698 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEim. 
Mystrorhamphus Hkine, in Heine and Reiohenow, Noniencl. Mus. 
Hein. Qrn., 18!H), p. 318. 
New name for Ajaja Reichenbach, on grounds of purism. 
[^Plataleidce.^ 
MvGTpov^ a spoon; pa/u</)05, bill. 
Myza Meyer and Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Berichte Mus. Dresden, 
V, no. 8, 1895, p. 11. 
Type, Myza sarasinoruni Mej^er and Wiglesworth. 
{MeliphagidoB. ] 
MvZdoo^ 1 suck. 
Nannochordeiles Hartert, Ibis, ser. 7, II, Jul3% 1896, p. 374. 
Type, O/iordeilespimllus Gould [Oajrn'm'ulf/idm.] 
Narvos^ dwarf; -\- Ohordeiles (xopS?/^ a harp string; SsiXr/, evening). 
Nannopterum Sharpe, Hand-list of Birds, I, 1899, p. 235. 
Type, Phalacrocorax harrisi Rothschild {Plicdacrocoracidoe.^ 
Narvos, dwarf; nrspov^ wing. 
fNecrastur De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ser. 2, VI, May 23, 
1892, p. 437. 
Type, JVeerastur alacer De Vis [Falconidde.^ 
NsKpos, dead; astur, a goshawk, 
f Necrobyas Milne-Edwards, Compte-Rendu Second Congres Ornith. 
Int., II, 1892, p. 01. 
Type, Nec7'ohyas harpax Milne-Edwards (first species men- 
tioned) [Bid>onldce.] 
NsKpos, dead; jSva's, the owl. 
fNecropsar ''Slater," A. Gijnther and E. Newton, Philos. Trans., 
168, 1879, p. 427. 
Type, Necrojpsar rodericanus "Slater," A. Giinther and E. 
Newton - \_StuTnidc2.'\ 
NsKpog^ dead; fj'ccp^ starling. 
fNecropsittacus Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.), ser. 5, XIX, 
1874, p. 18. 
Type, Psittacus rodericanus Milne-Edwards \^Psittacidce.'\ 
NsKpog, dead; tpirraKog^ a parrot. 
Neneba De Vis, Ibis, ser. 7, III, July, 1897, p. 384. 
Type, Nenela prasina De Vis {Meliphagidoi.'] 
Named from the type. locality (Neneba, Mt. Scratchley, Brit. New 
Guinea). 
Neolesbia Salvin, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 145. 
Type, Cyanolesbia nehrhyrni Berlepsch [TrochilidcB.^ 
Neos^ new; + Zeishia {Asff^ia^ Leshian). 
Keophema Salvadori, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 569. 
Type, Pslttaciis jndcheUns Shaw [Psittacid(B.'\ 
Neog^ new; ^r/jutj^ voice. 
