372 PTILOTHERON. — PTILOTURUS. 
megarhynchus var. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 155. = Meliphaga rostrata. 
melanophrys Sclatek, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873. 693. — Papuanos Arfak. 
notata Gould, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1867. XX. 269. = Meliphaga notata. 
olivacea Gray, TIandl. Birds I. 157. — ? 
ornata Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 39. = Meliphaga ornata Gray. 
penicillata Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 43. = Meliphaga penicillata 
Gray. 
plumula Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 40. ~ Meliphaga plumula Gray. 
polygramma Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. 429. — Meliphaga polygramma. 
procerior Hartlaub u. Finsch, Fauna Centralpol. 62. — Meliphaga procerior. 
pyrrhotis Meyer, Wiener Sitzgsber. 1874. LXX. 206; Ibis 1875. V. 147. 
— Jobi. 
reticulata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 392. — Meliphaga reticulata Tem. 
rostrata Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865. 478. — Meliphaga rostrata. 
similis Pucheran, Voy. Pol Sud 89. = Meliphaga similis Gray. 
sonora Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 33. = Meliphaga sonora Gray. 
sonoroides Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. 428. — Meliphaga sonoroides. 
striolata Gray, Handl. Birds I. 157. ~ Meliphaga striolata Mull. 
tincta DuBus. — Nova Hollandia. 
unicolor Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 46. = Meliphaga unicolor. 
versicolor Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 34. = Meliphaga versicolor. 
virescens Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863. 494. — Meliphaga virescens. 
vittata Gray, Handl. Birds I. 156. = Meliphaga sonora Gray. 
PTILOTHERON Bonaparte 1854. = Kurutreron Bonap. 
PTILOTURUS BoiE, Oken's Isis 1826. ^ Irrisor Lesson. 
aterrimus Stephens, gener. Zool. XIV. 257. — Irrisor aterrimus Gray. 1 
coeruleus Shaw, natur, Miscell. Tb. 985. = Irrisor indiens Gray. j 
cyanomelas Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 439. — Irrisor cyanomelas Gray. 
cyanomelas Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 28. — Irrisor aterrimus Gray. ; 
erythrorhynchus Shaw, natur. Miscell. Tb. 533. Irrisor capensis Less. 
Gurneyi Verreaux, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 335. Tb. 8. = Irrisor capensis j 
Less. ? 
icterorhynchus v. Heuglin, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. = Irrisor Cahanisi Filippi. 
melanorhynchus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 12. = Irrisor capensis Less. 
minor Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 25. Tf. 8. = Irrisor minor Gray. 
olivaceus Vieillot, Oiseaux dor. I. Tb. 5. = Meliphaga olivacea Gray. 
purpuratus Swainson. = Irrisor cyanomelas Gray. 
pusillus Swainson, Birds WAfr. II. 128. — Irrisor aterrimus Gray. 
senegalensis Swainson, Birds WAfr. II. 117. = Irrisor capensis Less. 
striatus Shaw, gener. Zool. XIV. — Epimachus magnus Cuv. I 
superbus Shaw, gener. Zool. XIV. Epimachus magnus Cuv. j 
Theophilei Prévost, Lefeb. Ois. Abyss. 166. = Irrisor Theophilei Heugl. 
PTILOTURUS (Nectarinidae. — tctiXo^ pennatus, oupa cauda). — Swainson, si 
Classif. Birds 1837. II. 327. 
Synon.: Ptilurus Strickl. (recte). — Chalcostetha Cab. — Herniothimia Reichb. 
Bill much lengthened, slightly curved; the u^yper mandible dilated and folding 
over the base of the under; the margins of both inflected towards their tips. 
Nostrils lengthened; the aperture linear. Wings moderate, rounded; the first quill 
spurious; the four next very broad at their base and emarginate at the inner 
web. Lateral claws xmequal. Tail very long, graduated; the middle feathers lax 
and narrow. — 5 Specc. 
aspasia [Celebes. Banda. Amboina. Nova Guinea. ■ 
Cinnyris aspasia Lesson, Voy. Coquille Tb. 30. Fig. 4. 
Cinnyris sericea Lesson, Man. Ornith. II. 413. 
Nectarinia aspasia Jardine, Sun Birds 272. — - Müller, Verhdl. nat. 
Gescb. nederl. Bezitt. 58. 
Chalcostetha aspasia Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 103. 
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