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SPIZALAUDA. — SPIZIXOS. 
ruficinctiis M'Clelland, Troc Zool. Soc. 1839. 153. = Astur trivirgatus Cm. 
sphynx Hume, Stray feutli. I. 319. = Spizaetus Kieneri Gerv. 
spilogastcr Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1850. 487. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays- 
Bas Astur. 12. — V. Pelzeln, Wien. Zool. bot. Verhdl. 18G2. 1G3. 
[Africa or. 
Aquila zonata , Spizaetus zonurus v. Müller, Naumannia 1854; Beitr. Ornith. 
Air. Tb. 1. 
Spizaetus leucostiijma v. Heuglin, Wiener Sitzgsbcr. XIX. 259. 
Spizaetus Ayresi Gurney, Ibis 1862. Tb. 14. 
Aquila fasciata Gurney, Ibis 1868. 138. 
Aquila Bonellii Brehm, Jourii. Ornith. 1853. 204; 1856. 480. 
Lophaetus spilogaster Gray, Handl. Birds I. 13. 
Pseudaetus spilogaster Gurney, Anderss. 7. 
Nisaetus spilogaster Siiarpe, Cat. Birds Falc. 252. 
Spixi Desmurs, Revue Zool. 1847. 325. = Spizaetus ornatus Vieill. 
tyrannus Gray, Genera Birds I. 14. — Spizaetus ornatus Vieill. 
variegatus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1257. = Astur guianensis Schleg. 
SPIZALAUDA deva, Hayi Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1855. 258. = Alauda 
cristata LiN. 
SPIZAMPELIS Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. 1866. Jan. 
Specc. : Tanagra portoricensis , T. Pretrei , T. zena. 
SPIZASTUR Lesson, Compl. Buffon 1837. VII. 88. — Kauf, Oken's Isis 1847. 
168. — Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieill. 
Mittelzehe und Hinterzehe sehr lang, letzte mehr als halb so lang wie erste; 
der Flügel erreicht fast die Schwanzspitze; 2. bis 6. Schwinge an der Innenfahne 
sehr bestimmt hakenförmig, 7. sehr schwach ausgeschnitten; Flügelspitze halb so 
lang wie der Oberflügel; Schwanz schwach ausgeschnitten. 
SPIZELLA (Passerellinae. — cki^ol nom. propr.) Bonaparte, Comp. List Birds 
Eur. Amer. 1838. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 470. = Spinites Cab. 
Bill conical, the outlines slightly curved; the lower mandible decidely lower 
than the upper; the commissure gently sinuated; the roof of the mouth not knobbed. 
Feet slender; tarsus rather longer than the middle toe; the hinder toe a little 
longer than the outer lateral, with slightly exceeds the inner; the outer claw 
reaching the base of the middle one and half as long as its toe. Claws moderate 
curved. Tertiaries and secundaries nearly equal; wing somewhat pointed, reaching 
not quite to the middle of the tail. First quill a little shorter than the second 
and equal to the fifth, third longest. Tail rather long, moderatly forked and 
divaricated at the tip; the feathers rather narrow. Back streacked; rump and 
beneath immaculate. Hord generally uniform. 
atrigularis Baird, Birds NAmerica 476. = Spinites atrogularis Cab. 
Breweri Cassin, Proc. acad. Philad. 1856. 40. =1 Spinites Breweri. 
canadensis Bonaparte, Comp. List Birds 33. = Spinites monticolus Cab. 
monticola Baird, Birds NAmer. 472. = Spinites monticolus Cab. 
pallida Bonaparte, Comp. List Birds 33. — Spinites pallidus Cab. 
pinetorum Sclater, Nomencl. neotr. 32. = Spinites pinetorum. 
pusilla Bonaparte, Comp. List Birds 33. — Spinites pusillus Cab. 
Shattucki Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 480. = Spinites monticolus Cab. 
socialis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 480. = Spinites socialis Cab. 
SPIZIACIRUS Kaup. = Spizacircus Kaup. 
SPIZIAPTERYX Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851. 43. = Falco aurantius Gmel. 
SPIZIASTUR Sharpe, Catal. Falc. 258. = Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieill. 
SPIZIGERANXTS meridionalis Kaup. = Buteo meridionalis Schleg. 
SPIZIXOS Blytii, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal. 
General structure of Pycnonotus, but differing greatly in the shortness and 
extraordinary thickness of the bill, the lateral outline of which approach that of 
Conostoma aemodius, except that the tip of the upper mandibles curves more 
decidely downward over that of the lower mandible, being also pointed and 
