384 
PYCNOPHRYS. — PYCTORIS. 
Brachypodius squamatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium T. 264. 
striatus Gray, Genera Birds I. 237. [Nepal. Darjiling. 
Trichophorus striatus Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1842. XL 184. 
Alcurus striatus Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 570. 
Criniger striatus Blytii, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 208. 
Ilaematornis striatus Hodgson, Cat. Birds Nepal 89. 
Alcurus nipalensis Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 83. 
Susanii Gray, Genera Birds I. 237. = Criniger Susanii. 
tigus Gray, Genera Birds I. 237. [Sumatra. 
Ixus tigus MÜLLER, Mus. lugdun. 
Brachypus tigus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. 
Otocompsa tigus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 271. 
tricolor Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 131. [Angola. 
Ixos tricolor Hartlaub, Ibis 1862. 341. 
tristis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 268. = Pycnonotus nigricans Gray. 
tynipanistria Gray, Genera Birds I. 237. [Sumatra. 
Ixos tympanistrigus Müller, Tijdschr. nat. Geschied. 1835. II. 382. 
Brachypus tympanistria Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. 
Ixos cristatellus Mus. lugdun. 
Otocompsa tympanistrigus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 271. 
xantholaenius Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XIII. 122; lUustr. Birds India Tb. 25. 
— Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 568. [Madras. 
Brachypus xantholaemus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. 
Konda Poda Pigli. 
xanthorrhous Anderson, Proc. as. Soc. Bengal 1869. 265. [China. 
Ixos Andersoni Swinhoe, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1870. V. 175. 
Yourdini Gray, Genera Birds I. 237. = Pycnonotus Gourdini Gray. 
PYCNOPHRYS grammiceps Strickland, Contrib. Ornith. 1849. II. Tb. 34. Fig. 1. 
= Acanthiza grammiceps Bonap. 
M'Calli Cassin, Proc. acad. Phildelphia 1855. 226. = Acanthiza M'Calli. 
PYCNOPTILUS (Maluridae. — tcuxvoç densus, tctcXoç pennatus) Gould, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1850. XVIII. 95. Sphenura Lichtst. 
Bill much shorter than the head; gonys and culmen gradually descending; 
upper mandible notched at the tip; nostrils covered with a distinct operculum; 
base of the bill beset with very fine feeble hairs; wings very short, round and 
concave, the sixth primary the longest; tail short, rounded, feathers very broad 
and of a soft texture; tarsi strong and somewhat lengthened compared with tiie 
size of the birds; hind toe strong and armed with a rather long claw; fore toes 
and nails rather feeble, the outer and inner toes of equal length; plumage dense, 
lengthened and silky, especially on the flanks. 
floccosus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. XVIII. 279. = Sphenura floccosa. 
PYCNORHAMPHUS cucullatus Rosenberg, nederl. Tijdschr. Indie 1866. XXIX. 
143. = Sphecotheres ßaviventris Gould. 
PYCNORHAMPHUS Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. Birds II. 469. = Coccothraustes 
icterodes Vig. 
PYCTES Hodgson 1841. = Perdix Briss. 
PYCTORIS (Napodinae) Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 24. = Timalia 
HORSF. 
Synon.: Clirysomma Hodgs. — Pyctorhis Agass. — Pictoris Jerd. 
Bill short, strong, perfectly entire, arched throughout the culminai and tomial 
lines; nareal fosse and scale obsolete; rictus with very strong short bristles; orbits 
nude; wings short and feeble, the first two quills much, the next two little grad- 
ated; third pair equal and longest; tail long, broad and gradated troughout; 
legs and feet typically Crateropodan , with a high strong tarse; toes medial, un- 
equal, central not elongated, laterals unequal, hind large; nails large, but not 
much curved nor acute; hind one largest. 
