LOCUSTELLA. — LOMVIA. 
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LOCUSTELLA (Sylviadae) Kaup, natürl. Syst. 1829. — Degland, Ornith. Europe 
1867. I. 528. = Calamodyta Meyer. 
Bee droit, épais h la base, comprimé seulement dans la moitié antérieure, 
plus large que haut à la base, échancré à la pointe de la mandibule supérieure; 
narines oblongues, ovalaires; ailes médiocres, subaiguës; queue assez allongée, 
étagée, cunéiforme, à pennes acuminées et larges; tarses épais; doigts grêles et 
longues, celui du milieu, y compris l'ongle, beaucoup plus court que le pouce, 
l'ongle de ce doigt, qui est faible et très comprimé, comptant pour la moitié 
environ; plumage serré, varié de taches oblongues. 
anthirostris Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 284. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
certhiola Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 284. = Calamodyta certhiola Gray. 
fluviatilis Gould, Birds Europe Tb. 102. = Calamodyta fluviatilis Gray. 
Hendersoni Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1858. 194. == Calamodyta Hender- 
soni. 
lanceolata Bonaparte, Catal. Parzudaki 6. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
locustella Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium ï. 280. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
macropus Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863. 89. — Calamodyta Hendersoni. 
minuta Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863. 89. = Calamodyta minuta Gray. 
naevia Degland, Ornith. Europ. I. 529. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
ochotensis v. Middendorff, sibir. Reise Il b . ,185. = Calamodyta cantillans 
Gray. 
Rayi Gould, Birds Europe Tb. 103. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
Raji Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 182. == Calamodyta certhiola Gray. 
rubescens Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 582. = Calamodyta 
rubescens. 
taesanowskia Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 355. = Calamodyta cantillans 
Gray. 
tenuirostris Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 284. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
vera Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 284. = Calamodyta locustella Gray. 
LODDIGESIA ( Trochilidae. — Loddiges alitor) Gould, Introd. Moriogr. Trochil. 
1861. 70. rrr: TrOChUuS LlN. 
Synon.: Loddiggiornis Bonap. — Platura Lesson. — Mulsantia Reichb. 
Bill straight and longer than the head; wings diminutive; primaries rounded 
at the tip; outer tail feather on each side very much prolonged and terminating 
in a large spatule. 
mirabilis Gould, Monogr. Trochil. III. Tb. 161. = Trochilus mirabilis Lodd. 
LODDIGGIORNIS mirabilis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1850. XXX. 131. = Trochi- 
lus mirabilis Lodd. 
LOEDORUSA (Brachypodidae. — XoiSopoç increpitans) Reichenbach , natürl. Syst. 
1850. Tf. 54. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 109. = Pycnonotus Kuhl. 
Synon.: Loidorusa Reichb. 
analis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 109. = Pycnonotus analis. 
flavirictus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 109. — Pycnonotus flavirictus Strickl. 
goiavier Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 109. == Pycnonotus goiavier Blyth. 
LOMVIA (Alcidae) Brandt, Bullet, acad. St. Petersburg 1837. IL 345. — Coues, 
Proceed, acad. Philadelphia 1868. 74. = Alca Lin. 
Synon.: Cataractes Möhr. — Uria Briss. — Cepphus Pall. 
Bill much longer than the tarsus, much compressed. Rictus decurved for 
great part of its length. Gonys concave, nearly as long as culmen. Upper man- 
dible grooved near the tip. Tomial edges of upper mandible much inflected. 
Nasal fossae narrow, shallow, feathered; nostrils covered with feathers. Feathers 
on side of lower mandible in a straight oblique line. Tail very short, much 
rounded, contained 3 2 / 3 times in the wing. Tarsus anteriorly scutellated, much 
shorter than middle toe without claw; outer face of outer claw not grooved, 
arra Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 774. = Alca arra Schleg. 
Brünnichi Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 345. = Alca arra 
Schleg. 
