no. 1650. LIST OF GENERIC TERMS OF BIRDS RICHMOND. 619 



Luscinia T. Forster, Synop. Catal. Brit. Birds, L817, p. 14. 



Type, Luscinia aedon Forster ( -Sylvia luscinia Forsteb 

 (not of Linn.kus) = Luscinia rnegarhynchos Beehm) | TurdidxJ] 

 Luscinia, the nightingale. 

 x Macao. S. D. W., Analyst, III. No. XIV.. Ian., L836, p. 212. 

 Type, "Macao splendidus" S. D. W., or "Blue Macaw." 



| Psittacida . | 



Macrocephalon" S. Muller, Archiv fur Naturgesch., L846, I. p. lit;. 



Type. Macrocephalon nialeo S. Mi i.i.ki: .-_. .[Megapodidae.] 



Mcxkix'i;. long, large; K£$a\ij, head. 



Macronectes Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash.. XVIII. Feb., 21. I'.mi;,. 



p. 7*>. 



New name for Ossifraga Hombron and Jacqtjinot, L844, not 



Ossifraga X. Wooi>, L835 . [Pujfinidse.] 



VLaucpos, large; vrfKrys, a swimmer. (Richmond.) 

 Macropus Spix, Avium Species Novae, I. L824, p. .'»•".. 



Types; Macropus phasianellus Spix, and .1/. minimi Spes. 



[Ouculidx.] 



MaKpo*, lony-; /Toy>, foot. 



x Malacoedus Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., March 1, lSr>0, pi. i.vn 

 (figure showing generic characters). 



Typo, not named ._ | ///r, /■/,■( sedis. \ 



MaXatKoz, mild, gentle; //'?">. enjoyment, pleasure. 

 *Malacorhamphus Kittlitz, Dcnkw. Reise russischen Amerika, I. L858, 

 p. 124. 

 Type, Malacorhamphus araucanus Bjttlitz, a nomen nudum 



here | In& rta a dis. | 



UaXotKoz, soft; /"i/z^o^ beak. 

 Malacurus Gloger, Hand-und Ililt'shiich. 1842, p. 282. 



Emendation of Malurus Viedllot [Sylviidas.] 



VlaXaKOs, soft; ou/oor, tail. 

 IMancalla Li OAS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., XXIV, No. 1245, Sept. 27. 

 L901, p. 133. 



Type, MancalZa calif orniensis, Lucas .... [Alcidss.] 



Mancus, imperfect; -\-.\//> (alle, Swedish name of a kind of auk). 

 Maria GrULlANETTT, in Giglioli, Boll. Soc. (ico^r. Ital.. ::d scr., X. 

 Fasc. I. L897, p. 26. 



Type, Maria Mac Oregoria Giulianettt ..[Paradisasidae.] 



For Lady Mc Gregor. 



i This appears to be the earliesl (albeil preoccupied) name for the genus, as well 

 as the first reference to the specific name. It is true thai Hartlaub mentioned the 

 name AfegacephcUon maleo in 1844 (Verz. Ges. Mus. Bremen, p. 101), butonlyasa 



flOrm n nudum. 



