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PODASOCIS. — PODTCA. 
Podargus superciliaris Gkay, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1801. 428. Tb. 42. 
papueusis Quoy ct Gaimard. Voy. Astrolabe Zool. 207. Tb. 13. 
[Nova Guinea. Waigiu. Salwatti. 
parvulus Schlegel, Journ. Ornith. 185G. IV. 460. — Batrachostomus affinis 
Blyth. 
phalaeiioides Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839. VIII. 142; Birds Australia II. 
Tb. 5. [Australia sept. 
Podargus Vincendoni Puciiekan, Voy. Pol Sud II. 92. Tb. 21. Fig. 1. 
Nij ane. — In ner jin nert. 
pliimiferus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 104; Birds Australia II. Tb. G. 
[Neu Südwales. 
podargus Dumont. = Podargus humeralis Vig. 
Stanleyanus Vigors et Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 182G. XV. 197. ~ 
Podargus megacephalus Gould. 
stellatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 43. = Batrachostomus* jamnensis 
Gould. 
strigoides Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1843. 194. = Podargus humeralis Y ig. 
superciliaris Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G1. 428. Tb. 42. = Podargus ocel- 
latus QG. 
Vicendoni Puciieran, Voy. Pol Sud II. 92. Tb. 21. Fig. 1. = Podargus 
phalaenoides Gould. 
PODASOCIS (Charadriidae. — Kohaç okuç celeripes) Coues, Proc. acad. Philadel 
phia 1866. 96. = Charadrius Lin. 
Bill two thirds as long as the skull; equal to the middle toe and claw; but 
little more than half the tarsus. Wing of 'noderate length, reaching when fol- 
ded beyond the tail; second primary nearly as long as the first. Tail exceedingly 
short, contained twice in the length of the wing from the carpus; square; the 
rectrices broad to their obtusely rounded tips. Legs stout and very long; denuded 
portion of the tibia two thirds as long as the tarsus, the latter nearly twice 
as long as the middle toe and claw; tibia and tarsus entirely covered with small, 
polygonal, reticulated plates, largest on the anterior face of the tarsus. Toes 
very short and stout; lateral ones unequal in length; tip of inner claw nearly 
reaching base of outer lateral one; tip of the latter falling short of the base of 
the middle one. Claws short, obtuse and little curved. 
montanus Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 96. = Charadrius asia- 
ticus Pall. 
PODICA (Heliornithidae). — Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 596. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1844. III. 634. — Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium IL 182. 
Synon.: Rhigelura Wagl. — Podoa Illig. 
Bill like that of the genus Heliornis, but the wings moderate, with the third, 
fourth and fifth quills the longest. Tail lengthened, rounded and composed of long 
narrow feathers, with the shaft of each strong at the base. Tarsi shorter than 
the middle toe and scutellated in front. Toes long and margined with a broad 
lobed membrane; the lateral ones unequal; the hind toe long and margined with a 
broad lobe; the claws short and curved. — 3 Sx^ecc. 
Josephina Gray, Handl. Birds III. 69. = Podica senegalensis Less. 
luossanibica Peters, berlin. Monatsber. 1853. 783. — La yard. Birds SAfr. 
375. ^ [Mossambique. 
Podica Peter si Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1854. II. 
Heliornis impipi Lichtenstein, Nomenclator 104. 
Podoa mossambicana Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 182. 
personata Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848. 90. Tb. 4. — Bonaparte, Conspect. 
Avium II. 182. [Sumatra. Malacca. 
Podoa personata Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 22. 
Heliornis personata Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Urinat. 49. 
Petersi Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1864. II. = Podica mossambica Pet. 
scuegaleusis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 596. [Africa occid. 
