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toes and clothed with plumes; toes long and clothed with plumes; the inner shorter 
than the outer; the claws moderate and curved. 
dasypus Moore, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1854. 104. = Hirundo dasypus Tem. 
nipalensis Moore, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1854. XXII. 104. = Hirundo dau- 
rica Lin. 
DELOPYGIA (subgen. Tringae) Coues, Proceed, acad. Philadelphia 1861. 190 
nota. = Heteropygia Coues. 
Specc. : Tringa Bonapartei , Tr. Cooperi , Tr. maculata. 
DELPHINELLA Delphinae Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. = Polytmus del- 
phinae Gray. 
DEMIGRETTA Blyth, Journ. asiat. SoC. Bengal 1846. XV. 372. — Baird, Birds 
N. America 660. = Ardea Lin. 
Bill narrow, slender; both outlines rather concave to the terminal half, then 
uniformly convex. Tarsi very long, broadly scutellated; toes very short; the middle 
scarcely more than half the tarsus; outer longest. Claws much curved, very short 
and blunt. 
concolor Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1846. XV. 372. = Ardea jugularis 
Forst. 
Greyi Gould, Handb. Birds Australia 556. ==. Ardea jugularis Forst. 
ludoviciana Baird, Birds N. America 663. = Ardea leucogaster Gmel. 
Pealei Baird, Birds N. America 661. = Ardea ruf a Bodd. 
rufa Baird, Birds N. America 662. = Ardea ruf a Bodd. 
DENDRAGÀPUS (subgen. Tetraonis) Elliot, Monogr. Tetraon. 1864. = Tetrao L. 
Synon.: Dendrogapus Elliot, 
obscurus Gray, Handlist Birds II. 276. = Tetrao obscurus Say. 
Richardsoni Gray, Handlist Birds II. 276. === Tetrao Richardsoni Dougl. 
DENDRANTHTJS Agassiz, Index Nomencl. = Dendronanthus Blyth. 
DENDREXETASTES (Dendrocolaptinae. — oevSpov arbor, s£sTaGTY]£ scrutator). 
Eyton, Jard. Contrib. Ornith. 1851. IV. 76. ~ Dendrocolaptes Illig. 
Synon.: Cladoscopus Reiclib. 
Rostrum validum, arcuatum, parum cultratum, haud altius quam latum, nari- 
bus magnis vix ovalibus. Pedes tarsique validi. Cauda duabus rectricibus mediis 
longissimis. 
capitoides Eyton, Jard. Contrib. Ornith. 1851. IV. 76. = Dendrocolaptes 
Temmincki Lafresn. 
Devillei Gray, Handlist Birds I. 176. = Dendrocolaptes Demilei Lafresn. 
Temmincki Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1855. XXIII. = Dendrocolaptes 
Temmincki Lafresn. 
DENDROBATES (Picidae. — oev5poßaT£G) arbores ascendere) Swainson, Classific. 
Birds 1837. II. 306. = Picus Lin. 
Synon.: Dendropicus Bonap. — Ipoctonus Heine. — Campias Cab. 
Bill as long as or shorter than the head, broad at the base; the nostrils 
lateral, basal, and hidden by the projecting plumes. Wings long and pointed, 
with the second, third and fourth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate, 
graduated and rigid. Tarsi shorter than the outer anterior toe. Toes unequal, 
and the outer posterior generally longer than the anterior; the hind toe short and 
slender; the claws long, compressed and much arched. 
Abingtoni Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 124. = Picus Bennetti Sundev. 
abyssinicus Gray, Genera Birds II. 435. = Picus Ilemprichi Ehrbg. 
aethiopicus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 128. — Picus nubicus Gmel. 
affinis Gray, Handlist Birds II. 199. =, Picus af finis Swains. 
africanus Gray, Genera Birds II. 437. = Picus africanus Gray. 
agilis Gray, Handlist Birds II. 199. = Picus agilis Sundev. 
brachyrhynchus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 123. = Picus brachyrhynchus 
Sundev. 
Brucei Bocage, Jörn. sc. math. phys. Lisboa II. 45. — Picus Brucei Sundev. 
cactorum Burmeister, Journ. Ornith. 1860. VIII. 244. = Picus cactorum d'Orb. 
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