than the third and fourth, which are the longest. 
Tail rather lengthened, much graduated, boat-shaped; 
tips of the lateral feathers truncated. Feet large, 
strong. Middle toe and tarsus equal; hinder toe 
shorter ; inner toe scarcely shorter than the outer. 
America. 
Q. versicolor. Parts. No. 55. tenuirostris. Parts. No. 58. 
purpuratus. lb. No. 56. macrourus. Ib. No. 59. 
lugubris. Ib. No. 57. corvinus. Ib. No. 60. 
inflexirostris. Ib. No. 61. 
ScoLBcoPHAGUs, Sw. Bill shorter than the head, 
straight, slender; the margins inflexed, hut not 
sinuated. Wings moderate, pointed ; the first quill 
rather shorter than the second. Tail divaricated, 
flat, and slightly rounded. Legs lengthened, slender, 
formed for walking. Middle toe and tarsus of equal 
length ; hinder toe shorter ; lateral toes of equal 
length. Claws slender, acute, slightly curved. 
S. ferrugincus. Wilson, 21. f. 3. minor. P.irt 5. No. 65. 
Mexicanus. Part 5. No. 66. sericeus. Ib. No. 64. 
SoBFAM. ICTEEINiE. Hangnests. 
Bill completely conic, entire, rather shorter than the 
head, either straight, or with both mandibles slightly 
bent. Feet formed for grasping : the claws thick, 
broad, and much curved. 
Cassicus, Daudin. Cassicans. Bill rather longer than 
the head; the base thick, very convex, and enlarged 
into a broad oval plate, which advances very far on 
the front, and divides the frontal feathers. Nos- 
trils oval, naked, basal, pierced in the solid substance 
of the bill, and close to tbe margin of the upper man- 
dible. Commissure straight, but angulated at the 
base. Wings ratber long ; the first and second quills 
graduated. Tail graduated. Feet short, very strong. 
VOL. II. T 
