SPERMOPIPES. — SPHECOTHERES. 
505 
violacea Gray, Genera Birds II. 386. = Sporophila violacea. 
SPERMOPIPES (Fringillidae. — OTUspjxa semen, ototctsuw cupire) Cabanis, Ersch 
Grub. Encycl. I. Sect. L. 218. 
Unterscheidet sich von Pyrrhula durch etwas längern, weniger breiten und 
bauchigen Schnabel, von Pinicola durch den viel breitern seitlich nicht zu- 
sammengedrückten Schnabel ohne hakig gebogene Spitze und viel kürzere Flügel. 
Schwanz schwach ausgerandet. 
subhimachalus Cabanis, Ersch Grub. Encycl. I. Sect. L. 218. — Pinicola sub- 
hemachala. 
SPERMOSPIZA (Fringillidae. — öTZc,g\kOL semen, aîrtÇa fringilla). — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1844. II. 356. 
Synon.: Spermophaga Swains. 
Bill moderate, conic, rather lengthened, upper mandible thicker than the lower, 
with the sides compressed, the culmen advancing on the forehead and rounded, the 
lateral margins sinuated and slightly angulated at the base; the gonys lengthened 
and advancing upwards to the tip; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded and partly 
concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings short, rounded, with the first quill half 
the length of the second, the second to the sixth graduated, and the latter the 
longest. Tail lengthened and much rounded. Tarsi as long as the middle toe. 
Toes moderate, the lateral ones equal, the hind toe longer than the inner one. — 
1 Spec. 
haematina Gray, Genera Birds II. 356. Tb. 88. Fig. 1. — Sharpe, Ann. 
mag. nat. hist. 1871. VIII. 237. [Africa occ. 
Loxia haematina, L. guttata Vieillot, Ois. chant. Tb. 67. 68. 
Sjiermophaga cyanorhyncha Swainson, Birds WAfr. I. 164. — Jardine, 
Illustr. Ornith. n. ser. Tb. 11. 
Fringilla pustulata Voigt, Cuv. Thierr. I. 222. 
Coccothraustes guttata, C. haematina Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1007. 1016. 
Spermospiza guttata Verreaux, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1852. 312. 
SPHAENURA d'Orbigny 1844. = Sphenura Spix. 
SPHAEROLARYNGUS Alberti Reichenbacii, Tauben 136. =. Crax Alberti Yras. 
SPHAGIAS dispar Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1851. I. 110. = Pycnonotus dispar. 
SPHAGOLOBUS atratus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1860. IL 171. = Buceros atra- 
tus Tem. 
SPHECONAX (Meropinae. — a97]^ vespa, ava^ dominator) Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1860. II. 233. = Merops Lin. 
Synon.: Coccolarynx Reichb. 
albifrons Cabanis, I. c. = Merops albifrons. 
Boleslawski Cabanis, 1. c. = Merops Boleslawski Felz. 
Bullocki Cabanis, 1. c. = Merops Bullocki Vieill. 
frenatus Cabanis, 1. c. — Merops frenatus Hartl. 
SPHECOPHOBUS Reichenbacii, Handb. Ornith. I. 82. Subgenus. ^ Merops Lin. 
Omnes species cf. Merops. 
SPHECOTHERES (Oriolinae. — açï]? vespa, ^Yjpao venor). — Vieillot, 
Analyse 1816. 42. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. L 231. 
Synon.: Sphecothera, Sphecotera Vieill. — Pycnorhamphus, Picnorhamphus Rosbg. 
Bill short, broad at the base, with the culmen curved to the emarginated tip; 
the sides compressed and the lateral margins nearly straight; the nostrils basal, 
lateral, with the opening partly closed by a membrane. Wings long with the third 
and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail rather long and even. Tarsi as long 
as the middle toe and strongly scaled. Toes moderate , the lateral ones equal; the 
hind toe long and strong, the claws short and much curved. — 3 Specc. 
flaviveiitris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. Ill; Birds Austr. IV. Tb. 15. 
[Australia. Ins, Ke. 
Oriolus flaviventris Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Coraces 112. 
Picnorhamphus cucullatus Rosenberg, nederl. Tijdschr. India 1866. XXIX. 143. 
iiiaxillaris Gray, Genera Birds L 231. [Australia. 
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