DIMORPHA. — DINORNIS. 
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Acridotheres gallinaceus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 691. 
Dilophus gallineus Vieillot, Analyse 34. 
Pastor carunculatus Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 16. 
Creatophora carunculata Lesson, Compl. Buffon 308. 
DIMORPHA (Muscicapidae. — hi\kog<poç biformus) Hodgson, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 
1845. XIII. 25. = Menetica Cab. 
Synon.: Siphia Hodgs. 
Bill short, cylindrico-depressed ; Muscicapan, but less wide and less armed at 
the tip; base loaded with a forward soft zone, putting forth hairs which partly 
conceal the nares; rictus less wide and less armed than in Muscicapa, but ap- 
proaching thereto; wings more or less elongated and acuminated, with 4. 5. 6. 
quill longest; the first three or four more regularly gradated than in Muscicapa; 
alar and caudal plumes wedged and mucronate, and the tail itself either slightly 
gradated from centre and sides, or cuneate; legs and feet more suited to walking 
than in Muscicaps; tarse smooth and exceeding the mid toe and nail; toes medical, 
compressed, unequal; hind sometimes large, but not broad; nails large and slender, 
or small and more bent. 
albigularis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. XI. 190. — Menetica 
albigularis. 
auricularis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 940. = Menetica 
auricularis. 
leucocyanea Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 83. = Menetica superciliaris Cab. 
leucomelanura Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 319. = Menetica leuco- 
melanura. 
leucura Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 83. = Menetica leucura. 
rubrocyanea Hodgson, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 26. — Menetica 
superciliaris Cab. 
moniliger Hodgson, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 26. == Menetica moni- 
ligera. 
strophiata Hodgson, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 26. === Menetica 
strophiata Cab. 
superciliaris Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. XI. 190. == Menetica 
superciliaris Cab. 
DINEMELLIA leucocephala Reichenbach, Aus]. Singvögel 88. Tf. 45. Fig. 327. 
— Textor Dinemelli Horsf. 
DINOPIUM Rafinesque 1815. = Picus Lin. 
DIIVORMS (Dinornidae. — osivoç giganteus, opviç avis). — Owen, Transact. 
Zool. Soc. 1839. III. 29. seqq. — Bronn, Leth. geogn. 1856. III. 732. 
Synon.: Syornis, Cela, Anomalopteryx Reicht». — Aptornis Mailt. — Megalornis Owen. 
Genus extinctum. Omnes species Novae Zealandiae. — 11 Specc. 
casuarius Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 326. Tb. 46 — 48. 
Syornis casuarius Reichenbach, Natürl. Syst. pag. 30. 
crassus Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 327. Tb. 42. 48. 
curtns Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 327. Tb. 47. 48. 
Cela curta Reichenbach, Natürl. Syst. pag. 30. 
didiformis Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 326. 
Anomalopteryx didiformis Reichenbach, Natürl. Syst. pag. 30. 
dromaeoides Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 265. = Palapteryx dromaeoides 
Owen. 
elephantopus Owen, Monogr. Dinornis XIII. 115. 
giganteus Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 326. Tb. 39 — 41. 44. 45. 
Megalornis novae Hollandiae Owen, in litt. 
Moa gigantea Reichenbach, Natürl. Syst. pag. 30. 
gracilis Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 326. 
ingens Owen, Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 326. Tb. 40. 42. 48. = Palapteryx 
ingens Owen. 
maximus Owen, Monogr. Dinornis XII. 497. Tb. 89. 90. 
Giebel, Thesaurus. II. 4 
