510 
SPIIENüRüS. — SPILOPTILA. 
Dasyornis longiroatrls Oould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. 170; Birds Austr. III. 
Tb. 33. 
maculata Liciitenstein, Mus. bcrol. = Anahates ferniginolentMs Gray. 
mentalis Luiitenstein, Verz. Doubl. 42. = Synallaxis ruficauda Vieill. 
poliocephala Liciitenstein, Verz. Doubl. 41. ~ Anahates Lichtensteini, A. ruf us. 
ruficeps Liciitenstein, Verz. Doubl. 42. = Stjnallaxis rußcajnlla Vieill. 
ruticilla Lichtenstein, Mus. berol. = Synallaxis ruticilla Gab'. 
squamiceps R(;rPELL, Wirbeith. Abyss. Tf. 12. = Crateropus squamiceps Bonap. 
striata Blytii, Catal. Birds as. Soc. 139. [India. 
Megalurus striatus Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XIII. 169. $ 
Dasyornis locustelloides Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1842. G02. 
Dasyornis striatîis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839. 143. 
Chaetornis colluriceps, Ch. striatus Gray, Genera Birds I. 167. 
striolata Liciitenstein, Verz. Doubl. 42. = Anahates striolatus Spix. 
sulphurascens Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 41. = Anahates sulphurascens. 
superciliaris Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 41. = Anahates superciliaris Burm. 
tibicen Liciitenstein, Verz. Doubl. 43. = Drymoeca africana Gray. 
SPHENTJRUS (Columbidae. — a9Y)v cuneus, oupa cauda) Svvainson, Class. Birds 
1837. 11. 348. = Sphenocercus Gray. 
Habit of Vinago, but the tail long and graduated; the two middle feathers 
greatly narrowed and projecting considerably beyond the rest. 
apicicanda Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1856. 50. = Treron apicicauda Hodgs. 
cantillans Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1856. 50. = Treron sphenura Gray. 
oxyurus Blytii, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1856. 50. — Treron oxyura. 
semitorquata Swainson, Class. Birds II. 348. = Treron oxyura. 
SPHOENICOLA Gray 1855. = Schoenicola Blyth. 
SPHYRAPICUS (Picidae. — c>9upa malleus, picus nom. propr.) Malherbe et 
Baird, Rep. Explor. 1858. IX. 101; Monogr. Picid. 1861. L 157. = Picus Lin. 
Genre à quatres doigts: 1. dont l'arête latérale au dessus des narines est 
plus rapprochée des bords que du sommet de la mandibule supérieure, 2. dont 
le doigt postérieur externe est le plus long de tous. 
Omnes species cf. Picus. 
SPICIFER s. SPICIFERUS muticus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIL 878. = 
Pavo muticus Lin. 
SPICIFER Gloger, Hamb. Natg. 1842. = Euplocamus Tem. 
SPILOCIRCUS Jardinei Kaup, Oken's Isis 1847. 101; Wiegm. Arch. 1850. XVL 
31. — Circus assimilis Jard. 
Tibia und Fusswurzel sehr lang; Oberflügel bedeutend länger als die Flügel- 
spitze, welche nur die Hälfte des Schwanzes überragt; 2. bis 5. Schwinge an 
der Innenfahne ausgeschnitten; das kleine Gefieder weiss getüpfelt. 
SPILOGLAUX Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Ninox Hodgs. 
Specc: Ninox novae Seelandiae, N. maculatus, N. marmoratus, N. boobook, N. 
theomacha. 
SPILOPELIA (Columbidae. — OKikoi; macula, TCsXsta columba) Sundevall, Meth. 
Av. 1872. 100. 
Etiam spec. Turturis rec. , sed ala brevi, aliter formata; cauda longiore, 
subgradata; colore maculato; plumis cervicis cordatis 5. bifidis, nigris apicibus 
albis, torquem alboguttatum formentibus, bene distinctae et inter Columbas maxime 
peculiares. 
Specc: Columba chinensis L., C. suratensis Gm., C. tigrina Tem. 
SPILOPTILA (Cisticolinae. — OKikoç macula, tctiXov ala) Sundevall, Meth. Av. 
1872. 6. = Malurus damans Rüpp. 
Rostro gracili culmino subturoque leviter arcuatis. Ptilosis firmior, pallescens, 
maculis magnis definitis varia (pileo tectricibusque nigris, albo marg.). Cauda 
alis aequalis, pennis obtusis, 6 mediis aequalibus, utr. 3. valde gradatis, omni- 
bus ante apicem album late nigris. 
