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Mcleagris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 156. Type M. galloparo Linn. (Tauto- 



nymy, Opinion 16.) 

 Mergus Linnaeus. Syst. Xat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. Type Mcrgus merganser Linn. 



(Subs, desig.. Gray, 1840.) 

 Merops Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 117. Type Merops apiastcr Linn. ^Tau- 



tonymy. Opinion 16; also Subs, desig., Swainson, 1820.) 

 Momotus Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 44 ^Cf. IV, 465). Type '''Momolus'^ = Rampliastos 



momota Linn., 1766. (Tautonymy.) 

 Motacilla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 184. Type M. alba Linn. (Tautonymy, 



Opinion 16.) 

 Musophaga Isert, Schriften Gesellsch. nat. Freunde Berlin, IX, 1788, 17. Type M. 



violacea Isert. ^Monotypy.) 

 Neophron Savigny, Descr. Egypte, I, 1809, 68, 75. Type Vnltur ^iercnopterus Linn. 



(Monotypy.) 

 Notornis Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., Ill, v, 1848, 366. Type Notornis mantelli 



Owen. (Monotypy.) 

 Numenins Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 48 (Cf. V, 311). Type ''' Nimienius" = Seolopax 



arquatus Linn. (Tautonymy.) 

 Numida Linnaeus, Mus. Ad. Frid., 1764, 27. Type Pkasiamis mcleagris Tiinn., 1758. 



(Monotypy.'i 

 Nucifraga Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 30 ^Cf. II, 58). Type " Ntcci fraga' ^ = Corvus caryo- 



catactes Linn. (Tautonymy and Monotypy.) 

 Nyctea Stephens, Shaw's General Zool., XIII, ii, 1826, 62. Type Strix erminea 



Shaw = S. nyctea Linn. (Tautonymy; only certain species; also mono- 

 typi-) 

 Œdicnemiis Temminck, Man. d'Orn., 1815, 321. Type Œ. crepitans Temm. = 



Charadrius oedicnemus Linn. (Monotypy and tautonymy.) 

 Opisthocomus lUiger, Prodromus, 1811, 239. Type Pkasianus cristatus Gmelin = 



P. lioaxin Müller. (Monotypy.) 

 Oriolus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 160. Type Oriolus galbtdaljinn. = Co- 



racias oriolus Linn., 1758. (Tautonymy.) 

 Otis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 154. Type Otis tarda Linn. (Tautonymy, 



Opinion 16, also Subs, desig.. Jardine & Selby, 1828.) 

 Ottis Pennant, Indian Zool., 1769, 3. Type Otus bakkamoena Pennant. (Mono- 

 typy-) 

 Pachycephala Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIV, iii, 1825, 444. Type Muscicapa 



pectoralis Latham = Turdus gutturalis Latham. (Monotypy and Orig. 



desig.) 

 Pandion Savigny, Descr. Egypte, I, 1809, 69, 95. Type Pandion fluvialis Savigny 



= Falco haliaetus Linn. (Monotypy.) 

 Paradisaea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 110. Type P. apoda Linn. (Tauto- 

 nymy, Opinion 16; also Subs, desig.. Gray, 1840.) 

 Parotia Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 35. Type Paradisea se filata Porster, 1781. (Mono- 

 typy-) 

 Panis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 189. Type Parus major Linn. (Subs. 



desig., Gray, 1840.) 

 Pavo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 156. Type P. cristattis Linn. (Tautonymy, 



Opinion 16.) 

 Pelecanus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 132. Type Pclccamis onocrotalus 



Linn. (Tautonyray, Opinion 16.) 

 Perdix Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 26 (Cf. p. 219). Type '^ Perdix cinerea'''' = Tetrao perdix 



Linn. (Tautonymy.) 

 Pezoporiis lUiger, Prodromus, 1811, 201. Type Psitfacus formosus Latham = P. 



terrestris Shaw. (Monotypy.) 

 Phaëthon Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 134. Type P. aethcreus Linn. (Subs. 



desig., Gray, 1840.) 



