F orm.__Bill short, convex, conical, both mandibles notched at the tip; the upper one
grooved. Commissure curved towards the tip. Nostrils basal, semicircular. Wings shorter
than the tail; first and second quills sub-equal. Outer and middle toes equal in length.
Length, total
„ of tail
„ of wing
Dimensions.
Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin.
9 6 Length of bill above . 0 6
1 9 ,, of bill to rictus . 0 11
5 0 „ of tarsus . . 0 9
Inch. Lin.
Length of middle and outer
toes . o . 0 1 1
„ of nails . . 0 3 —R.
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APPENDIX, No. B
CHARACTERS OF GENERA AND SUB-GENERA HITHERTO UNDEFINED*.
By W IL LIAM SWAINSON, Esq.
Family, LANIADiE.
Sub-family, LANIAN.ZE, Nob.
Rostrum breoe, compresmm. Digiti late- Hi« short, compressed. Lateral toes equal:
rales mquales: ungues gradles, acuti, claws slender, acute.
1. Genus, TELOPHORUS.
Rostrum sub-elongatum, sed capite brevius; Bill somewhat lengthened, but shorter than
culmine gradatim arcuatO; vibrissso masta- the head; culmen gradually arched; rictus
cates pattern, debiles. Pedes validir tarsi furnished with a few weak bristles. Feet
elevati; digiti laterales (equates; ungues gra- strong; tarsi elevated ; outer and inner toes
riles, acutissimi. Aim rotundatee. Cauda equal; daws slender and very acute. Wings
gradata. Colores mvidi. rounded. Tail graduated. Colours bright.
Type.—Telophorus collaris, Swains. La Backbakiri, Le Vaill. Ois. de VAfr., ii., pi. 67.
2. Sub-genus (?), LANIELLUS.
Rostrum breve, debiliusculum; maxilla pone Bill short, rather weak; tooth of the upper
apicem emarginata nec dentata ; mandibula mandible very small, and reduced to a notch;
inferior integerrima; vibrissse mastacales va- under mandible entire; rictus strongly bris-
lidce; nares magnce, nudce, membrand semi- tied; nostrils large, covered by a membrane,
clausa:, foramine laterali, mail. Pedes validi; the aperture lateral, oblong. Feet strong ;
tarsi elongati, caligati (i. e. scutulis indis- tarsi elevated, the scales entire; outer and
tinctis involuti) ; digiti laterales (equates; inner toes equal; elutes rather small. Wings
ungues minusmli. Aim rotundatce, brevis- rounded, very short. Tail lengthened, cu-
simee. Cauda elongata, cuneata, redricibus neated; the feathers very narrow. Colours
angustissimis. Colores obsewri. dull,, ,.,
Type.—Lanius leucogrammicus, Re inward T.
Obs.—I suspect this may prove to be the rasorial type of the restricted genus Lanius ; the nostrils, in fact, are quite
those of a rasorial bird.
• The characters of other genera or sub-genera, which we hare defined in zoological periodicals, will be found collected
in the ornithological portion of the “ Encydopasdia of Zoology,” now almost ready for the press.