NO. 1267. LIST OF GENERIC TERMS OF BIRDS— RICHMOND. 707 
Pisynolimnas Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus.Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 317. 
New name for Erythra Reichenbach, on grounds of purism. 
\^Rallid€e.~\ 
Uiffvvog, confiding- in; Xi/^vag^ marshy, of the mere. 
Pithecophaga Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, VI, Dec. 30, 1896, p. xvi. 
Type, P'ithc€0])haga jejferi/i. Grant [FalconidcB.^ 
nWt;Kog, a monkey; (fxxysiv [(fxxyoz)., to eat. 
Plagiospiza Ridgway, Auk, XV, Jul}^ (May 13), 1898, p. 224. 
Type, Aimophila superciliosa Swainson [FringiUidceJ] 
nXayiog, oblique; ffTtiCa^ a finch. 
Plectroperdix Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 293. 
New name for Hephiirnia Bonaparte, on grounds of purism. 
[Phasianidw.] 
nXffKTftov, a cock's spur; -\-Perdix {nkpdiB,^ a partridge). 
Plectrura Gistel, Naturgesch. des Thierreichs fiir hohere Schulen, 
1848, p. X. 
New name for Oxyura Bonaparte {An.atidce.\ 
nXiJKtpov^ a paddle; ovpa^ tail. 
Poecilotreron Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 281. 
New name for Sylphidoina Bonaparte, on grounds of purism. 
\Treroiudm.\ 
TLoiKikog^ spotted, mottled; rpypoov^ a dove. 
Pogonites Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. , 
1890, p. 226. 
New name for Buccanodon " Verreaux'' Hartlaub, on ground.s 
of purism [ Capitonidce.'\ 
na}yGovlTTjg, bearded. 
Polemaetus Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 270. 
Tj^pe, Falco hellicosus Daudin \^Falconidce.'\ 
IloXe/xog, war; asTog, eagle. 
Poliolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, I, Jan. 26, 1893, p. xxyiii. 
Type, Porpliyr'w cinereus Vieillot {^Rallid(JB.^^ 
IJoXiog, gray; Xi^vdg (Xi^vaiog)^ marsh3^ 
Polionetta Oates, Manual Game Birds of India, Ft. 2, May 18, 1899, 
p. 149. 
Type, Alias 2)<vcilorhyncha Forster [Aiiatidce.] 
IloXiog, gray; vfJTta^ a duck. 
Poliopsar Sharpe, Ibis, ser. 5, VI, Oct., 1888, p. 476. 
Type, Sturnus ser ice us Gmelin (see Spodiopsar) \^Sturnid<Je.^^ 
UoXiog^ gray; ^«p, starling. 
