SAUROTHERA. 
451 
MegarJiyncTius pitangua v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 112. 
Pitangus Maximiliani v. Berlepsch, Journ. Ornith. 1873. 260. 
Bienteveo o Pitangua Azara, Apuntam. II. 157. 
Bienteveo. 
parvus [Brasilia. 
Pitangus parvus v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. III. 
pusillus SwAiNSON, two Centur. 284. = Sanrophagus lictor Gray. 
rixosus Hartlaub, Verz. Mus. Bremen 48. = Machetornis rixosa Gray. 
rulipeiiiiis de Lafresnaye, Revue Mag. Zool. 1851. 473. [cf. *S. derhianus^ 
[Columbia. Carracas. Trinidad. 
Pitangus rufip^inis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 357. 
snlphuratus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 225. [Guiana. 
Lanius sulpthuratus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 137. -— Buffon, PI. enlum. 249. 296. 
Corvus leucogaster Boddaert, Tabl. PI. enlum. 
Corvus ßavus Gmelin, Syst. Nat, I. 373. 
Corvus flavigaster Latham, Ind. Ornith, T. 162. 
Tyr annus sulphur atus Vieillot, Oiseaux Amer. sept. 77. Tb. 47. 
Tyr annus magnanimus, T. carnivorus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 850. 
Megarhynchus sulphuratns Tiiunberg, Dissert. Megarhyncho. 
Pitangus sulphuratus Gray, List Genera Birds 41. 
Saurophagus ßavus Gray, Genera Birds I. 246. 
sulphuratus Gambell, Journ. acad. Philadelphia 1847. 39. = Saurophagus 
derbianus Kaup. 
sulphuratus Burmeister, syst. Uebers. Th. Brasil. II. 451. = Saurophagus 
" Maximiliani Gab. 
Swainsoni Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835. III. 185. = Saurophagus lictor Gray. 
Taylori [Portorico. 
Pitangus Taylori Sclater, Ibis 1864. VL 169. 
SA.IJROTHER.A (Cuculidae. — caDpoç lacerta, >/jpao venari). — Vieillot, 
Analyse 1816. 28. — de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1847. 353. — Gray, Genera 
Birds IL 452. 
Sijnon.: Coccyzus Tem. 
Bill longer than the head, rather slender and straight, with the culmen slightly 
sloping towards the tip , which is suddendly curved and hooked and the sides much 
compressed ; the gonys long and slightly ascending; the nostrils lateral and basal, 
with the opening oval and partly covered by a membrane. Wings moderate and 
rounded with the fourth , fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail lengthened, 
broad and graduated. Tarsi short', rather slender as long as the anterior toe and 
covered in front with broad scales. Toes rather long ; the outer lateral toes equal 
and longest; the claws moderate, compressed , curved and acute. — 4 Specc. 
bahamensis Bryant, Proc. Boston Coc. nat. hist. 1862. IX. 280. = Sauro- 
thera vetula Steph. 
Bottae Lesson, Traité Ornith. 145. = Geococcyx calif ornianus Baird. 
californiana Lesson, Compl. Buffon IV. 420. = Geococcyx calif ornianus Baird. 
domiiiiceiisis de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1847. 353. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
IV*. 90. [Hispaniola. 
Cuculus jamaicensis longirostris Brisson, Ornith. IV. 116. Tb. 17. Fig. 2. — 
Buffon, PI. enlum. 772. 
Coccyzus pluvialis Temminck, Tabl. méth. 53. 
Cuculus vetiUa Lesson, Man. Ornith. II. 121. 
Saurothera vetula Gray, List Genera Birds 72. 
Saurothera dominigensis Pz. Paul Würtbg. 
Coccygus dominicensis Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cuculi 40. 
gigantea de Lafresnaye. = Saurothera Merlini d'Orb. 
havanensis Pz. Paul Würtbg. =r Saurothera Merlini d'Orb. 
jamaicensis de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1847. 353. — Saurothera vetula Steph. 
marginata Kaup, Oken's Isis 1832. 961. = Saurothera mexicanus Strickl. 
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