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Rostro tenuiorc, subulato, acuto, culmine medio arcuato, caudaque cmarginata. 
insignis Heine, Journ. Ornith. 1860. VIII. 193. — Indicator insignis Hartl. 
regulus SuNDEVALL, Oefvers. vet. akad. Forlidlg. 1850. 109. = Indicator re- 
gulus Hartl. 
PROECILORNIS Lesson, 1844. — Poecilornis Haktl. 
PROEPYGIA Hodgson, 1846. = Pnoepyga Hodgs. 
PROGNE (Hirundinidae. — procne nom., propr.) Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 971; 
1844. 177. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 1858. 314; Review amer. Birds 271. 
= Hirundo Lin. 
Synon.: Procne Desm. 
Body stout. Bill robust, lengthened; lower or commissural edge of maxilla 
sinuated, decidely convex for basal half, then as concave to the tip, the lower 
mandible falling within its chord. Nostrils superior, broadly open and nearly cir- 
cular, without any adjacent membrane, the edges rounded. Legs stout. Tarsus 
equal to middle toe without claw; the joint feathered; lateral toes about equal; 
the basal joint of the middle toe half free internally, rather less so externally. 
Claws strong, much curved. 
chalybea Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 178. = Hirundo chahjbea Gmel. 
cryptoleuca Baird, Review amer. Birds 277. = Hirundo purpurea Lix. 
domestica Gray, Gênera Birds I. 59. = Hirundo chahjbea Gmel. 
dominicensis Sclater, Ibis 1859. I. 13. — Hirundo chalybea Gmel. 
dominicensis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 178. = Hirundo dominicensis Gmel. 
elegans Baird, Review amer. Birds 275. = Hirundo purpurea Lin. 
furcata Baird, Review amer. Birds 278. = Hirundo purpurea Lin. 
fusca^ Gray, Genera Birds I. 59. = Hirundo fusca Vieill. 
leucogastra Baird, Review Birds Amer. 280. = Hirundo chalybea Gmel. 
modesta Baird, Review Birds Amer. 278. = Hirundo modesta. 
pascuum Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 178. = Hirundo tapera Lin. 
purpurea Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 971. = Hirundo purpurea Lin. 
subis Baird, Review amer. Birds 274. = Hirundo purpurea Lin. 
tapera Cabanis, Schomb. Reise III. 672. = Hirundo tapera Lin. 
PROGNORNIS macrura Reichenbach, Aufz. Colibri 1 1. — Polytmus macrurus Gould^ 
PROITHERA diurna Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. H. 339. = Podager nacunda 
Gray. 
Rictus almost smooth. Wings very long, equal to the tail, which is short and 
even. Tarsus very naked. 
PROMEPICUS de Lafresnaye, teste Gray. = Capito Vieill. 
PROMEROPS (Nectarinidae) Brisson, Ornith. 1760. = Lesson, Traité Ornith. 
1832. 322. = Ptiloturus Swains. 
Synon.: Falcinellus Vieill. — Ptihirus Strickl. 
Bee allongé, grêle, mince, terminé en pointe effilée et aiguë, comprimé sur les 
côtés, un peu convexe en dessus; narines ouvertes en fente longitudinale; ailes 
allongées, pointues, dépassant le croupion; tarses médiocres, scutellés, terminés par 
trois doigts, dont l'intermédiaire dépasse notablement les deux latéraux; ongles 
antérieurs faibles; pouce robuste. Queue très longue, étagée, composée de rectrices 
rubanées. 
cafer Gray, Genera Birds I. 96. ~ Ptiloturus cafer Gray. 
capensis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 322. = Ptiloturus cafer Gray. 
PROPARUS (Liotrichidae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 938. = 
Leiothrix Swains. 
Synon.: Certhiparus, Minla Hodgs. 
Bill quite Parian and entire, but the nostrils are implumose and furnished 
with an arched scale. Head crested. Wings short, bowed, with four quills gra- 
dated and the three next longest. Tail narrow and cuneate as in the last. Tarse 
elevate and strong. Anteal digits not shortened, hind lengthened and with its 
great nail much exceeding the laterals and nearing the middle toe and nail; nails 
large but moderadly curved. 
