VITIFLORA. — VOLATINIA. 
753 
VITIFLORA Leach. — Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 564. = Saxicola Bechst. 
Rostrum basi altius quam latum, rectum, inter nares angulosum et ad apicem in- 
curvatura. Nares obovatae depessiusculae. Pedes digitis tribus anticis, uno postico, 
digitus exterior medio basi subtus connexus. 
assimilis Brehm, Naumannia 1855. 282. = Saxicola stapazina Gr. 
aurantia Stephens, gen. Zool. X. 572. — Africa, 
Sylvia aurantia Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 531. — Motacilla aur. Gmelin, 965. 
cinerea Brisson, Ornith. III. 454. Tb. 21. Fig. 3. = Saxicola oenanthe Bechst. 
grisea Brisson, Ornith. III. 452. Tb. 21. Fig. 2. = Saxicola oenanthe Bechst. 
hottentotta Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 573. = Saxicola pileata Gr. 
Sylvia hottentotta Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 531. 
Motacilla hottentotta Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 961. 
leucomela Bonaparte, Comp. List Birds 16. = Saxicola leucomela Tem. 
leucopygia, leucurus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola leucopygia Blanf. 
leucorrhoa Stephens, gen. Zool. X. 574. Tb. 52. = Pratincola leucorrhoa Gr. 
maculata Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 571. = Anthus campestris Bechst. 
major Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola oenanthe Bechst. 
massiliensis Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 570. = Motacilla flava L. 
melanoleuca Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola leucomela Tem. 
oenanthe Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 565. = Saxicola oenanthe Bechst. 
paradoxa Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola rufa Blanf. 
pileata Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 568. = Saxicola pileata Gr. 
rufa Brisson, Ornith. III. 495. = Saxicola rufa Blanf. 
rufa Stephens, gener. Zool. X. 569. = Saxicola stapazina Gr. 
rufescens Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola stapazina Gr. 
rupicola Boie, Oken's Isis 1828. 320. = Saxicola monticola Gr. 
squalida Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Pratincola leucorrhoa Gr. 
stapazina Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Saxicola stapazina Gr. 
VIVIA (Picidae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. 1837. 107. — Picumnus Tem. 
Bill shorter than the head, straight, conical and acuminated; tip of the upper 
mandible subwedged of the lower pointed. Nares rounded, and hid by the nuchal 
tufts. Wings to middle of tail; 1. quill and subbastard, 2. long, 5. longest, all 
entire: primaries longer than tertiaries. Tail medial, soft, the six rectrices central 
even, the six laterals extremely gradated; tongue and feet picine; the anterior 
and posterior outer toes equal to each other and to the tarsus. 
innominata Jerdon, Ibis 1872. IL 10. — Gould, Birds Asia XXII. Tb. 13. 
= Picumnus innominatus Burt. 
nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1837. VI. 107. — Picumnus inno- 
minatus Burt. 
VOLATIIVIA (Pitylinae). — Reichenbach, Syst. Av. 1850. — Burmeister, Uebers. 
Th. Bras. IH. 234. 
Schnabel kurz kegelförmig, am Grunde stark, schnell zugespitzt, nach vorn 
stark zusammengedrückt , die Firste gerade, die Spitze scharf, der Mundrand etwas 
eingezogen, der Unterkiefer niedriger als der Oberkiefer; Nasengrube befiedert, Nasen- 
loch sichtbar, am Zügelrande wenige steife Borsten. Gefieder ziemlich derb, im 
Alter stahlblau oder metallisch glänzend, in der Jugend lerchenartig. Flügel kurz, 
erste Schwinge beträchtlich, zweite kaum verkürzt, hinterste Armschwingen lang. 
Schwanz sehr lang , Federn schmal, die äussern etwas verkürzt. Beine sehr zierlich, 
Zehen lang, Krallen kurz. — 1 Spec. 
Jaeariiia Cabanis, Mus. Heine. L 147. — Burmeister, Uebers. Th. Bras. HI. 
234. [America merid. 
Tanagra jacarina Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 314. — Buffon, PI. enl. 224. Fig. 3. 
Fringilla nitens ß Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. 909. 
Passerina jacarina Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 933. 
Fringilla splendens Vieillot, diet. Hist. nat. XII. 173. 
Euphona jacarina Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 30. 
Carduelis obscurus Cuvier, Mus. paris. ? 
GiBBEL, Thesaurus. III. 4 g 
