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PHYSOCORAX. — PIAYA. 
PHYSOCORAX moneduloides Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1853. XXXVII. 829. = 
Cornis moneduloides Less. 
PHYSTA Gray, Handl. Birds geu. 100. synoii. = Physeta Vieill. 
FHYTOTOflA. (Phytotomidae. — çutov planta, tsjjlvm secare). — Molina, 
Sag. 1st. nat. Chili 1782. — Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 903. — d'Orbigny, Voy. 
Amér4-mérid. 291. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. II. 390. 
Si/non.: Ptytotoma Bole. 
Bill short strong, broad at the base, and the sides gradually' compressed 
towards the tip, with the culmen elevated and rather arched and the lateral mar- 
gins straight and finely serrated; the nostrils basal, small and ovoid. Wings 
moderate^ with the first two quills graduated and the third, fourth and fifth equal 
and longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi strong, shorter than the middle toe 
and covered with transverse scales. Toes long and slender, luith the lateral ones 
unequal; the hind toe long and all armed with long curved claws. — 3 Specc. 
angnstirostris d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 292. Tb. 29. Fig. 1. 
[Bolivia. Peruvia. 
Bloxhami Children, Griff. Anim. kingd. II. 319. = Phytotoma rar a Mol. 
ferreirostre Leadbeater, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1829. XVI». 85. — Cocco- 
thraustes ferreirostris. 
Molinae Lesson, Institut 1874. 316. = Phytotoma rar a Mol. 
rara Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili 235. — Gray, Genera Birds IL Tb. 95. — 
d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 293. [Chili, 
Phytotoma Bloxhami Children, Griff. Anim. kingd. II. 319. — Jardine et 
Selby, Illustr. Ornith. L Tb. 4. ? 
Phytotoma silens Kittlitz, Vögel Chili 3. Tb. 1. — de Lafresnaye, Magaz. 
Zool. 1832. Ois. Tb. 5. 
Phytotoma Molinae Lesson, L'Institut 1834. 316. 
Rara. 
rntila Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 903. — d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 293. 
Tb. 29. Fig. 1. — Burmeister, Reise La Plata II. 451. [Montevideo. 
Habia dentudo Azara, Apuntam I. 366. 
Chingolo grande Hudson, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1872. 537. 
silens Kittlitz, Vögel Chili 3. Tb. 1. = Phytotoma rara Mol. 
tridactyla Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 903. — Buffon, Hist. nat. Oiseaux III. 
471. — Abyssinia. 
PIAYA (Cuculidae) Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 139. — Gray, Genera Birds 
1836. IL 456. = Coccygus Boie. 
Bill moderate, broad at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides 
compressed to the entire tip; the lateral margin curved and the gonys long and 
nearly straight; the nostrils sunk in a broad short groove, with the opening an- 
terior, oblique and suboval. Wings long and rounded, with the 5. 6. 7. quills equal 
and longest. Tail lengthened, broad and graduated. Tarsi as long as the middle 
toe and covered in front with broad scales. Toes unequal and rather slender, 
claws long, compressed and curved. 
americana Lesson, Traité Ornith. 142. ~ Coccygus americanus Bonap. 
brachyptera Lesson, Traité Ornith. 140. — Coccygus melanogaster. 
brasiliana Lesson, Revue Zool. 1839. 41. = Diplopterus chochi Gray. 
cayana Lesson, Traité Ornith. 140. = Diplopterus cay anus Tem. 
cayana Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia IV. 91. = Coccygus Mehleri. 
cayana Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 110. = Coccygus mexicanus. 
cayanensis Gambel, Journ. aca^. Philadelphia 1849. I. 215. = Coccygus 
mexicanus. 
chiri Vieillot, chiriri Gray, Genera Birds II. 457. = Diplopterus chochi Gray. 
chrysogaster Lesson, Traité Ornith. 140. = Phoenicophaes javanicus Horsf. 
cinerea Gray, Genera Birds II. 457. — Coccygus cinereus Vieill. 
cinnamomeiventris de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1846. 321. = Coccygus plu- 
vialis Schleg.' 
