464 
LEIPOA. — LEISTES. 
Siva strigula Gray, Handl. Birds I. 313. — Blanförd, Journ. as. Soc. Ben- 
gal 1872. II. 45. 
Swinhoei [China. 
Proparus Swinhoei Verreaux, nouv. Archiv. Bullet. 1870. VI. 33. 
torqueola [China. 
Siva torqueola Swinhoe, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1870. V. 174. 
Staphida torqueola Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 373. 
% import us Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1842. XI. 184. [Nepal. Sikkim. 
Hemiparus s. Siva vinipectus Hodgson, Ind. Review 1838. 89. — Blanford, 
Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1872. II. 45. 
Proparus vinipectus Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 938. 
Poecila vinipectus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 230. 
LEIPOA (Megapodiidae) — Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 126. 
Synon.: Liopa Agass. — Laiopa Gray. 
Rostrum fere tarn longum quam caput, gracile, ad basin tumescens, tomiis 
undulatis et ad basin incurvatis, naribus amplis, oblongis, operculo tectis et in 
fovea centrali positis. Caput subcristatum. Alae amplae rotundatae concavae e. 
remigibus primariis quinto longissimo , tertiariis quam remiges primarii fere tarn longis. 
Cauda rotundata, rectricibus 14. Tarsi médiocres, robusti, antice scutis, postice 
squamis rotundatis haud aequalibus , tecti. Digiti subbreves, digitis later alibus inter 
se fere aequalibus. — 1 Spec. 
ocellata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 126; Birds Australia V. Tb. 78. 
[Australia occid. 
Marrakko. — Ngow-o, Ngow. 
LEISTES (Sturnidae) Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1825. II. 191. == Agelaius Vieill. 
Synon.: Pedotribes Cab. — Trupialis Bonap. — Gymnomystax Reichb. — Pseudo- 
leistes, Curaeus Sclat. 
Bill lengthened, conic, very straight; the culmen depressed from the base to 
the tip, which is flattened. Wings moderate; the first quill rather shorter than 
the three next, which are the longest. Tail rounded. Legs large; strong. Middle 
toe longer than the tarsus; hinder toe shorter, lateral toes unequal, the outer 
one shortest. Anterior claws slender and but slightly curved, the outer one 
smaller than the inner, hinder claw much stronger and more curved than the 
middle one. 
albipes Philippi, Wiegm. Archiv 1863. XXIX. 128. = Agelaius albipes. 
americanus Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1825. II. 191. — Agelaius militaris Vieill. 
anticus Gray, Genera Birds II. 348. = Agelaius virescens Vieill. 
aureus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 431. — ? 
brevirostris Swainson, two Cent. Birds 304. = Agelaius viridis. 
citrinus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 431. — Agelaius melanicterus Vieill. 
curaeus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 190. = Agelaius curaeus. 
draco Lesson, Traité Ornith. 431. = Agelaius virescens Vieill. 
erythrocephalus Swainson, Zool. Miscell. I. Tb. 36. = Amblyrhamphus holo- 
sericeus Gray. 
erythrothorax v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 326. = Agelaius eryihrothorax. 
flavus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 14. == Agelaius flavus. 
humeralis Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1827. III. 442. =s Agelaius humeralis Bonap. 
icterocephalus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 14. = Agelaius ictero- 
cephalus. 
melanicterus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 14. = Agelaius melani- 
cterus Vieill. 
militaris Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 14. — Agelaius militaris 
Vieill. 
niger Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 275. = Agelaius curaeus. 
orioloides Swainson, two Cent. 303. = Agelaius viridis. 
Suchi Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1825. II. 192. = Agelaius viridis. 
