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PAECILA. — PALAEOPERDIX. 
vericunda Reichenrach, Singvögel 41. = Amadina rubrinigra. 
PAECILA Bonaparte 1850. —^Poecile Kaup. 
PAECILOPTERNIS Bonaparte 1849. Poeciloiiternis Kaup. 
PAECILOPTERYX Bonaparte 1849. c=r Poecilopteryx Kaup. 
PAECILORNIS Bonaparte 1849. = Poecilornis Kaup. 
PAEOCEPHALUS Strickland 1841. Poicephalus Swains. 
PAGODROMA (Procellaridcae) Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 768. — Coues, 
Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 159. = Procellaria Lin. 
Rostrum brcvissimum; unguis posticus validissimus. Color Candidus, 
nivea Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 768. = Procellaria nivea Gmel. 
PAGONETTA Kaup, Entwickl. Thiere 1829. 66. = Anas glacialis Lin. 
PAGOPHILA (Laridae. — xayo^ glacies, çlXsg) amare) Kaup, Entwickl. Thier. 
1829. 69. — Gray, Genera Birds III. 655. = Larus Lin. 
Synon.: Gavia Boie. — Catosparactes Macgill. 
Bill rather strong, straight and compressed, with the basal portion of the 
culmen straight, and the apical part curved to the tip; the gonys much angulated 
beneath and advancing upwards; the nostrils lateral, basal and longitudinal. Wings 
lengthened and pointed, with the first quill the longest. Tail moderate and even. 
Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, strong and covered with transverse scales. 
Toes strong, the lateral ones unequal, the anterior ones united by an indented 
web; the hind toe short and elevated. 
brachytarsus Baird, Birds NAmerica 856. — Larus brachytarsus Hole. 
nivea Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 295. = Larus brachytarsus Hole. 
eburnea Kaup, Entwickl. Thier. 69. = Larus eburneus Gmel. 
PAGTJROTHERA (Alcedinidae. — t:oljo\)Çioç cancer, ^Yjpao venor) Cabanis, Mus. 
Heine. 1860. II. 152. = Dacelo Leach. 
Synon.: Halcyon Bonap. — Chelicutia Reichb. 
chelicuti Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 152. = Dacelo chelicuti Schleg. 
fuscicapilla Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 153. = Dacelo albiventris Schleg. 
orientalis Cabanis, v. d. Decken's Reise III. 36. — Dacelo orientalis. 
variegata Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 152. = Dacelo variegata. 
PALAEEUIIiYPTES antarcticus Huxley, Quart. Journ. Geol. 1859. XV. 
675. c. fig. — Hector, Transact. New Zeal. Instit. 1871. 341. Tb. 17. 18. 
Gen. spec. foss. tert. [Nova Zealandia. 
PALAEGITHALUS (Passerinae) Milne Edwards, Compt. rend. 1872. Avril 
1033; Rech. Ois. foss. H. Tb. 161. Fig. 2. — Gen. foss. tert. 
Cuvieri Milne Edwards, 1. c. spec, eocaen. [Parisii. 
Sitta Cuvieri Gervais, Pal. franç. 228. Tb. 50. Fig. 2. 
PALAEOCIRCüS Cavieri Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. IL Tb. 185. 
Fig. 16. — Gen. spec. foss. tert. 
PALAEOHIERAIL Gervaisi Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. IL Tb. 183, 
Fig. 1 — 10. — Gen. spec. foss. tert. 
PALAELODUS Milne Edwards, Compt. rend. 1872. Avril 1032; Rech. Ois. 
foss. 1. 60. — Gen. foss. tert. 
anibigaus Milne Edwards, 1. c. 60. Tb. 82 — 85. Mioc. [Allier. 
crassipes Milne Edwards, 1. c. 77. Tb. 88. 89. Mioc. [Allier. 
goliath Milne Edwards, 1. c. 79. Tb. 87. 88. Mioc. [Allier. 
gracilipes Milne Edwards, 1. c. 73. Tb. 85. 86. Mioc. [Allier. 
iniuatus Milne Edwards, 1. c. 75. Tb. 86. Mioc. [Allier. 
PALAEOPERDIX Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. 245. — Gen. foss. tert. 
longipes Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. 245. Tb. 130. Fig. 28. 31. miocaen. 
[Sansan. 
prisca Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. 246. Tb. 131. Fig. 1 — 17. miocaen. 
[Sansan. 
sansauensis Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. 249. Tb. 131. Fig. 18 — 21. mioc. 
[Sansan. 
