MEGASTRIX. — MELAMPICUS. 
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MEGASTRIX Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 770. = Strix tenebricosa Gould. 
MEGERODIUS goliath Heine, Joura. Ornith. 18 GO. VIII. 200. == Ardea goliat 
Tem. 
MEGISTINA (Motacillinae) Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 31. = Anthus Bechst. 
Bec un peu robuste, glabre à la base, un peu comprimé latéralement, con- 
vexe en dessus, entier, courbé à la pointe. Narines découvertes. 
ignota Vieillot, 1. c. = Anthus pratensis Bechst. 
MEGISTURA Gray, List 1840. = Mecistura Leach. 
MEIGLYPTES (Picidae) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 309. = Picus Lin. 
Synon.: Miglyptes Strickl. — Stugnopicus Bonap. 
Bill thick and broad at the base as in Melanerpes. Culmen considerably 
arched; the sides much rounded and somewhat cylindrical. Lateral ridge wanting. 
Wings long. Versatile and anterior toes equal. Tarsus slightly shorter, 
badius Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. — Picus rufinotus Sundev. 
brachyurus Gray, Genera Birds II. 447. — Picus brachyurus Vieill. 
brunneus Gray, Genera Birds II. 447. = Picus brunneus Sundev. 
fuscus Peale, Unit. St. Exped. VIII. 132. == Picus brunneus Sundev. 
grammithorax Gray, Handl. Birds II. 303. = Picus tristis Horsf. 
gularis Jerdon, Madras Journ. = Picus gularis Sundev. 
jugularis Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 195. = Hemicercus jugu- 
laris Gray. 
loricatus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. Tf. 681. == Picus loricatus Sundev. 
pectoralis Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 60. — Picus brunneus Sundev. 
phaeoceps Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 22. = Picus rufinotus Sundev. 
poecilophus Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 309. = Picus tristis Horsf. 
pyrrhotis Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 22. — Picus pyrrhotis Hodgs. 
rufinotus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I." 113. — Picus rufinotus Sundev. 
tristis Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. — Picus tristis Horsf. 
MELAErVORlVIS (Muscicapinae. — jxsXaç niger, oçviç avis). — Gray, List 
1840; Genera Birds 1845. I. 288. 
Synon.: Melanornis Bonap. — Melasoma Swains. — Melanosoma Sundev. 
Bill short , with the culmen elevated, keeled, and curved to the tip, which is 
emarginated, the base broad and the sides compressed towards the point; the nostrils 
basal, lateral, rounded and partly concealed by a few weak bristles; icings moderate, 
with the fourth, fifth and sixth quills equal and longest; tail long and rounded at 
the end; tarsi longer than the middle toe; toes moderate, with the outer as long 
as the inner toe; the hind toe strong, shorter than the middle one, and armed with 
a strong claw. — 1 Spec. 
atra Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 350. — Malaconotus ater. 
edolioides Gray, List Genera Birds 1840. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NO Africa 
I. 426. [Africa occid. Abyssinia. 
Melasoma edolioides Swainson, Birds W Africa I. 257. Tb. 29. 
Agrya edolioides de Lafresnaye, d'Orb. Diet. hist. nat. II. 
Melasoma nigerrima Pz. Paul Würtbg. 
Melaenornis melas v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1867. XV. 295. ' 
Melaenornis intermedia v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1862. X. 312. 
Muscicapa lugubris v. Müller, Beitr. Taf. 2. 
Dicrourus edolioides Supra 43. 
Ludwigi Gray, Handl. Birds I. 288. == Dicrurus Ludwigi Bonap. 
melas v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1867. XV. 295. = Melaenornis edolioides 
Gray. 
simplex Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 350. — Caffraria. 
taenioptera Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 350. = Malaconotus vittatus. 
MELAGAVIA Bonaparte, Naumannia 1854. IV. 212. == Larus Lin. 
MELAMPICUS (Picidae. — p.sXaç niger, picus nom. propr.) Malherbe, Mem. 
acad. Metz 1849. 364; Monogr. Picidae 1862. II. 192. == Picus Lin. 
Synon.: Melanerpes Swains. — Melanopicos Malh. 
