PROSORINIA. — PRYMNACANTHA. 
313 
PROSORINIA (Muscicapidcio) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1343. XII. 450. = 
Muscicapa Lin. 
Bill moderate, trush like, but much more depressed and greatly excided at 
base by nareal and gular cavities and both tips armed. Nitres large, ovoid, free, 
lateral and typical; rictus wide, with short curling bristles which partly tend over 
the nostrils. Wings medial, firm, turdine, but rather less acuminate, with the 
fourth primary longest. Tail firm, rounded. Legs and feet simple, ambulatory, 
turdine, but the tarsi shorter tough not less strong and thumbs longer. 
Hodgsoni Blyth, Journ. as, Soc. Bengal 1842. XI. 182. = Prosorinia pur- 
purea HODGS. 
purpurea Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 450. — Blyth, ibid. 
1842. XL 182. — Nepal. 
Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, ibid. 1836. V. 359. 
Prosorinia Hodgsoni Blyth, ibid. 1842. XI. 182. 
Muscicapa purpurea Supra H. 730. 
viridis Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 450. — Nepal 
Cochoa viridis Hodgson, ibid. 1836. V. 359. 
Muscicapa viridis Supra II. 730. 
PROSTHESIADERA. (Meliphaginae. — 7rpoçTj{j.a appendix, Sspov cutis). — 
Gray, List Genera 1840; Genera Birds 1846. L 122. 
The characters are very like those of the genus Anthochaera, except that the 
icings are moderate with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest, and the third, 
fourth, fifth and sixth more or less emarginated in the middle of the inner webs 
and the tail long, broad and rounded on the sidez. — / Spec. 
novae ^calaiidiae Gray, List Genera Birds 20. [Nova Zealandia. 
Merops novae Seelandiae Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 464. 
Merops cinclnnata Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 275. 
Sturnus crispicollis DaûDîn, Traité Ornith. II. 314. 
Certhia cinclnnata Forster, Descr. anim. 78. 
Meliphaga concinnata Temmlnxk, Anal. LXXXVII. 
Philemon cincinnata Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 613. 
Prosthemadera concinnata Gray, List Genera Birds 3. 
Meliphaga novae Zealandiae Ellman, Zoologist 1861. 7466. 
Lamprotornis novae Zealandiae Schlegel, Jaarbook Gesellsch. Nat. art. 
Mag. 1865. 
Roghee etooce. Pohe Poe. Toiii. Toi. Koko. Kogo. 
PROTOCOSSYPHUS cyaneus v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1869. XVII. 145. = 
Monticola cijana BoiE. 
PROTONOTARIA (Sylvicolidae) Baird, Birds NAmerica 1858. 239; Review Amer. 
Birds 173. = Mniotilta Vieill. 
It is well characterized by its long, distinctly notched bill and long wings, 
which are an inch longer than the slightly graduated tail. The under tail coverts 
are very long, reaching within half an inch of the tip of the tail. The tarsi and 
hind toe are proportionally are longer than in the true warblers. 
citrea Baird, Birds NAmerica 239. = Mniotilta citrea Gray. 
PRUNELLA (Sylviadae) Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 43. = Accentor Bechst. 
Bee fin, droit, subule, aigu à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; 
la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. Ailes courtes, a penne bâ- 
tarde; la première rémige plus courte que la cinquième, la troisième la plus longue. 
Typus: Fauvette de haie Biiffon. 
PRYMNACANTHA (Trochilidae. — 7cpu[xva — axav^a spina) Cabanis, Mus. 
Heine. 1860. III. 64. = Trochilus Lin. 
Si/non.: Gonldia, Goiildomyia Bonap. — Popelairia Reichb. 
Conversi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 65. = Trochilus Conversi Bourg. 
Laetitiae Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 64. = Trochilus Laetitiae Bourc. 
Langsdorffi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 65. — Trochilus Langsdorf fi Vieill. 
Popelairei Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 64. = Trochilus Popelairei Dub. 
