MEGALOPERDIX. — MEGALOPREPIA. 
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nanus Lesson, Revue Zool. 1842. 135. = Pteroptochus nanus. 
rubecula d'Orbigny, Synops. Avium 16. = Pteroptochus rubecula Kittl. 
ruficapillus Lesson, Revue Zool. 1842. 209. = Pteroptochus ruficapillus. 
ruficeps d'Orbigny, Synopsis Avium 15. = Hylactes Tarni King. 
rufogularis d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer, mérid. Ois. Tb. 7. Fig. 3. 4. = Pteroptochus 
rubecula Kittl. 
rufus Lesson, Centur. Zool. 200. Tb. 66. == Hylactes megapodius Gray. 
MEGALOPERDIX (Subgen. Perdicis. — ^oCkoç grandis, 7üspoi£ perdix) Brandt, 
Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1843. I. 280. = Perdix Briss. 
Valvulae nasales basi totae areola arcuata angusta pennuiarum pluriseria- 
tarum obsessae. Remigum prima sexta longior. Digiti et ungues breviores et 
latiores. Plantae latiores. Squamarum dorsalium digitos obtegentium apicalis 
reliquis paulo longior. Pennae hypochondriorum subelongatis plus minusve acu- 
minatae. Cauda et pennis 18 — 24 compositis. 
Specc: Perdix altaica, P. caucasica, P. Nigelli. 
MEGALOPHONEUS (Alaudinae. — fxeyaXos grandis, çovso cantare) Gray, List 
Genera Birds 1841; Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda Lin. 
Bill moderate , slender, compressed, with the culmen somewhat curved to the 
tip; the nostrils basal, lateral and covered only by a membrane; wings very short, 
with the first quill short, and the second nearly as long as the third, which is 
the longest; tail moderate; tarsi longer than the middle toe and slender; toes 
moderate, the lateral ones unequal; and the hind claw short and somewhat 
curved. 
africanoides Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. == Alauda africanoides. 
africanus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda planicola Lichtst. 
albescens Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. == Alauda albescens Lafresn. 
Andersoni Tristram, Ibis 1869. V. 434. — Damara. 
apiatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda apiata Vieill. 
chenianus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda cheniana. 
cinereus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda cinerea Gmel. 
crassirostris Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 243. == Alauda crassirostris 
Vieill. 
fasciolatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 244. = Alauda fasciolata 
Sundev. 
ferrugineus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 244. = Alauda ferrugineà 
Lafresn. 
guttatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda guttata Lafresn. 
lagepa Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda lagepa Smith. 
occidentalis Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 153. = Alauda planicola Lichtst. 
planicola Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 244. == Alauda planicola Lichtst. 
pyrrhonotus Gray, Genera Birds II. 382. = Alauda albescens Lafresn. 
rostratus Hartlaub, Ibis 1863. V. 326. Tb. 9. = Alauda rostrata. 
ruficeps Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 79. = Alauda ruficeps Rüpp. 
rufipileus Gray, Genera Birds II. 244. = Alauda rufipileus Vieill. 
rufocinnamomeus Salvadori, Atti Soc. ital. 1866. VIII. = Alauda elegan- 
tissima Heugl. 
sabota Gray, Genera Birds II. 244. = Alauda sabota. 4 
MEGALOPHUS (Tyranninae) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 257. = Muscivora 
Cuv. 
Bill large, very thin, wide towards the base. Culmen depressed in whole 
length; tip abruptely hooked. Feet pale. 
Castelnaui Desmurs, Casteln. Exped. Amér. Ois. 55. == Muscivora Castelnaui 
ScLAT. 
regius Swainson, Flycatchers 145. Tb. 15. = Muscivora Swainsoni Pelz. 
regius Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 183. = Muscivora regia Gray. 
MEGALOPREPIA (Treroninae) Reichenbach, Tauben 101. = Carpophaga Selby. 
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