MEROPS, MONOPTERUS. 



2 2. MEROPS, Spec. 26. 

 apiaster, (bee-eater,) back ferruginous ; belly and 

 tail bluish -green ; two of the tail-feathers lon- 

 ger ; chin pale-yellow ; bill black ; crown^ 

 hind-head and neck bay. 

 See MS, P. 



13 2. MILLEPORA. Spec. 34. 



polymorpha, (common coral,) crustaceous, solid, 

 irregularly shaped, but generally branched and 

 tuberculatej and without visible pores. 

 See MS. P. 



2 2. MOMOTUS. Spec. 1. 



brasiKensis, (motniot,) green ; front bluish-green ; 

 hind-head violet ; crown black. 

 See MS. P. 



14 2. MONAS; Spec. 5. 



lens, transparent, with sometimes a greenish mar- 

 gin ; a mere round pellucid dot 



See MS. P. 



62. MONOCULUS. Spec. 68. 



Cyclops, (horse-foot,) shell convex with three lines 



of raised spines ; tail very long and unarmed. 



Sue MS; P. 



18. MONODON. Spec, 1. 

 tnonoceros, (narwal,)skin white, spotted with black 

 on the back; no dorsal fin, two small pectoral 

 ones. 18 to 40 feet long. 

 See MS. P. 



4 1. MONOPTERUS. Spec. 1. 



noioptcrus, silvery with a cilt hue : fins pale ash. 



See MS. P. 



