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SMILONYX. — SPARVIUS. 
brevirostris GorLD, Birds Austr. II. Tb. 103. — Acanthiza hrevirosiris Gray, 
flavescens Gould, Birds Austr. II. Tb. 104. = Acanthiza flavescens. 
occidentalis Gould, Introd. Birds Austr. 43. = Acanthiza occidentalis. 
SMILONYX SuNDEVALL, Moth. Av. 1872. 105. = Ketupa Less. 
SMILORHIS (Megalacniinae. — ajJitXr] scalprum, giç naris) Sundevall, Meth. A v. 
1872. 75. = Megalaema leucotis Sundev. 
Rostro fortius compresse, mesorhinio compressissimo , ut acies cultris. Color 
albus et niger. 
SMITHIGLATJX capensis Bonaparte, Rev. Mg. Zool. 1854. 544. = Noctua capensis. 
SMITHORNIS Bonaparte, Consp. Av. 1850. L 322. = Phrynorhamphus Kaup. 
Rostrum valdc depressum, culmine distincto, apice subadunco. 
capensis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 312. = Phrynorhamphus capensis Kaup. 
rufolateralis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864. 143. Tb. 16. = Phrynorhamphus 
rufolateralis. 
SOLENOGLOSSUS Ranzoni, 1823. = Microglossus Geoffr. 
SOMATERIA (Anatidae) Leacii. — Fleming, Philos. Zool. 1822. IL 260. — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1844. III. 624. = Anas Lin. 
Bill with the base more or less elevated and composed behind the nostrils, 
where it is divided in front by an acute angle of feathers; the anterior portion of 
bill depressed, narrowed and armed at the tip with a strong broad hooked nail; 
the lamellae of the upper mandible moderate and widely placed; the nostrils oval, 
placed near the middle of the bill. Wings moderate, pointed with the first and 
second quills the longest. Tail short and wedge shaped. Tarsi more than half 
the length of the middle toe. Toes lengthened and united by a full web. 
Omnes species cf. Anas mollissima, A. spectabilis. 
SOROPLEX Gloger, Handb. Vögel 198. = Pediopipo Sundev. 
SPANIOPICOIDES Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. = Picus Lin. 
SPARACTES (Laniadae- — cJTcapaxTYjÇ lacerator) Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 40. 
Bee très fort, mediocre, garni de soies à la base, convexe ou dessus; mandi- 
bule supérieure échancrée en forme de dent et crochue a la pointe, l'inférieure 
entière, déprimé. 
Typus: Bec de fer Levaill. 
SPARGANURA (Trochilidae. — (Jxapyat) turgere, oupa cauda) Cabanis, Mus. 
Heine. 1860. IIL 52. 
Mossai Cabanis, 1. c. = Trochilus Mossai. 
Phaon Cabanis, 1. c. = Trochilus phaon. 
sappho Cabanis, 1. = Trochilus sparganurus Steph. 
SPARVERIUS Vieillot, Analyse 1816. =: Asturina Vieill, 
SPARVIUS Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1261. 
Corpus oblongum, variis coloribus pictum. Caput rotundatum. Rostrum breve 
aut mediocre, basi déclive et cera instructum, supra convexum, lateratim com- 
pressum, mandibula superior marginibus dilatàtis, adunca, acuminata; inferior 
recta, brevior, obtusa. Nares subovatae. Lingua carnosa, crassa, emarginata. 
Rictus fississimus. Collum mediocre. Alae modicae; remige 1. brevissima, 2. om- 
nium longissima. Femora extra abdomen posita. Tarsi plus minusve elongati, 
graciles aut crassiusculi. Pedes tetradactyli; digiti elongati; exteriores basi mem- 
brana connexi; hallux quemadmodum anteriores imo tarsi positus, sedilem cingens, 
humi incumbens. Cauda rectricibus 12. 
ardosiacus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1274. = Nisus fuscus Kaup. 
atricapillus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1274. = Astur atricapillus Bonap. 
badius Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1262. = Nisus badius Schleg. 
bicolor Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1265. = Nisus bicolor. 
cinereus Dumont, Diet. sc. nat. XV. 31. = Asturina nitida Kaup. 
cirrhocephalus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1268. = Nisus cirrhocephalus Schleg. 
coenilescens Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1262. = Nisus hemidactylus Less. 
gabar Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1264. = Nisus gahar Less. 
gilvicollis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1264. = Nisus concentricus Less. 
