702 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vouxxiv. 
Othyphantes Shelley, Birds of Africa, I, 1896, p. 37. 
Type, Sycohrotus reichenoioi Fischer {^Ploceidce.^ 
Ov^ {cor-), ear; + Hyphantes {v^avrtfg^ a weaver), 
f Owenornis Moreno and Mercerat, Anales Mus. La Plata (Paleon. 
Ar^en., I), 1891, p. U. 
Type, Oivenornis affinls Moreno and Mercerat (first species 
mentioned) [Stcreornithes.] 
Named for Richard Owen. 
Oxypelia Salvadori, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, 1893, p. 490. 
Type, Perlstera cyanoph Pelzehi {Peristeridce.^ 
' OBvg^ sharp, keen; TteXsia, a dove. 
Pachycephalixus Buttikofer, Notes Leyden Museum, XVII, June 9, 
1896, p. 241. 
Type, Muscicapa sinensis Gmelin [Pyctwnotidce.] 
Pachycephala (Traxvs^ thiclc; K€(f)aXij, head), -{- Ixus [iBoz, a miser). 
fPachyornis Lydekker, Catal. Fossil Birds Brit. Mus., 1891, p. 316. 
Type, Dinornis elephantopms Owen [Dinornithidm.^ 
Ilaxvs, thick; opvtg^ bird. 
Pachyphantes Shelley, Birds of Africa, I, 1896, p. 36. 
Type, Hyphantornis siqyerciliosus Shelley {^Plocddte.^ 
Ilaxvg, thick; -\- Hyphantes {v<j)avrr]z^ a weaver). 
fPalaeo-casuarius Forbes, Trans. New Zealand Inst. , XXIV, May, 1892, 
p. 189. 
A nomen nudum here _ [PmortiithidcB.] 
UaXaiog^ ancient; + Casiiarius {JmssuvMris^ a native name). 
fPalaeociconia Moreno, Breve Resena Prog. Mus. La Plata segundo 
semestre 1888, 1889, p. 30. 
Type, Palceociconia austraUs Moreno [Stereornithes.] 
TJaXaiog^ ancient; + Ciconia {c'lconla^ a stork). 
fPalseocolymbus Seeley, Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc, 1, 1864, p. 228 
{no III en nudum). 
Type, Palceocolymhus harrettl Seeley {noinen nudum). 
\EnallornltMdm.\ 
JlaXaioz, ancient; + Colymhus {KoXvfxfiog, a diver). 
fPalseocorax Forbes, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, I, Dec. 31, 1892, p. xxi. 
Type, Corvus moriorimi Forbes [ CoTwdm.\ 
TlaXaiog^ ancient; KopaB^ a raven. 
fPalaeocryptonyx Deperet, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci., CXIV, Mar., 
1892, p. 691. 
T}^pe, Palceocryptonyx donnezanl Deperet {Phasianid(B.'\ 
TlaXaiog^ ancient; -\- Cryptonyx {Kpvmog, hidden; owB,^ claw). 
fPalseogrus Portis, Mem. R. Ace. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, XXXVI, 1885, 
p. 362. 
Type, PalcBogrus prince ps Portis \^GTuid(B.\ 
UfrXaiog, ancient; + Grus {grus^ a crane). 
