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LOPHORTYX. — LOPHOSPIZA. 
Helenae Gould, Monogr, Trocbil. III. Tb. 123. = Trochilus Helenae Delatt. 
lophotes Gould, Monogr. Trochil. Introd. 63. = Trochilus lophotes. 
magnifica Gould, Monogr. Trocbil. III. Tb. 119. == Trochilus magnificus 
Vieill. 
Nattereri Lesson, Oiseaux moucbes 37. = Trochilus scutatus Tem. 
ornata Gould, Monogr. Trocbil. III. Tb. 117. = Trochilus ornatus Bodd. 
petasophora Lesson, Oiseaux mouches 38. = Trochilus petasophorus. 
reginae Gould, Monogr. Trochil. III. Tb. 122. = Trochilus reginae. 
regulus Gould, Monogr. Trochil. III. Tb. 120. = Trochilus regulus Gould. 
strumaria Lesson, Oiseaux mouches 40. =t Trochilus magnificus Vieill. 
Verreauxi Gould, Monogr. Trochil. III. Tb. 125. — Trochilus Verreauxi 
Bourc. 
Vieilloti Lesson, Oiseaux mouches 41. = Trochilus chalybaeus Vieill. 
LOPHORTYX (Tetraonidae. — Xocpoç crista, opTU^ nom. propr.) Bonaparte, 
Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 883. ~ Baird, Birds NAmerica 643. = Ortyx 
Steph. 
Head with a crest of lengthened feathers springing from the vertex, the 
shafts in the same vertical plane, and the webs roof shaped, and overlapping 
each others; the number varies from two to six or more; they widen to the tip, 
where they are slightly recurved. Tail lengthened and graduated; nearly as long 
as the wing, composed of twelve stiff feathers. Wings with the tertials not as 
long as the primaries ; the coverts without any unusual developement ; claws rather short; 
the lateral reaching to, but scarcely beyond the base of the middle; the out- 
stretched toe not reaching the tip of the tail. 
californica Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 883. — Ortyx calif ornica 
Steph. 
Douglasi Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. Amer. 43. = Ortyx Douglasi Dougl. 
elegans Nuttall, Man. Ornith. 1840. I. 792. = Ortyx elegans Less. 
Gambeli Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 883. = Ortyx Gambeli. 
noxenus Nuttall, Man. Ornith. 1840. I. 792. = Ortyx cristata Gray. 
picta Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 883. — Ortyx picta Dougl. 
plumifera Nuttall, Man. Ornith. 1840. I. 791. = Ortyx picta Dougl. 
L0PH0RYNCHTJS Swainson, falce scripsit. — Lophorhynchus. 
LOPHOSPIZA (Falconidae. — X090Ç crista, C7tt£a avis quaedam) Kaup, Oken's 
Isis 1847. 187; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 178. = Astur Lacep. 
Synon. : Lophospizia Kaup. 
The genus resemble Teraspiza with respect to the short point of the wings, 
which is equal to one-fourth the entire length of the wing. The first four pri- 
maries on the inner vane emarginated a trifle. Digits clad with three to four 
little shields before the nails. Middle digit short, as long as the short part of 
the tarsus, covered with coarse and wide shields in front and behind. Tibial 
plumes projecting but very little. 
griseiceps Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 178. = Astur griseiceps Kaup. 
indica Gray, Handl. Birds I. 30. = Astur indicus Hodgs. 
trinotata Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 774. = Nisus trinotatus Schleg. 
trivirgata Kaup, Wiegm. Archiv 1850. XVI. 35. = Astur trivirgatus Cuv. 
LOPHOSPIZA (Pitylinae) Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium 1850. I. 470. — Passerina 
Vieill. 
Synon. : Cryphospingus Cab. 
Genus inter Paroarias et Tiares medium; Tachyphonis analogiam, minime 
vero affinitatem praebens. 
cristata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium L 472. = Passerina cristata. 
cruentata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 472. = Passerina cruentata. 
griseocristata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 472. = Passerina griseocristata. 
pileata Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 472. = Passerina pileata. 
pusilla Burmeister, Reise La Plata II. 483. — Tucuman. 
