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[SCHNOSCBLES. — ISPIDINA. 
Promerops minor , Epimaohus minor RÛPPÉLL , syst; Uebers. NO Africa 25. Tf. 8. 
Rhinopomastus minor Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 411. 
pusillus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 12. = Irrisor aterrimus Gray. 
Senegal en sis Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1854. II. 8. = Irrisor capensis Less. 
aibilator Gray, Genera Birds I. 90. — Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 322. 
Tf. 59 G. Fig. 4040. [Africa merid. 
Falcinellus sibilator Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 580. 
Epimachus sibilatrix Wagler, Oken's Isis 1829. — Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 
440. 
Le Promer op s siffleur Levaillant, Promerops Guêp. 22. ïb. 10. 
Stricklandi Bonaparte, teste Gray. — Irrisor capensis Less. 
Theophilei v. Heuglin, Ornith. NO Africa I. 220. — Abyssinia. 
Promerops Theophilei Prévost, Lefeb. Abyss. Ois. 166. 
unicolor Wagler, Oken's Isis 1829. 656. = Irrisor cyanomelas Gray. 
ÏSCHNOSCELES (Falconidae. — lopoaxeX'ifjç exilia habens crura) Strickland, Ann. 
mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 409. = Nisus Cuv. 
Synon.: Greranospiza , Geranopus Kaup. 
Rostrum asturinum, subexiguum, elevatum, compressum, cera longiuscula, 
culmine satis curvato, dexlro hamato, commissura subrecta, vix sinuata, dextrum 
versus subito deflexa, mandibula debili, denticulo obtuso versus apicem instructa, 
gonyde vix ascendente. Nares ovatae, obliquae. Alae médiocres, caudae trientem 
attingentes, rotundatae, remigibus graduatis, 5. et 6. longissimis. Cauda elongata, 
rotundata. Tarsi gracillimi, acrotarsiis paratarsiisque scutatis, scutis laevigatas, 
subobsoletis. Digiti graciles, digitus médius elongatus, exterhus interno multum 
brevior. Ungues curvati. acuti, subtus complanati, externus longe minimus, alii 
subaequales. 
gracilis Strickland, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 409. s= Nisus hemi- 
dactylus Cuv. 
nigra Dubus, Revue Mag. Zool. 1848. 241; Esq. Ornith. IV. Tb. L — Nisus 
hemidactylus Cuv. 
ISCHYR0P0DUS Reiciienbach , naturl. Syst. Tf. 55. = Grateropus Swains. 
Jardinei Gray, Handl. Birds I. 281. s= Crateropus Jardinei Smith. 
melanops Gray, Handl. Birds I. 281. = Crateropus melanops Hartl. 
ISCHYEORNIS derbyana Reichenbach, natiirl. Syst. 21. Tf. 136. Fig. 1133. = 
Palamedea derbyana Schleg. 
ISPIDÂ (Alcedinidae. — ispida nom. propr.) Linne, Syst. Nat. 1735. — Swaïn- 
son, Classific. Birds 1837. II. 336. = Alcedo Lin. 
Habit of Alcedo. Culmen obtuse, somewhat flattened and margined on each 
side by an indented groove. Tail lengthened, rounded. Inner toe much longer 
than the hinder. Claws either deeply notched or cleft so as to present two acute 
unequal points. 
alcyon Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 336. = Alcedo alcyon Lin. 
bengalensis Brisson, Ornith. IV. 495. Tb. 39. Fig. 1. = Alcedo minor Schleg. 
bicincta Swainson, Birds W Africa II. 95. — Alcedo rudis Lin. 
bitorquata Swainson, Classif. Birds I. 336. = Alcedo rudis Lin. 
gigantea Swainson, Birds WAfr. II. 93. — Alcedo maxima Pall. 
indica Brisson, Ornith. IV. 479. Tb. 37. Fig. 1. = Alcedo orientalis Gmel. 
ludoviciana Gmelin, Syst. Nat, I. 452. = Alcedo alcyon Lin. 
madagascariensis Brisson. Ornith. IV. 508. Tb. 38. = Dacelo madagasca- 
riensis Schleg. 
philippensis cristata Brisson, Ornith. IV. 483. — Alcedo cristata Lin. 
rudis Jerdon, Madras Journ. XI. 232. — Alcedo rudis Lin. 
torquata Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 336. — Alcedo tor quota Lin. 
ISPIDINA (Alcedinidae) Kaup, Familie Eisvögel 11. — Reichenbach, Handb. 
Ornith. I. 6. == Alcedo Lin. 
Synon.: Ipsidina Kaup. 
Schnabel kurz, oben dachförmig, ohne Rinnen neben der Firste. 
