694 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
fLoxornis Ameghino, Bol. Inst. Geogr. Argentino, XV, 1895, p. 695. 
Type, Loavrnin cliviis Ameghino \Incertm sedis.] 
Ao^og^ crosswise, slanting; opvig^ bird. 
Lybius Hermann, Tabula Affinitatum Animalium, 1783, pp. 217, 235. 
Type, "Z«? Guff so BaUto''- Butfon {=Loxia tridactyla Gmelin). 
\^Capitonidie.^ 
(See Melanohucco.) 
yUfh'og, a kind of bird mentioned })y Aristotle. 
Lychnidospiza Heuglin, Nacbtriige und Bericbt. zur Ornith. Nordost- 
Afrika's, 1871, p. cxxxvii. 
Type, Estrildd melanog aster Heuglin {PloceidoB.^ 
Avx^is (Xvxyi^-), a plant with a bright scarlet flower; GTtiZoc, a flnch. 
Lysurus Ridgway, Auk, XV, July (May 18), 1898, p. 225. 
Type, Buarremon cirissirostris Cassin [M'higiUidm.] 
Avsiv (Xvff-), to loose; ovpa^ tail. 
Macgregoria De Vis, ibis, ser. 7, HI, Apr., 1897, p. 251. 
Type, Macgregoi'ta pnlchra De Vis [ParaddseidcB.] 
Named for Lady McGregor, wife of the first governor of British 
New Guinea. 
Machlostomus Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 228. 
New name for Tucaius Bonaparte, on grounds of purism. 
\Ramphastid(je. ] 
Max^og^ wanton, lustful; aro^a^ mouth. 
Malaeorhynchus Wagler, Isis, 1832, p, 1235. 
Type, Anas inalacorhyncJnis Forster [Anatidw.] 
Manikup Desmarest, Hist. Nat. Tangaras, etc., 1805, text to pi. 6<d. 
Type, Pi^jra albifrons Gmelin [J^ormicariidw.] 
Ma ink hi + huj>pe. 
Marisca Gistel, Naturgesch. des Thierreichs fiir hohere Schulen, 1848, 
p. viii. 
New name for Cossypha Vigors \Timaliidm.\ 
Marisca, a kind of tig. 
fMegalapteryx Haast, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., XII, Pt. 5, Dec, 1886, 
p. 101. 
Type, Megalapteryx hectori Haast [^Dino^mithidw.l^ 
Mtyag {/.isyaX-}.^ great; + Apteryx {a, priv. + TtTspvS, wing). 
Melanobaoco Shelley, Ibis, ser. 6, I, Oct., 1889, p. 470. 
Type, Bacco hidentatus Shaw { = Lyhius Hermann). 
[^Cwpitonidai.^ 
MiXag (fxeXav-)^ black; + Bucco. 
Melanocarbo Bernstein, in Musschenbroek, Dagboek van Dr. H. A. 
Bernstein's laatste Reisvan Ternate, etc., 1883, p. 119. 
Type, Ilydrocorax melanoleucus Vieillot \PhalacrocwacidcBi\ 
Mekag {ju.£Xav-)^ black; + Carho {carho, coal, charcoal). 
