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the lower mandible long and straight; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded and 
concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings long with the first quill half the length 
of the third; this latter with the fourth and the fifth the longest. Tail lengthened, 
much graduated and the end of the each feather acute. Tarsi long, much longer 
than the middle toe and covered in front with broad scales. Toes moderate, 
strongly scaled, with the outer toe shorter than the inner and united at the base; 
the claws long, strong and curved. 
poecilorhynchus Gray, Genera Birds II. 311. = Crypsirhina afra. 
rufigaster Gray, Genera Birds II. 311. — Spec. del. 
Corvus rufigaster Latham, Ind. Ornilh. [ — nec. Amydrus morio Supra I. 787.] 
Corvus octopennatus Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 243. 
Corvus ventralis Shaw, gener. Zool. VII. 377. 
senegalensis Swainson, Birds WAfrica I. 135. — v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 
1868. XVI. 305. = Crypsirhina afra. 
Glaucopis senegalensis Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Corac. 77. 
Sharal. 
PTILOTIS (Meliphagidae. — -rcuXo;; pennatus, ouç auris) Swainson, Classif. Birds 
1837. II. 326. =z Meliphaga Lewin. 
Synon.: Lichenostomus Cab. — Stomiopera, Foulehaio Reichb. 
Bill short; lateral toes almost equal. Tail slightly rounded, sometimes 
nearly even. 
analoga Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 103. = Meliphaga similis Gray. 
auricomis Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 37. = Meliphaga auricomis Vig. 
auriculata Gray, Ilandl. Birds I. 157. — Nova Guinea. 
auritus de Lafresnaye, Magaz. Zool. 1840. Ois. Tb. 11. = Pogonornis cincta 
Gray. 
carunculata Cassin, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. 1858. 103. = Meliphaga carun- 
culata Gray. [nec. Anthochaera inauris Gould, I. 375.] 
chrysops Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 45. = Meliphaga chrysops Jard. 
chrysotis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 155. = Anthochaera chrysotis. 
chrysotis Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 32. = Meliphaga Lewini. 
cincta Gray, Voy. Erebus Terror Birds 4. = Pogonornis cincta Gray. 
cinerea Sclaïer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873. 693. — Papuanos Arfak. 
Coquerelli Gould, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1869. 109. = Melophaga Coquerelli 
Gray. 
cratitiiis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 62. = Meliphaga cratitia 
Gould. 
fasciogularis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851. 285. = Meliphaga fasciogularis 
Gould. 
filigera Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 278. Tb. 34. = Anthochaera chrysotis. 
flava Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. X. 136. = Meliphaga Jlava Gray. 
flavescens Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839. VII. 144. — Meliphaga flavescens 
Gray. 
flavigula Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838. VI. 24. = Meliphaga flavicollis Gray. 
flaviventris Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. 428. — 
frenata Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874. 603. — Queensland. 
fumigata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 392. = Meliphaga fumata Müll. 
fusca Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 44. = Meliphaga fusca Gray. 
gracilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866. 227. — Meliphaga gracilis. 
Leadbeateri M'Coy, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1867. XX. 442. — Meliphaga cassidix 
Gray. 
leucotis Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 326. = Meliphaga leucotis Vig. 
Lewini Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 326. = Meliphaga Lewini. 
limbata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 392. = Meliphaga limhata Schleg. 
maculata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 392. = Meliphaga maculata Tem. 
megarhynchus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 174. =^ Meliphaga mega- 
rhijnchus. 
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