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MICRO CHELID ON. — MICROGLOSSIA. 
hirundinacea Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 243. = Dicaeum hirundinaceum 
Cuv. 
ignipectus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 244. = Dicaeum ignipectus 
Gray. 
Mackloti Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 244. — Dicaeum Mackloti Tem. 
MICROCHELIDON tibialis Sclater, Catal. amer. Birds 39. = Hirundo tibialis. 
MICROCHERA ( Trochilidae. — [uxpoç parvus, X. 7 )?* vidua) Gould, Introd. 
Monogr. Trochil. 1861. 62. = Topaza Gray. 
Bill about the same length as the head and straight; wings moderate; tail 
rather short and square; tarsi clothed; feet small, claws diminutive. 
albocoronata Gould, Monogr. Trochil. II. Tb. 116. = Topaza albicoronata 
Lawr. 
parvirostris Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 154. = Topaza parvirostris 
Lawr. 
MICROCOLAPTES (Picidae. — fuxpoç parvus, xoXa7ro)S scalprum) Gray, List 
Genera Birds 1840. 70. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 7. = Picumnus Tem. 
Synon.: Sasia, Comeris Hodgs. — Picumnoides , Mecrocolaptes Malh. 
abnormis Gray, List Genera Birds 70. = Picumnus abnormis Tem. 
granadensis Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zyg. 11. = Picumnus granadensis Lafresn. 
ochracea Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 191. — Picumnus ochra- 
ceus Sundev. 
olivaceus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zyg. 11. = Picumnus olivaceus Lafr. 
Orbignyanus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zyg. 11. = Picumnus Orbignyanus Lafr. 
squamulosus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zyg. 11. = Picumnus squamulatus 
Lafr. 
MICROCYGNA coromandeliana Gray, List Genera Birds 93. = Nettapus coro- 
mandelianus Gray. 
MICRODACTYLIA (Dicholophidae. — fxixpoç parvus, ôaxTuXoç dactylus). Geof- 
froy St. Hilaire, Ann. Mus. hist. nat. 1809. XIII. 370. = Dicholophus 
Illig. 
Bec convexe en dessus et renflé; la mandibule supérieure plus longue et 
terminée par un crochet. Pieds très longs à quatre doigts très courts. Ailes 
non armées, aboutissent à la moitié de ia queue. 
cristatus Marcgravi, Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Ann. Mus. hist. nat. 1809. XIII. 
370. = Dicholophus cristatus Illig. * 
MICROECA (Muscicapidae) Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 172. = Musci- 
capa Lin. 
Synon.: Micraea , Micraeca. 
Rostrum quam caput brevius, depressum, ad basin latum, gonyide recto, 
apice incurvo et leviter denticulato. Nares rotundatae, ad basin rostri vibrissis 
validis instructum positae. Alae longae et fortes, remigum primo brevi, tertio 
longissimo. Cauda aliquanto brevis et fere quadratus. Tarsi médiocres debiles. 
Digiti debiles, externus quam internus valde longior. 
assimilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 172. = Muscicapa assimilis. 
conspicillatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 156. = Muscicapa conspicillata. 
fascicans Gray, Handl. Birds I. 323. = Muscicapa fascicans. 
flavigaster Gould, Birds Australia II. Tb. 94. = Muscicapa ßavigastra. 
flavovirens Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 178. = Muscicapa ßavovirens. 
leucophaea Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 176. = Muscicapa fascinans. 
macroptera Gould, Birds Australia II. Tb. 93. = Muscicapa fascinans. 
superciliosa Wallace, Gray Handl. Birds I. 324. — Timor. 
MICROGLAUX (Strigidae. — (j.ixpoç parvus, yXau£ strix) Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 
769. = Noctua Cuv. 
Specc: Noctua perlata Schleg., N. veterum Schleg., N. meridionalis Riss., N. brama Cuv. 
MICROGLOSSIA (Psittacidae. — juxpoç parvus, yXoacJa lingua). — Geoffroy 
St. Hilaire , Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. 1809. XIII. — Finsch, Papag. I. 365. 
