NO.V267. LIST OF GENERIC TERMS OF BIRDS— RICHMOND. 669 
Asarcornis Salvadori, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. , XXVII, 1895, p. 59. 
Type, Anas scutulata S. Miiller [Anatidcti.^ 
" AaapKog^ lean; opvig^ bird. 
Ascalaphia Isid. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, L'Echo du Monde Savant, 
III, 1837, p. i. 
Type, Ascalaj)kia savic/nil l><\d. Geotfroy St.-Hilaire. 
[Buho}u'da%] 
A(}KdXa(/)o?;, a bird supposed to be an owl. 
Aspatha Sharpe. Catal. Birds Brit. :\Ius.. XVIII, 1892, p. 331. 
Type, Prionites gidaris Laf resnaj^e \^2Ioiiiotlda'.'\ 
A. without; ffyradr]^ a blade. 
f Asthenopterus Ameghino, Revista Argentina Hist. Nat. , 1, 1891, p. 14:3. 
New name for Lagojjterus Moreno and Mercerat, preoccupied. 
\^Falconldw.^^ 
Affflev?}^, weak; 7rr€poi\ wing. 
Atalochrous Elliot, Ibis, ser. 3, VI, Oct., 1876, p. 161:. 
Type, 2raJtmhus vachelm Cassin YPlocelda^.^ 
(A subgenus of Jfallmhus.) 
'AtcxXo;^ tender, delicate; XP^^- color. 
Atopornis Reichenow and Neumann, Ornith. ]Monatsb., Ill, May, 1895, 
P- Tl. 
Type, Atojjor/u's [ = A7r//vV(/] dlahoUcus Reichenow and Neu- 
mann \jSiuscicapidiB { — Ploceida').] 
" Atotto;^ unusual, out of place; opvis, bird, 
t Badiostes Ameghino, Bol. Inst. Geogr. Argentino, XV, 1895. p. 660. 
Type, Badiostes jxitagonicus Ameghino \^Stru/ida'.\ 
t Baromis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci. , ser. 3, XLVIII, Oct. , 1891, p. 311:. 
Type, Baromis regens Marsh {Ineertm sedls.^ 
Bcxpvg^ heavy; oping, bird. 
Bathmisyrma Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsb., V, Oct., 1897, p. 161. 
Type, Bathmisyrma rufwn Reichenow [^Ifuscicajjidw.^^ 
B(YHf.i6s. a step; ffvpi-ia, a trailing robe, something trailed along. 
Bathmocercus Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsb., Ill, July, 1895, p. 113. 
Type, Bathmocercus rufus Reichenow \Timaliida\\ 
BaSfxog^ a step; KapKog^ tail. 
Bellona Mulsant and Verreaux, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cher- 
])Ourg, XII, 1866, p. 219. 
Tj^pe, Trochilus cristatus Linnwus [Trochilidce.] 
Named for Bellona, a goddess of war. 
t Belomis Milne-Edwards, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, I, Jul\' 4, 1893, 
p. liv. 
New name for Tachyornis Milne-Edwards, preoccupied. 
l^IncertiB sedis.'\ 
BiXog, an arrow, dart; opvig^ bird. 
