SITTELLA. — SMICORNIS. 
499 
stell at ns [Bespuhl. aeq. 
Margarornis stellata Sclater, Nomencl. Av. neotr. 160. 
stictolaemus v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 59. [Brasilia, 
sylviellus Swainson, Class. Birds IL 314. = Sittosomus erithacus Gray. 
sylvioides de Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. 1850. 590. = Sittosomus 'pectini- 
caudus Cab. 
Temmincki Lesson, Traité Ornith. 374. = Sittosomus erithacus Gray. 
SITTELLA (Paridae. — Sitta dimin.) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. IL 317.— 
Schlegel, nederl. ïijdsch. Dierkd. 1873. IV. 48. = Sitta Lin. 
Bill long, rather slender, with both mandibles slightly curved upwards from 
the base, the tip slightly curved and emarginated, the sides compressed and the 
gonys lengthened and curved upwards; the nostrils basal and lateral and placed 
in a membranous groove with the opening linear and near the lateral margin. 
Wings reaching beyond the tail,- with the first quill nearly as long as the second 
and third , which are the longest. Tail very short and somewhat rounded. Tarsi 
shorter than the middle toe and covered in front by an allmost entire scale. Toes 
moderate with the lateral toes unequal, the outer the longest and both united at 
their base to the first joint of the middle toe, the hind toe as long as or longer 
than, the middle one; the claws long, compressed and curved. 
chrysoptera Swainson, Class. Birds II. 317. = Sitta chrysoptera Lath. 
leucocephala Gould, Birds Austr. IV. Tb. 102. = Sitta leucocephala. 
leucoptera Gould, Birds Austr. IV. Tb. 103. = Sitta leucoptera. 
pileata Gould, Birds Austr. IV. Tb. 104. = Sitta pileata. 
striata Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl. V. = Sitta striata. 
SIURUS Strickland, Syn. 1841. = Seiurus Swains. 
SIVA (Liotrichidac. — Siva vox barb.) Hodgson, Ind. Review 1838. 88. = Leio- 
tlirix Swains. 
cinereiceps Verreaux, nouv. Arch. Bullet. 1870. VI. 33. =^ Leiothrix cinereiceps. 
cyanopterus Hodgson, 1. c. = Leiothrix cyanoptera Gray. 
nipalensis Hodgson, 1. c. = Brachypteryx nipalensis Hodgs. 
occipitalis Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Beng. 1844. 937. — Odonterus occipitalis Cab. 
strigula Hodgson, 1. c. = Leiothrix strigula Blyth. 
torquela Swinhoe, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1870. V. 174. = Leiothrix torqueola. 
vinipectus Hodgson, 1. c. — Leiothrix vinipectus Blyth. 
SMARAGDITIS (Trochilidae. — CfxapaySo^ nom. propr.) Reichenbach , Aufz. Col. 
1854. 7. — MuLSANT et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1860. XH. 186. = Hy- 
locharis BoiE. 
Mâchoire noire. Rectrices étroites, arrondies à l'extrémité. Ailes plus longue- 
ment prolongées que les plus grandes rectrices. 
Alice Reichenbach, Aufz Col. 7. = Hylocharis Aliciae. 
esmeralda Reichenbach, Aufz. Col. 7. = Hylocharis Poortmanni Gray. 
euchloris Reichenbach, Aufz. Col. 7. = Hylocharis euchloris. 
maculicollis Reichenbach, Aufz. Col. 7. = Hylocharis Aliciae. 
Mariae Reichenbach, Aufz. Col. 7. = Hylocharis Mariae Gray. 
viridissima Reichenbach, Aufz. Col. 7. = Polytmus Theresiae Cab. 
SMARAGDOCHRYSIS viridescens Gould, Introd. Monogr. Troch. 113. = Tro- 
chilus viridescens. 
Bill longer than the head, straight and slender; wings small, primaries narrow 
and rigid; tail of moderate size and deeply forked; tarsi clothed; feet small; hind 
toe and nail nearly as long as the middle toe and nail. 
SMICORNIS (Sylviadae) Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. X. 133. = Acanthiza Vig. 
Rostrum parvulum et instar grani tritici, fere cylindraceum , a basi incurvatum. 
Nares basales oblongae et operculo obtectae; ad basim rostri pili tenuissimi ad- 
modum pauci. Alae modice longae, alula brevissima, primariae tertia, quarta, 
quinta longissimae et inter se fere aequales. Cauda brevis et quadrata. Tarsi 
modici, digiti per breves, digitus posticus cum intermedio fere coaequalis. Ungues 
admodum adunci et ad baerendum aplati. 
32* 
