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PHOENTCURUS. — PHONASCA. 
plumbea Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835. III. 185. = Ruticilla fuliginosa Gray. 
Reevesi Gray, Zool. Miscell. 1832. 1. = Ruticilla aurorea Gray, 
Reevesi Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 963. = Ruticilla Hodg- 
soni Moore. 
rubeculoides Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831. I. 35. = Muscicapa elegans. 
rubricaria Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 8. = Ruticilla fuliginosa Gray. 
ruticilla Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 240. = Ruticilla phoenicura Bonap. 
schisticeps Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 83. = Ruticilla schisticeps Hodgs. 
suecica Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 240. = Cyanecula suecica Brehm. 
superciliaris Jerdon, Madras Journ, XIII. 170. — Cyanecula cyana. 
PHOENICURTJS rubicaudus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium IL 183. — Phaeton 
rubicaudus Bodd. 
PHOENIOCICHIA (Pittidae. — çolvloç sanguineus, xl^Xt] turdus) Cabanis, Mus. 
Heine. 1860. II. 5. — Phoenicocichla autor. 
granatina Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 5. ^ Pitta granatina Tem. 
PHOENISOMA (Sylvicolidae. — cpoLvixoç purpureus, aw[xa corpus) Swainson, 
Classif. Birds 1837. II. 283. = Phoenicosoma Cab. 
Bill lenghtened , conic. The upper mandible strongly sinuated or obsoletely 
toothed in the middle of the commissure. — Bill subconic, cylindrical, or some- 
times with the base broader than high; the tip reflected and notched; the margin 
of the upper mandible with an angulated or toothlike lobe in the middle and 
folding over the edge of the lower mandible. Nostrils small, concealed by the 
short frontal feathers. Wings lengthened and pointed; the first quill hardly shorter 
than the second which is the longest. Tail moderate, even or slightly rounded. 
Feet very short. Middle toe longer than the tarsus; inner toe rather shorter than 
the outer; hind toe not quite so lang as the tarsus. 
Omnes species conf. Phoenicosoma Cab. 
PHOETHORNIS (Trochilidae) Swainson, Zool. Journ. 1827. III. 357. ^ Pha'ê- 
thornis Swains. 
superciliosa Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 330. =■ Phaethornis malaris Gray. 
PHOETUSA Gray, List Birds brit. Mus. 1840. = Phaetusa Wagl. 
PHOLEOPTYNX Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 769. = Noctua cunicularia d'Orb. 
PHOLID AUGES (Lamprotornithinae. — cpoXiç squama, au-yv] splendor) Cabanis, 
Mus. Heine. 1851. I. 198. — Hartlaub, ÎBremer Abhdlgn. 1874. IV. 75. :r=: 
Lamprotornis Tem. 
Sijnon.: Calornis Bonap. 
Rostrum breviusculum, gracile, emarginatum, apicem versus compressus; cul- 
mine arcuato, naribus apertis. Alae médiocres, caudae dimidium vix attingentes, 
remigibus 2 — 4 caeteris longioribus subaequalibus. Cauda aequalis mediocris. Pedes 
majusculi, unguibus longis; digitus externus interno longior. Ptilosis nitidissima; 
plumae apice dilatato truncatae, squamarum instar positae. Color violaceus in 
maribus praevalet. Maculae holosericeae alarum nullae. Fenina a mare plane 
diversa maculata. 
leucogaster Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 198. = Lamprotornis leucogaster Swains. 
Verreauxi Hartlaub, Bremer Abhdlgn. 1874. IV. 79. — Angola. 
PHOLIDOCOMA musica Reichenbach, Singvögel 55. = Estrilda musica Gray. 
PHOLIDORNIS Rushiae Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfrica 54. = Dicaeum Rushiae Cass. 
rubrifrons Sharpe, Ibis 1872. IL 182. — Fanti. 
Pholidus Gray, List Genera Birds 1840. = Phodilus Geoffr. 
PHONASCA (Euphoninae. — çovaaxoç cantor) Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1860. 
VIIL 330. =z Euphona Desm. 
Hierher alle Euphonaarten vom Typus der Euphona violacea u. Eu. chlorotica. 
affinis Cabanis, 1. c, 332. = Euphona affinis Less. 
brachyptera Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1865. XIII. 410. = Euphona affinis Less. 
chalybaea Cabanis, Journ. Oniith. 1860. VIIL 330. = Euphona chalyhaea Sclat. 
chlorotica Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1860. VIII. 330. — Euphona chlorotica LiCHTèiT. 
concinna Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1860, VIII. 330. — Euphona concinna Sclat. 
