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SPECOTERA. — SPERMOPHAGA. 
is furnished with a small hooked nail; the lamellae of the upper mandible very- 
slender and long especially near the middle, those of the lower mandible con- 
cealed by the lateral margins of the upper, but also very slender and lengthened; 
the nostrils placed near the base small and oval; wings lengthened and pointed, 
with the first two quills of nearly equal length; tail moderate and somewhat 
pointed; tarsi shorter than the middle toe; toes united by a full web and the 
hind toe short and slightly lobed. 
capensis Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 135. =^ Anas clypeata. 
clypeata Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 564. = Anas clypeata. 
rhynchotis Gray, Genera Birds III. 620. = Anas rhynchotis Lath. 
SPECOTERA, SPECOTHERES Vieillot. = Sphecotheres Vieill. 
SPEIROPS Reichenbacii, nat. Syst. 1851. = Zoster ops Vig. 
SPELECTIS, SPELECTAS, SPELECTAES Wagler, Syst. Avium 1827. 115. = 
Musophaga Isert. 
Omnes species cf. 3Iusophaga. 
SPEOTYTO Gloger, llandb. Natg. 1842. = Noctua cunicularia d'Orb. 
SPERMAGRA (Pitylinae) Swainson, Zool. Journ. 1877. III. 346. = Saltator 
Vieill. 
Rostrum subbreve, validum, crassum, compressum, tomio subrecto, basi sub- 
angulato. Alae médiocres vel breviusculae, rotundatae, remigibus quarta et 
quinta aequalibus longissimis. Cauda mediocris, lata, rotundata. Tedes longiuscuii, 
fortes. 
SPERMESTES (Ploceidae. — a7rep(j.a semen) Swainson, Class. Birds 1827. II. 
280. = Amadina Swains. 
Bill short, thick. Feet very large. Toes and claws long and slender. Tail 
short, even. 
aciiticauda Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. = Amadina molucca Blyth. 
bicolor Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 454. = Amadina bicolor Fras. 
castaneothorax Finsch, Wien. Zool. bot. Verhdl. 1872. 331. = Amadina 
castaneothorax Gray. 
cheet Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. 27. = Amadina malabarica Blyth. 
cuciillata Swainson, Birds WAfr. I. 201. — Amadina cucuUata Gray. 
fringilloides Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 147. = Amadina fringilloides Gray. 
fuscans Cassin, Journ. acad. Philad. 1855. III. 69. =■ Amadina fuscans. 
leuconota Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. 27. =:= Amadina striata Blytpi. 
malacca Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. 27. = Amadina malacca Swains. 
melanocephalus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. = Amadina rubroniger. 
nana Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 454. = Amadina nana. 
nigriceps Cassin, Journ. acad. Philad. 1855. III. 69. = Amadina nigriceps. 
nisoria Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1843. XII. 166. — Amadina molucca 
Blyth. 
nisoria Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. 26. = Amadina punctularia Pears. 
poënsis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 454. — Amadina po'ènsis Fras. 
rufidorsalis Peters, Journ. Ornith. 1864. 401. = Amadina rufidorsalis. 
scutata V. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. 18. = Amadina cucullata Gray. 
SPERMOLEGUS montanellus Kaup, nat. Syst. 152. = Accentor montanellus Tem. 
SPERMOPHAGA (Fringillidae. — ö7ü£p[j.a semen, çayo edere) Swainson, Class. 
Birds 1837. II. 277. = Spermosj)iza Gray. 
Bill moderate, conic, but rather lengthened; upper mandible thicker than the 
under; the tip entire; the commissure sinuated. Wings and tail much rounded; 
the first quill fully developed, but only half as long as the fifth. 
cyanorhynchus Swainson, Birds WAfr. I. 164. — Spermospiza haematina 
Gray. 
margaritata Strickland, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 418. = Estrilda 
margaritata. 
niveoguttata Peters, Journ. Ornith. 1868. 133. ~ Estrilda niveiguttata. 
