tSÉUDOPROCNÈ. — PSILORHAMPHUÖ. 
tical. Lateral outline of bill straight. Dorsal outline concave to the unguis. 
Unguis comparatively large, its chord forming more than a third of the total 
length of the culmen. Commisural edge of upper mandible not dilated. Inferior 
mandibular rami straight, divaricating at an acute angle; the lateral sulcus apparent. 
No groove for reception of fringe from upper mandible, which is either quite obsolete or 
imperfectly developped towards the end of the bill. Interramal space narrow, 
triangular, well feathered. Extension of feathers on side of lower mandible not 
further than those on culmen. Tail nroderately graduated. 
ariel Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 166. = Procellaria ariel Schleg. 
Banksi Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 166. = Procellaria Banksi Schleg. 
brevirostris Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 167. = Procellaria ariel 
Schleg. 
turtur Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 166. ~ Procellaria ariel Schleg. 
PSEUDOPROCNE Streubel, Oken's Isis 1848. 357. = Cypselus cayanensis Shaw. 
PSEUDOPS Hodgson 1841. = Esacus Lesson. » 
PSEUDOPTYNX (Subgen. Bubonis) Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 770. = Bubo pM- 
lippensis Schleg. 
PSEUDORNIS (Cuculidae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1839. VIH. 136. = 
Cuculus Lin. 
Synon.: Surniculus Less. — Cacangehis Cab, 
General character, essential characters of Cuculus with the entire aspect of 
Dicrourus. Tail 10, forked. 
dicruroides Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1839. VIII. 136. = Cuculus 
dicruroides Jerd. 
lugubris Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1839. VIII. 137. = Cuculus lugu- 
bris Horsf. 
PSEUDOSCOLOPAX semipalmata Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1848. XVII. 252. 
= Limosa semipalmata Schleg. 
PSEUDOSCOPS (Subgen. Oti) Kaup, Transact. Zool. Soc. 1862. IV. 231; Oken's ' 
Isis 1848. 769. = Otus Cuv. 
With smaller ear orifice without operculum, larger and projected bill. Wing 
short. First wingfeather as long as the tenth. First to fourth wingfeathers feably 
emarginated on the inner web. Toes completely naked and skaled, like the greater 
number of species of the genus Scops. 
Specc: Otus grammicus Kp., O. macrurus Kp. 
PSETJDOSEISURA (Subgen. Anabatis) Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. 1851. L 172. 
= Anabates Tem. 
Schnabelränder gerade, Firste und Unterschnabel genau in der Spitze ver- 
eint; Nasenloch von Federn bedeckt; Schwanz lang, Federn schmal und lang zu- 
gespitzt, stufig, äussere nur um ein Viertheil kürzer als mittle; Lauf lang. 
gutturalis Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 172. = Anabates gutturalis d'Orb. 
PSILOCNEMIS Gloger 1842. = Ortyxelos Meyffreni Vieill. 
PSILOPOGON pyrolophus Müller, nederl. Tijdschr. nat. Geschiecl. 1835. IL 339. 
Tb. 8. Fig. 3. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. IIL 430. = Megalaema pyro- 
lopha Gray. 
Bill large, broad at the base, with the sides suddendly compressed, and the 
culmen arched towards the tip, which is acute; the nostrils basal, lateral, and 
hidden by the projecting bristles that cover the base of the culmen. Wings mo- 
derate, with the fourth to the sixth quills the longest. Tail long and much 
rounded. Tarsi as long as the outer anterior toe and covered in front with 
broad scales. Toes long, the anterior outer toe longer than the posterior outer 
one; the claws moderate, compressed and curved. 
PSILOPOGON BoiE, teste Bonaparte. = Capito cayanensis Schleg. 
PSILORHAMPHUS (Eriodoridae. — ^ikoc, nudus, pa[J.90(; rostrum) Sclater, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1855. 90. = Formicivora Swains. 
Synon. : Leptorhynchiis Ménétr. 
Rostrum rectum, tenue, elongatum ut in generc Rhamphocaenus , sod brevius; 
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