LEPTODON. — LEPTOPOGON. 
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LEPTODON Sundevall. = Cymindis Cuv. 
LEPTOGLOSSUS (Meliphagidae. — àstutoç tenuis, yXocaa lingua) Swainson, Classif. 
Birds 1837. II. 327. = Myzomela Via. 
Habit of Cinnyris. Bill remarkably long, slander et curved. Tongue re- 
tractile, long, bifurcated as in Trochilus. Lateral toes unequal. Tail nearly even. 
cucullatus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 327. ±= Myzomela tenuirostris Vig. 
LEPTOGRAMMUS Cumingi Gray, Handl. Birds II. 206. = Dasylophus Cumingi 
Fras. 
IEPT0L0PHUS (Psittacidae. — Xstttoç tenuis, X090Ç crista) Swainson, Zool. 
Illustr. 1832. Tb. 112. = Callipsittacus Agass. 
Wings very long; the first quill rather shorter than the second, which is 
longest, the rest rapidly diminishing. Tail long, very broad; the lateral feathers 
narrowing at their points, but the two middle considerably pointed and extending 
much beyond the others. Tarsus shorter than the hallux. Nostrils large, tumid, 
naked; the aperture round. 
auricomis Swainson, Zool. Illustr. 522. s± Callipsittacus novae Hollandiae 
Finsch. 
LEPTONYX (Fringillidae. — àstctoç tenuis, ovu£ unguis) Swainson, Classif. Birds 
1837. II. 290. = Tardivola Swains. 
Bill intermediate between Emberiza and Ammodromus. Culmen slightly arched 
from the front. Under mandible rather thicker than the upper which is notched; 
commissure sinuated and angulated at the base; the margins inflected. Wings 
short, the three first quills nearly equal. Tail moderate, graduated. Feet as in 
Ammodromus; but the hind claw as long as its toe. 
melanotis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 290. = Tardivola melanotis. 
LEPTONYX (Pterotochidae) Swainson, Fauna bor. amer. 1832. = Pteroptochus 
Kittl. 
albicollis d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer, mérid. Ois. 186. == Pteroptochus albicollis 
Kittl. 
macropus Swainson, Zool. Illustr. Tb. 117. = Pteroptochus megapodius Kittl. 
paradoxus d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. Ois. 197. = Pteroptochus paradoxus. 
rubecula d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 196. = Pteroptochus rubecula Kittl. 
Tarnii d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. Ois. 198. = Pteroptochus Tarni. 
LEPTOPELICANUS fuscus Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 7. Tf. 70. Fig. 382. = 
Pelecanus fuscus Lin. 
LEPT0PLCETR0N pictus Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. = Emberiza picta Swains. 
LEPTOPOGON (Tyrannidae. — Xstutoç tenuis, TCoyov barba) Cabanis, v. Tschudi's 
Fauna peruan. 1844. 161. = Elainea Sundev. 
Rostrum mediocre basi solum latius quam altum, subrectum parum depressum; 
maxilla culmine continuo, apice parum deflexa, ante apicem emarginata; nares 
laterales, oblongae, patulae. Vibrissae longae, tenues. Alae médiocres. Cauda 
mediocris, subaequalis; pedes breves, digiti médiocres ut in ceteris Tyranninarum 
generibus. Hoc genus transitum a Tyran ninis ad Platyrhynchos facere videtur. 
amaurocephalus Cabanis, v. Tschud. Faun, peruan. 162. = Elainea amauroce- 
phala Gray. 
angustirostris Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 186. == Elainea angustirostris 
Gray. 
bivittatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 186. = Elainea bivittata Gray. 
cinereus v. Tschudi, Conspect. Avium 16. = Serpophaga cinerea Sclat. 
erythrops Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862. 111. = Elainea erythrops. 
flavovirens Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York == Elainea flavovirens. 
modestus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 187. = Elainea modesta Sundev. 
olivaceus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 186. = Elainea brevirostris Sundev. 
peruvianus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 757. = Elainea peruviana. 
pileatus Cabanis, Journ. Ornith. 1865. XIII. 414. — Elainea pileata. 
poecilotis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862. 111. — Elainea poecilotis. 
poliocephalus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. LT. 55. === Elainea poliocephala. 
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