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bordering the Mediterranean, and, though in some places abundant, 
is an extremely local bird. There is no member of this section in 
Hospsy, (After Wolf.) 
North America, but the largest species belonging to it seems to be 
the Neotropical H. femoralis, for H. diroleucus, though often assigned 
here is now supposed to be one of the group of typical Falcons. 
HOLMCOCK, HOLM-THRUSH, names of the Mistletoe- 
THRUSH from its seeking the berries of the Holm or Holly-tree. 
HOLORHINAL, the epithet bestowed by Garrod (Proc. Zool. 
Soc. 1873, p. 33) in his first taxonomical paper, on what seemed to 
him a “Subclass” of Birds ; and, although given up by him very soon 
after (op. cit. 1874, pp. 111-123), it-has been absurdly used since 
by some systematizers, who have thereby made the introduction of 
the word here necessary. 
HOMALOGONATA,, the first of the two Subclasses, the other 
being called ANOMALOGONATA, into which Garrod at one time 
divided Birds, according as they possessed an AMBIENS muscle 
or not (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, pp. 116-118), though he admitted 
that “there are a few undoubtedly homalogonatous birds in which 
the ambiens muscle is absent.” For the groups contained in these 
categories see INTRODUCTION. 
HOMCEOMERI, Garrod’s name (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1876, pp. 517, 
518) for a group of Birds consisting of the HAPLOOPHON and 
TRACHEOPHON, and differing from the HETEROMERI in that the 
