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MELIRRHOPHETES. — MINLA. 
Genus Meliphagidaruin. Rostro crassiusculo, breviore quam caput, culmine arcuato, 
gonyde recta; naribus ovalibus; regione auricular! late nuda et subtus carunculata ; alls 
raodicis; cauda modica paulum elongata. 
Melirrhophetes (Meliphagidae) Meyer, Wiener Sitzgsber. 1874. LXX. 110. 
Schnabel von Kopfeslänge und länger, schwach gebogen, Nasenlöcher linear in 
einer länglichen Furche gelegen. Kopfseiten nackt. Am Mundwinkel eine lange nackte Haut- 
falte und an der Kehle zwischen und hinter den ünterkieferwinkeln zwei grössere warzige 
Hautlappen. Schwanz mässig lang, wenig abgerundet. Flügel länglich, 1. Schwinge 
halb so lang wie die 2., 5. längste. Tarsen mässig. 
leucostepbes Meyer, Sitzgsber. 1874. LXX. 110. — Arfak. 
ocbromelas Meyer, Wien. Sitzgsber. 1874. LXX. III. — Arfak. 
Melitopbila recte pro Melicopbila. 
Melithreptes laetior Gould, Ann. mag. n. h. 1875. XVL 287. — Australia. 
Melitograis striata Sundevall, Meth. Av. 50. — Nov. Guinea. 
Rostrum capite multo longius, crassiusculum , culmine frontem versus paullum ele- 
vato , postremo depresso, angulum frontalem rotundatum, latiorem formante. Rhachides 
pilei totius rigidi, albi. Orbita et tempora nuda. Cauda minus elongata, leviter rotundata 
et subemarginata. Nares longae, valvula supera magna. Media fere inter Anthochaeres 
et Philedones. 
Melittophagus cyanostictus Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1875. 340. = Merops ery- 
thropterus Gmel. 
Melocichla porpbyrops Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1875. 236. — Africa occ. 
Melonetta Sundevall. = Harelda Leacb. 
Rostro parvo, dertro lato, convexo; limite fasciali, in basi rostri, fere ad nares 
producto, rotundato, angulis obsoletis. Nares supra medium futurae sitae. Cauda acuta, 
naris longissima, feminae brevi. 
Mergus australis Hodgs., add.: Nesonetta aucklandica Gray, Genera Birds. 
3Ierula vitiensis Layard, Ann. mag. n. h. 1876. XVII. 305. — Fiji. 
Mesospilus Rafflesi Sundevall, Metb. Av. 73. = Picus Rafflesi. 
Metallura Hedvigae Taczanowski , Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874. 139. — Peruvia. 
Jeskii Cabanis, Journ. Ornitb. 1874. 99. — Peruvia. 
Micrastur Pelzeini Ridgway, Proc. acad. Pbilad. 1875. 494. — Peruvia. 
Microbates torquatus Sclater, Nomencl. Av. neotr. 155. = Rhamphocaenus. 
— Guiana. 
Habitus generalis Rhamphocaeni , rostro paulo crassiore at fere simile ; sed cauda 
brevissima, alas haud superante, distinguenda. 
Microcerculus Sclater. — Baird, Rev. amer. Birds I. 113. 
General appearance of Cyphorhinus, the tail still shorter, in type less than half 
the wings, the feathers soft; the end of outstretched tibia reaching the tip of tail. Bill 
compressed; the height about one fourth the length; culmen nearly straight, not angu- 
lated or gibbous at base; tip notched, quite abruptly decurved. Nostrils apparently 
double or with two opening on each side. 
squamulatus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875. 37. Tb. 6. — Venezuela. 
Microeca papuana Meyer, Dresdener Mittheil. 1875. I. 9. — Nov. Guinea. 
Microhierax sinensis Sharpe, Ibis 1875. 254; Cat. Accip. 366. = Falco L. 
coerulescens Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. 366. — Falco coerulescens L. 
erytbrogenys Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. 369. = Falco erythrogenys. 
fringillarius Sharpe, Cat. . Accipitr. 367. = Falco fringillarius Drap. 
melanoleucus Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. 368. — Hierax melanoleucus Bl. 
Micronisus poliopsis Hume, Stray Feath. I. 325. — Pegu. 
Mieroperdix Blewitti Hume, Stray Feath. II. 512. — Raipur. 
Jf2cro;??erw5 patachoni eus King, Zool. Proc. 1830. 15; Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 50. 143. 
Pedes digitis posterioribus lobatis. Rostrum validum rugosum. Lamellae magnae. 
Nares in medio rostri positae. Tibiae plumatae. Alae breves. 
Microspingus bifasciatus Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874. 132. — Peruvia. 
Milvus Cuvier. — Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. 319. 
korschun Sharpe, Catal. Accipitr. 322. — Milvus niger Briss. 
major Hume, Stray Feath. I. 160. — Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872. 68. 
Milvus melanotis Tern. 
palustris Anderson, Proc. as. Soc. 1873. 142. 
Minla Mandelli Austen, Ann. mag. n. h. 1876. XVIL 33. — Naga Hills. 
