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superciliosa Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 9. [Brasilia. 
Polytmus cayanensis longicaudus Brisson, Ornith. III. 686. 
Trochilus superciliosus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 189. — Lichtenstein, Erman's 
Reise Atlas 2. 
Trochilus Petrei Delattre, Revue Zool. 1839. 20. 
Trochilus brasiliensis Cabanis, Schomb. Reise III. 708. 
Phaethornis Pretrei Gray, Genera Birds I. 104. — Gould, Monogr. Trochil. 
L Tb. 28. 
Trochilus af finis Natterer, Mscr. 
Phaethornis a/finis v. Pelzeln, Wiener Sitzgsberichte 1857. 157. 
superciliosa Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 330. = Phaethornis malaris Gray. 
syriTiatophora Gould, Monogr. Trochil. I. Tb. 20. — Salvin et Elliot, Ibis 
1873. III. 8. [Eespubl. aequat. 
villosus Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York 1858. VI. 259. = Phaethornis hi- 
spida Gould. 
viridicaudata Gould, Monogr. Trochil. I. Tb. 33. = Phaethornis Aspasiae. 
yaruqiii Reichenbach, Aufzähl. Colibri 14. — Gould, Monogr. Trochil. I. 
Tb. 27. [Respubl. aequat. 
Trochilus yaruqui Bourcier, Compt. rend. 1851. XXXII. 187. 
Guyornis yaruqui Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 249. 
Toxoteuches yaruqui Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 11. 
zonura Gould, Monogr. Trochil. L Tb. 34; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860. 305. 
[Peruvia. 
Pygmornis zonura Gould, Introd. Monogr. Trochil. 43. 
PHAETHUSA (Laridae) Wagler, Oken's Isis 1832. 1224. — Gray, Genera Birds 
1846. IN. 660. Sterna Lin. 
Synon.: Phaetusa Wagl. — Phoetusa Gray. — Thalassites Swains. 
Bill large, strong, longer than the head, with the culmen and lateral 
margins curved to the tip, which is acute; the gonys less than the length of the 
lower mandible, straight and angulated; the nostrils lateral, ovate, placed towards 
the middle of the bill. Wings long, with the first quill the longest. Tail rather 
short and strongly emarginated. Tarsi nearly as long as the outer toe. Toes 
short, the two outer ones nearly equal and longest, the inner one very short, 
and all united by an indented web; the hind toe long and slender; the claws 
long, curved and rather depressed. 
chloropoda Gray, Handl. Birds III. 120. = Sterna Troudeaui Audub. 
elegans Gray, Handl. Birds III. 120. = Sterna elegans Gamb. 
galericulata Gray, Genera Birds III. 660. = Sterna galericulata Lichtst. 
magnirostris Gray, Genera Birds III. 660. = Sterna magnirostris Lichtst. 
melanotis Gray, Genera Birds III. 660. — Sterna caspica Pall. 
Troudeaui Gray, Genera Birds III. 660. = Sterna Troudeaui Audub. 
PHAETON (Pelecanidae. — ças^ov nom. propr.). — Linne, Syst. Nat. 1756. 
— Gray, Genera Birds III. — Brandt, Mém, Acad. Petersbg. 1840. III. 239. 
— Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Pelec. 43. — Degland, Ornith. Europ. II. 360. 
Synon.: Phaethon Illig. — Lepturus Moehr. — Tropicophilus Leach. — Phoeni- 
curus Bonap. 
Bee de la longueur de la tête; médiocrement robuste, comprimé, convexe en 
dessus, à mandibules presque égales, finement dentelées sur les bords ^ la supérieure 
légèrement inclinée à la pointe; narines basales, latérales^ courtes; ailes allongées, 
sur aiguës; queue conique, les deux rectrices médianes, très longues et étroites^ toutes 
les autres courtes; bas des jambes nu sur une faible étendue; doigt médian plus 
long que le tarse; pouce très petit articulé en de dans du tarse et dirigé en avant. 
— 3 Specc. 
aethereus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 219. — Vigors, Beechey's Voyage 37. — 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Pelec. 43. — Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. Förhdlg. 
1869. 590. [Oceanus tropicus. 
Lepturus Brisson, Ornith. VI. 480. • 
OuBEii, Thesaurus. III. Q 
