666 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Alectromorphnus Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomenel. Mus. Hein. 
Oi-n., 18U0, p. 271. 
New name for Buttio<jaUu>< Lesson, on grounds of purism. 
'AXsKTfJiKov^ a cock; /-i6p(f>yog^ dark, like an eagle, hence an eagle. 
AUenia Cory, Auk, VHl, Jan., 1891, p. 42. 
T3^pe, Txi'dds montcDiHS Laf resnaye [211 m Jdce.] 
Named for Dr. J. A. Allen. 
AUocotops Sharpe, Ibis, ser. 5, VI, Oct., 1888, p. 381). 
Type, AUocotops ealvm Sharpe [TimaUtdce.] 
_-iAAo'/coros, unusual; cj^', face. 
Alopecoenas Finsch MS., Sharpe, Hand-list of Birds, I, 1899, p. 90. 
Type, PMogtenas hoedtl Schlegel [Per!sterid(i'.\ 
AXconr]^.^ a fox; oivag^ wild pigeon, 
Alophoixus Gates, Fauna of Brit. India (Birds) I, Dec, 1889, p. 259. 
Type, r.wH phmocephalus Hartlaub [Timed ildw.] 
" Akoqjog^ without a crest; + l.vus {iSog. sticky, also a miserly 
fellow). 
Alopochen Stejneger, Standard Nat. History, IV (Birds), 1885, p. 111. 
New name for Cheiudopcn Stephens, preoccupied . \Anat>d(v.\ 
\4X007t65., fox-colored; Jv^, a goose. 
Alticeps GiSTEL, Naturgesch. des Thierreichs fiir hohere Schulen, 1848, 
p. viii. 
New name for Cep/talojjtc/'i/s Geofl'roy St.-Hilaire--[6W/'/y;(//Vte.] 
Altxs., high; vcps {aqjut)^ head. 
Amalocichla De Vis, Ann. Report Brit. New Guinea (1890-91), 1892, 
App. CC, p. 95. 
Type, Anudocichla sclatti'iana De Vis {Tlin<d!ldii\'\ 
AfiaXog., soft, feeble; kix'X?/, a thrush-like bird. 
Amaurocichla Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Aug., 1892, p. 228. 
Type, AnHiHroclchla hocagU. Sharpe {TlmaUidw.'\ 
Afdavpos^ dai'k; kix^?/^ a thrush, or thrush-like bird. 
Amaurcenas Salvadori, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, 1893, p. 21:8. 
Type, Colmnha pollenl Schlegel [ Colmnhldie.'] 
(A subgenus of Coluinlja). 
A/uiavpog^ dark; oivag, a wild pigeon. 
Amaurolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, I, Jan 26, 1893, p. xxviii. 
Type, Rtdlus coneolor Gosse [RalUdw.] 
' Afxavpog^ dark; Xifxvag (Xipivaws)^ marshy, of the water. 
Amazilia Lesson, L'Echo du Monde Savant, ser. 2, VIII, No. 32, Oct. 
22, 1843, col. 757. 
Type ^ [Troc/dlidw.] 
Amazilia, a heroine of the Incas. 
^Proposed as a "race" or subgenus of Ornismya, with the following species: 0. 
lumachella Lesson, 0. eximia Delattre, 0. cinnamomea Lesson, 0. darissc Longuemare. 
