SCYTHROPS. — SECRETARIUS. 
475 
Scytalopus albiventris Jardine, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. 116. Tb. 76. Fig. 2. 
Pteroptochus albiventris, Ft. indigoticus Gray, Genera Birds. 
Merulaxis undulatus de Lafresnaye, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. 
Hypocnemis striativentris Salvadori, Atti Soc. ital. VII. 159. 
Pteroptochus undulatus Supra IL 579; Formicivora striativentris II. 377. 
magellanicns Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860. 385; 1867. 325. — Gray, 
Voy. Beagle III. 74. [Chili. Patagonia. Falklandicae. 
Sylvia magellanica Latham, Ind. Ornith. IL 28. 
Motacilla magellanica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 979. 
Platyurus niger Swainson, Anim. Menag. 313. — Pucheran, Voy. Pol Sud 
IIL 91. Tb. 19. Fig. 1. 
Scytalopus fuscus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836. 90. — Jardine, lUustr. 
Ornith. n. ser. Tb. 19. 
Merulaxis aethiops de Lafresnaye, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. 
Pteroptochus magellanicus Gray, Genera Birds L 155. 
Scytalopus niger Bonaparte, Consp. Av. 1. 206. 
Pteroptochus albifrons Landbeck, Wiegm. Arch. 1857. 273. 
Chircan negro. 
niger Bonaparte, Consp. Av. 1. 206. = Scytalopus magellanicus Sclat. 
obscuras Gay, Fauna chil. 1. 308. [Chili. 
Sylvia obscura King, Zool. Journ. 1828. III. 429. 
Merulaxis fuscoides de Lafresnaye, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. 149. 
. Scytalopus fuscoides Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 325. 
Pteroptochus magellanicus Supra II. 579. 
paradoxus Lesson. = Pteroptochus paradoxus Gay. 
poly gramma Gray, Handl. Birds I. 18l7. — Guatemala. 
prostheleucus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1856. 290. = Cyphorhinus prosthe- 
leucus Sclat. 
rhinolophus Burmeister, Uebers. Th. Brasil. III. 62. = Pteroptochus rhino- 
tophus Gray. 
senilis Sclater, Ibis 1874. 194. [Columbia, 
Merulaxis senilis de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1840. 103. 
Pteroptochus senilis Gray, Genera Birds 1. 155. 
speluiicae Sclater, Ibis 1874. 193. [Brasilia. 
Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétriés, Monogr. Myioth. 527. Tb. 13. Fig. 1. 
Merulaxis speluncae de Lafresnaye, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. 
Pteroptochus speluncae Gray, Genera Birds I. 155. 
Pteroptochus magellanicus Supra II. 530. 
sylvestris Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874. 138. — Sclater, Ibis 1874. 
195. [Peruvia. 
undulatus Jardine, Illustr. Ornith. Tb. 19. = Scytalopus indigoticus Cab. 
SCYTHROPS (Cuculidae. — ocu^poij; morosus). — Latham, Ind. Ornith. 1790. 
I. 141. — Gould, Birds Austr. IV. Tb. 90. 
Bdl lengthened, strong, the culmen arched and curved at the tip, which is 
hooked and acute; the sides compressed and channeled; the nostrils basal, lateral 
and partly covered by a naked membrana. Wings lengthened, with the third quill 
the longest. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, covered 
with broad scales. The lateral outer toe nearly equal and the fore toes united at 
the base. 
novae hollandiae Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 141. — Vieillot, Gal. Ois. I. 
Tb. 39. — de Lafresnaye, Mag. Zool. 1835. Tb. 37. — Temminck, PI. color. 
290. [Australia. 
Scythrops austr alasiae Shaw, gener. Zool. VIII. 378. Tb. 50. 
Scythrops austr alis Swainson, Class. Birds. 
Cuculus praesagus Reinwardt, Mus. lugdun. 
Curriay gun. 
SECRETARIUS Dumeril 1806. = Serpentarius Cuv. 
