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the tip. Upper mandible notched. Commissure slightly curved. Nostrils midway 
between the tip and the gap, naked , but with the frontal feathers reaching to their 
base. Wings long, ample; the first quill spurious, the third, fourth and fifth of 
equal length and longest. Tail short, even, rounded or considerably lengthened 
and cuneated. Feet very large and strong. Middle toe and tarsus equal; hinder 
toe strong, but much shorter; lateral toes unequal. — 64 Specc. 
Sensu strictiore : Rostrum gracile, breviusculum, comprcssum, leviter emar- 
g in at urn , rectiusculum , culmine subarcuato; naribus apertis. Alae elongatae, caudae 
basin longe superantes , rotundatae ; remigibus 3 — 6 subaequalibus. Cauda elongata, 
gradata, sub certa luce fasciolata, rectricibus apice rotundatis, latiusculis vel an- 
gustatis. Pedes robusti, magni, tarsis elongatis, validis; digito interno et externo 
subaequalibus ; iinguis longis, robustis, postico robustissimo. Colores metallici niti- 
dissimi; maculae holosericeae alarum in nonnullis vix conspicuae. Color viridis 
praevalet. 
acuticauda v. Heuglin, Ornith. NO Africa I. 512. [Benguela. 
Lamprocolius acuticaudus Barboza du Bocage, Jörn. sc. Lisboa 1870. V. 13. 
aenea Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 18. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfrica I. 509. 
Merula viridis longicauda senegalensis Brisson, Ornith. II, 313. Tb. 31. Fig. 1. 
Merle à longue queue du Sénégal Buffon, Pl. enlum. 91. Tb. 220. 
Vert doré Levaillant, Oiseaux Afr. II. 146. Tb. 87. 
Turdus caudatus Müller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 144. 
Turdus longicauda Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. enl. 13. 
Turdus aeneus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 818. 
Sturmis aeneus Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 310. 
Corvus aureoviridis Shaw, gener. Zool. 
Lamprotornis longicauda Swainson, Birds WAfrica I. 148. Tb. 7. 
Juida aenea Lesson, Traité Ornith. 407. 
Urauges aeneus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 200. 
Juida oenea Layard, Birds S Africa 170. 
Juida Eytoni Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 368. 
Lamprotornis Eytoni Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1859. VII. 10. 
aenea Brehm, Habesch 216. — Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rlpp. 
aeneocephala v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XI. 22. 162; 1864. XII. 267. 
= Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rüpp. 
aeneoides Temminck, Bonap. Conspect. Avium I. 415. = Lamprotornis pur- 
puroptera Rüpp. 
af finis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 416. [Arakau. Nicobarae. 
Calornis affinis Hay, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1846. XV. 36. — Blyth, ibidem 
369. 375; 1850. XIX. 225. 
albicapilla [Somali. 
Spreo albicapillus Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1855. XXIV. 301. 
Notauges albicapillus Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1859. VII. 28. — Sclater, 
Ibis 1860. II. Tb. 7. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. I. 520. 
Planagur. Hannagar. 
albiventris Swainson, Anim. Menag. 297. — Lamprotornis bicolor Lichtst. 
amethystina v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XI. 20. = Lamprotornis aurata 
Hartl. 
argyrophthalma Pz. Paul Würtbg. = Lamprotornis chloroptera Swains. 
atrifusca Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. VIII. 109. Tb. 30. Fig. 1. [Samoa. 
Sturnoides gigas Pucheran, Voy. Pol. Sud. III. 83. Tb. 15. Fig. 2. 
Calornis corrina Cassin, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. 1858. 124. 
Sturnoides atrifusca Hartlaub u. Finsch, Fauna Centralpolynes. 107. 
Chlamydera gigas, Colornis atrifusca Gray, Birds trop. Isl. 25. 26. 
Fuia. 
atroiiitens [Nova Guinea. 
Aplonis atronitens Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. I «59. 164. , 
