STENORIIYNCHUS. — STEHCORARIUS. 
527 
longirostris Cassin, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. 188. = Antrostomus hifasciatus 
BONAP. 
macrorhyncha Salvadori, Soc. ital. 1869. XI. 3. = Antrostomus macro- 
rhynchus, 
maculicaudus Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York 1862. VII. 459. = Antrostomus 
maculicaudus Sclat. 
nigrescens Cassin, Catal. Caprimulg. = Antrostomus nigrescens Cab. 
parvula Cassin, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. 188. = Antrostomus aequicaudatus 
Sclat. 
parvula v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Bras. 12. = Antrostomus parvulus Sclat. 
platura v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Bras. 58. = Antrostomus platurus. 
ruficervix Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866. 140. Tb. 14. = Antrostomus 
ruficervix. 
STENORHYNCHUS ruficauda Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835. 186. = Cinclo- 
certhia ruficauda Gray. 
Rostrum capite longius, gracile, compressum, subfornicatum ; mandibula 
superiore leviter emarginata, culmine in frontem depressissimum producto. Nares 
ovales, apertae. Alae breviusculae , subrotundatae; remige prima brevissima, quinta 
longiore, quinta et sexta quartam aequantibus. Cauda mediocris, rotundata; 
rectricibus decem? Pedes robusti: acrotarsiis subscutellatis; halluce uugueque 
postico fortibus, tarsum longitudine subaequantibus, digito intermedio brevioribus. 
Plumae molles. 
STENOSTIRA (Muscicapidae. — arevoc angustus, axsLpo^ carina) Bonaparte, 
Consp. Av. 1850. 316. = Platystira Jard. 
plumbea Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1858. 41. = Platystira plumb ea Heugl, 
scita Bonaparte, Consp. Av. I. 316. — Platystira scita Gray. 
semipartita Gray, Handl. Birds I. 330. = Platystira semipartita. 
STENUROENA Reiciienbacii, Tauben 20. = Zenaida stenura Bonap. 
Schwanz kurz, pfeilförmig; Federn schmal. 
STEPHANIE YX Reichenbach, nat. Syst. 18. = Charadrius coronatus Gmel. 
STEPHANOPHORTJS coeruleus Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841. 30. = Thraupis 
Goeruleus, 
Rostrum brève, subconicum, mandibulis subaequalibus, intumidis, culmine 
gradatim deorsum, gonyde sursum incurvatis; commissura subrecta, leviter deorsum 
curvata; maxilla juxta apicem obsoletissime emarginata. Nares subrotundae. Alae 
médiocres, rotundatae, remigibus 3. 4. 5. fere aequalibus. Cauda mediocris, 
rectricibus subaequalibus. Pedes médiocres, acrotarsiis sçutellatis, paratarsiis integris; 
digitus externus interiorem paulo excedens. Ungues médiocres, leviter curvati. 
Ptilosis coerulescens, nitore sericeo; vertex colore igneo insignis. 
STERCORARIUS (Lestridae) Brisson, Ornith. 1760. VI. 150. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1845. III. 652. = Lestris Illig. 
Bill moderate, straight and strong, with the culmen straight, rounded and 
covered with a membranous or bony cere; the apex curved, vaulted and strong; 
the gonys much angulated and ascending; the nostrils placed in the fore part of 
the cere, narrow and enlarging anteriorly. Wings lengthened and pointed with 
the first quill the longest. Tail moderate and rounded with the two centre feathers 
sometimes lengthened. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong and covered in 
front with strong scales. Toes moderate and strong, the anterior ones united b)^ 
a full web, the hind toe very small and hardly elevated. 
antarctia Gray, Genera Birds III. 653. = Lestris antarctica Less. 
Buffoni Malmgren, Journ. Ornith. 1864. 49. = Lestris cephus Blas. 
catarractes Vieillot, Diet. hist. nat. XXXII. 154. = Lestris catarractes Tem. 
cepphus Gray, List brit. Mus. III. 167. = Lestris cephus Blas. 
longicauda Brisson, Ornith. VI. 155. = Lestris cephus Blas. 
longicaudatus Degland, Ornith. Eur. II. 399. = Lestris cephus Blas. 
parasiticus Temminck, Man. Ornith. II. 796. = Lestris parasitica III. 
pomarinus Vieillot, Gal. Ois. Tb, 288. = Lestris pomarinus Tem, 
