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LAP.OPUS. — LATMODON. 
Schwanz. Das Gefieder oder wenigstens der Schwanz mit röthlichem Anflug; die 
Weichen fein weiss punktirt, 
coerulescens Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 172. = Estrilda coerulescens Swains. 
fimbriata Gray, Handl. Birds II. 52. == Estrilda fimbriata. 
ignita Reiciienbacii, Singvögel 18. = Estrilda senegala Gray. 
larvata v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. I. G 17. = Estrilda larvata Heügl. 
lateritia v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1864. XII. 251. = Estrilda rufopicta 
Fras. 
minima Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 172. = Estrilda minima Rüpp. 
nigricollis v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. I. Gl 8. = Estrilda nigricollis Heugl. 
polionota Shelley, Ibis 1873. III. 141. — Africa occid. 
rhodopareia v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1868. XVI. 16. = Estrilda rubricata 
Gray. 
rubricata Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 171. == Estrilda rubricata Gray. 
rufopicta Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 143. = Estrilda rufopicta Fras. 
senegala Reiciienbacii, Singvögel 18. =, Estrilda senegala Gray. 
vinacea Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 143. — Estrilda vinacea. 
LAGOPUS ( Tetraonidae. — XayoTrouç avis quaedam) Brisson, Ornith. 1760. IL 
216. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. III. 517. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 632. 
= Tetrao Lin. 
Synon.: Keron Montin. — Attagen, Orcias Kaup. — Acetinornis Bouap. 
Differs from the genus Tetrao by the tarsi and toes being completely clothed 
with hair like feathers, but the latter somewhat less so in the summer months; 
and the claws long nearly straight. 
albus Stephens, gener. Zool. XI. 292. — Tetrao albus Gmel. 
alpinus Nilsson, skandin. Fauna II. 98. = Tetrao mutus Lin. 
americanus Audubon, Birds America V. 119. Tb. 300. = Tetrao mutus Lin. 
brachydactylus Gould, Birds Europe Tb. 256. = Tetrao albus Gmel. 
ferrugineus Fraser. = Tetrao albus Gmel. 
groenlandicus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 287. == Tetrao islandorum Fabr. 
hemileucurus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 354. = Tetrao hemileucurus. 
hyperboreus Malmgren, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XL 371. — 
islandicus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 287. == Tetrao islandorum Fabr. 
lapponicus Stephens, gener. Zool. XI. 296. = Tetrao albus Gmel. 
leucurus Swainson, Faun. bor. amer. II. 356. Tb. 63. = Tetrao leucurus Gray. 
montanus Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 516. = Tetrao mutus Lin. 
mutus Leach, Catal. brit. Mus. 27. = Tetrao mutus Lin. 
persicus Gray, Genera Birds III. 517. = Tetrao persicus. 
Reinhardti Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 287. — . Tetrao islandorum, Fabr. 
rupestris Leach, Zool. Miscell. II. 290. == Tetrao rupestris GxMEL. 
scoticus Leach, Catal. brit. Mus. 27. = Tetrao scoticus Lath. 
subalpinus Brehm, Vögel. Deutschi. 517. == Tetrao albus Gmel. 
vulgaris Vieillot, Diet. hist. nat. XVII. 99. = Tetrao mutus Lin. 
LAIMODON (Bucconidae. — Ioli^oç gula, oôouç deus) Gray, Genera Birds 1846. 
II. 428. = Pogonias Illig. 
Bill large, elevated and broad at the base, with the culmen arched and the 
sides compressed towards the tip, which is acute; the lateral margins strongly 
and irregularly dentated; the nostrils basal, lateral and concealed, and the base 
of both mandibles furnished with long bristles. Wings moderate with the third 
to the sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi as 
long as the outer toe and covered in front with broad scales. Toes unequal, the outer 
pair equal and the two anterior ones united to the first joint; the claws short, 
compressed and curved. 
albiventris Verreaux, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 393. Tb. 157. = Pogonais 
albiventris. 
bidentatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 428. = Pogonias bidentatus Bonap. 
bifrenatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 429. = Pogonias melanocephalus. 
