MALACONOTUS. — MELIPOTES. 815 
■ Malaconotus olivaceus Sw., add.: Vanga cruenta, V. ictera Lesson, Cent. Zool. 
198. Tb. 65; Traité Ornith. 446. 
Malacopteron cinereum Eyt., add.; Myiothera cinerea Müller, Ibis 1865. 47. — 
Trichostoma sepiarium Horsf. 
macrodactylus Strickl., add.; Hadropezus macr. Sundevall, Meth. Av. 11. 
Malacothraupis dentata Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876. 353. Tb. 31. — Bolivia. 
Lanio affine, sed rostro crassiore et minus elongato et alis brevioribus distinguendiim; 
rostrum medialiter dentatum et ad apicem uncinatum ; setae rictales vix ullae ; alae 
breviusculae, rotundatae, reraigibus 3. 4. 5. fere aequalibus et longissimis, primo quam 
Septimus paulo breviore; pedes modici; cauda paulum elongata. 
Malurus alboscapulatus Meyer, Wien. Sitzgsber. 1874. LXIX. 496. — Nov. Guinea. 
cautus Supra I. 522. = Acanthiza cauta. 
ManuGodia Conari Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876. 459. Tb. 42. — Nov. Guinea. 
jobiensis Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 969. — Jobi. 
Margarops Sclater. — Baird, Rev. amer. Birds I. 41. 
Bill very large and stout with a distinct notch; longer than the head; culmen 
curving gently from base and more abruptly towards tip; commissural edge of upper 
jaw also much curved so that the whole lower jaw; except at the base, falls inside 
of the chord connecting the two ends of the arc. Rictal bristles short and scant, more 
than in Mimocichla. 
Margarornis stellata Sclater, Nomencl. Av. neotr. 160. — Aequatoria. 
Marylochen brevirostris Reichenbacb, nat. Ssyt. 9. — Anser erythropus Flem. 
Mecistura ouratensis Swinboe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870. 427. — China. 
Poltzami Severzow, Turkestan Jevotn. 135. Tb. 9. Fig. 1. = Acredula tephronota. 
Mecocerculus taeniopterus Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1874. 98. — Peruvia. 
Megalaema leucotis Sund., add.; Smilorhis leucotis Sundevall, Meth. Av. 75. — 
Barbatula leucotis Marshall, Capit. 52. 
Ramsayi Waiden, Ann. mag. n. h. 1875. XV. 400. — Burma. 
Megalestes albonotata Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 769, — Nov. Guinea. 
Megaloperdix Raddei Bolle, Journ. Ornith. 1873. 4. = Perdix caspia Gm. 
Megalurus galactodes Vig. = Dymodyta galactodes Sund. 
Megapodius affinis Meyer, Wien. Sitzgsber. 1874. LXIX. 214. = M. Reinwardti Wgl. 
geelvinkanus Meyer, Wien. Sitzgsber. 1874. LXIX. 88. — Nov. Guinea. 
Lowi Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875. 111. = Megapodius Cumingi Dillwyn, 
ibid. 1851. Tb. 39. nec texte. — Borneo. 
Macgillivrayi Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876. 460. Tb. 43. — Nov. Guinea. 
trincuensis Sharpe, Ann. mag.n. h. 1874. XIII. 448.= Megapodius nicobarensis Bl. 
Megatriorchis Doriae Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 805. — Nov. Guinea. 
Meionornis Haast, Ibis 1874. 212. — Dinornis casuarina, D. didiformis. 
Melampitta lugubris Schlegel, ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1873. IV. 47. — Nov. Guinea. 
Melanocharis chloroptera Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 987. — Arfak. 
longicauda Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 942. — Arfak. 
Melanotis Bonaparte. — Baird, Rev. amer. Birds I. 56. 
Bill elongated, rather slender, compressed, as long as the head. Commissure nearly 
straight to the decurved notched tip. Rictal feathers moderate reaching to the nostrils. 
Wings decidely shorter than the tail; 4. 5. quills longest, G. 7. a little shorter than 
the 3. Tail long, broad and graduated, feathers soft, with outer webs unusually broad, 
lateral feathers 1,25 less than the central. Legs rather weak but the tarsus longer tban 
middle toe; distinctly scutellate on anterior half, with seven broad scutellae. Claws 
strong and well curved. 
Meleagris celer Marsh, Sillim. Journ. Scienc. 1872. IV. 256. Spec, diluv. 
Melias Gloger, Frorieps Notizen 1827. XVI. 278. 
Melidectes torquatus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873. 694. Tb. 55. — Arfak. 
Genus Meliphagidarum. Rostro elongato, caput aequante, teniusculo , parum arcuato; 
naribus linearibus, in sulco longitudinal! positis ; spatio altero postoculari et altero post rictali 
angusto omnino nudis; cauda longa, paulum rotundata; tarsis modicis: alis acutis, 
modice elongatis. 
Melilestes affinis, iliolophus, novae Guineae Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova VII. 950. 
(Meliphagidae.) — Nov. Guinea. 
Melipotes gymnops Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873. 695. Tb. 56. — Arfak. 
