MELANOPEPLA. — MELEAGRIS. 
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MELANOPEPLA (Muscicapinae. — [KsXaç niger, TCSTcXa vestis) Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1850. I. 54. = Malaconotus. 
Die wesentlichen Unterschiede von Melaenornis sind der an der Spitzenhälfte 
etwas zusanimengedrücktere Schnabel, merklich längere Flügel und der nicht stufige 
sondern ausgerandete Schwanz. 
atronitens Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 54. — Malaconotus ater. 
MELANOPERDIX niger Jerdon. — Cryptonyx niger Vig. 
MELANOPHANTES (Subgen. Hyphantis) Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1867. 
63. = Icterus Briss. 
Spec: Hyphantes xanthomus. 
MELANOPICTJS Malherbe, nouv. Classif. des Picidae. = Melampicus Malh. 
MELANOPITTA (Hypocnemididae) Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 1854. 7. — Pitta 
Vieill. 
atricapilla Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 7. = Pitta brevicauda Gray. 
bangkana Gray, Handl. Birds I. 296. = Pitta sordida. 
cucullata Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 7. = Pitta cucullata Harte. 
Forsteni Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. — Pitta melanocephala Forst. 
leucoptera Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. = Pitta malaccensis Gray. 
Mülleri Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. — Pitta philippensis Vieill. 
novae Guineae Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. = Pitta novae Guineae Müll. 
papuensis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. = Pitta papuensis Schleg. 
sangirana Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. = Pitta atricapilla Müll. 
sordida Gray, Handl. Birds I. 295. = Pitta philippensis Vieill. 
MELANOPSAR (Subgen. Pendulini) Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1867. 56. = 
Xanthomus Cuv. 
Specc: Pendulinus cayanensis, chilensis, chrysocephalus , dominicensis, hypomelas, 
leucopteryx, portoricensis , tibialis. 
MELANOPTILA glabirostris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 275; 1859. 337. 
— Turdus glabirostris. 
MELANOPYRIS. = Melanopyrrhus Bonap. 
MELANOPYRRHUS anais Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1853. XXXVI. 831; 1854. 
XXXVIII. 55. 536. = Gracula anais. 
MELANOSTERNA Blyth. =s Sterna Lin. 
MELANOTIS coerulescens Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 276. — Mimus coeru- 
lescens Gray. 
hypoleucus Hartlaub, Revue Mag. Zool. 1852. IV. 460. = Mimus hypoleucus. 
MELANZONA Cabanis, 1861. = Melozone Reichb. 
MELASOMA (Dicrurinae. — (xeXaç niger, aojxa corpus) Swainson, Classific. Birds 
II. 221. = Melaenornis. 
Bill of the general shape of Dicrurus, but much more slender and delicate. 
Nostrils partially naked, with a few weak incumbent bristles at the base. Rictus 
strongly bristled. Wings moderate; the three first quills graduated, the three next 
of equal length. Tail rounded. Tarsus lengthened; equal with the middle toe, 
and longer than the hind one. Inner toe scarcely shorter than the outer. Allied 
also to Brachypus. 
edoliodes SwAiNSOn, Birds WAfr. I. 258. Tb. 29. = Melaenornis edolioides. 
MELE AX* RIS (Gallinae. — u.sXsaYpiç nom. propr.) — Linne, Syst. Nat. 
1735. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. III. 500. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 
613. 
Synon.: Cenchramus Möhr. — Gallopavo Briss. 
Bill moderate, strong, the sides compressed and the culmen arched to the tip, 
which overlaps that of the lower mandible; the nostrils lateral, basal, pierced in 
the membrane of the nasal groove. Wings short, rounded, with the first four 
quills graduated and the fifth and sixth the longest. Tail moderate, broad and 
rounded. Tarsi robust, much longer than the middle toe, covered in front with 
broad divided scales and armed with a short obtuse spur. Toes moderate, the 
anterior ones united at their base by a membrane, the inner toe rather shorter than 
