130 MEL 



Melanorectes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. iii. pp. 271, 289 



(1877). 



Melanosterna, Blyth [teste Gray, Hand-1. iii. no. 2892]. 

 Melanotis, Bp. C. G. A. i. p. 276 (1850) ; C. E. xxxviii. pp. 54, 



56 (1854) ; C. S. O. p. 16 (1854). 

 Melanotrochilus, Deslong champs, in Guide d. JN'aturaliste, ii. p. 7 



(1880). 

 Melanzona, Cabanis, J. . O. 1860, p. 412. =MELOZOKE, 



Meichenb. 

 Melasoma, Swains. Classific. Birds, ii. p. 221 (1827) ; Birds of 



W. Africa, i. p. 257, pi. 29 (1837). 

 Meleagris, Linn. S. N. i. p. 268 (1766) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 732 



(1788). 

 Meliarchus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xvi. p. 75 (1880) ; Orn. 



Papuasia, ii. p. 322 (1881). 

 Melias, Gloger, in Froriep's Notizen, xvi. p. 278 (1827) ; Lesson, 



Traite d'Orn. p. 130 (1831). 

 Melichaera, Reichenb. Handb. spec. Ornith. p. 130 (1852). 



Melicophila, Gould, Birds of Austr. iv. pi. 49, or pt. xv. (1844) ; 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 529 (1865). 

 Melidectes, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 694. 

 Melidipnus, Cab. et Rdchenow, J. f. 0. 1876, p. 321. 

 Melidora, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 249 (1831) ; Compl. d. Buffon, 



ix. p. 353 (1837) ; ed. 2, ii. p. 653 (1848). 



Melierax, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 5 (1840) ; ed. 2, p. 6 (1841) ; 

 Gen. B. i. p. 30 (1849; ; Hand-1. i. no. 110 (1869). 



Melignostes, Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 192. = MELIGNOTHES, 

 Cassin. 



Melignothes, Cassin, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 156. 



Melilestes, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. vii. p. 950 (1875); Orn. 

 Papuasia, ii. p. 312 (1881). 



Meliornis, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 15 (1840); ed. 2, p. 19 (1841); 

 Gen. B. i. p. 121 (1846) ; Hand-1. i. no. 605 (1869). 



Meliphaga, Lewin, Birds of New Holland, p. 7, pi. iii. (1808) ; 

 Vigors et Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 312 (1826). 



Meliphagus, Rafinesque, Analyse, p. 65 (1815). 

 Melipotes, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 695. 



Melirrhophetes, Meyer, Sitzungsb. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, Ixx. 

 pt. 1, p. 110 (1875). 



Melisseus, Hodgson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, x. pt. 1, p. 29 

 (1841) ; in Gray's Zool. Miscell. p. 84 (1844). 



Melisympotes, Reichenb. [teste Gray, List Gen. and Subgen. B. 

 no. 384 (1855)]. 



