MICROPTERUS. — MICROSCELIS. 
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brunneus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 203. ±* Picus brunneus Sundev. 
brachyurus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 203. = Picus- brachyurus Vieill. 
fokiensis Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 393. = Picus fokiensis Sundev. 
gularis Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 61. = Picus gularis Sundev. 
Holroydi Swinhoe, Ibis 1870. 95. = Picus Holroydi. 
phaioceps Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 195. = Picus brachyurus 
VlEILL. 
squamigularis Gray, Handl. Birds II. 203. — Malacca. 
MICROPTERUS cinereus Lesson, Man. Ornith. 1828. 416. = Anas cinerea Gmel. 
brachypterus Darwin, Voy. Beagle Zool. III. 156. = Anas cinerea Gmel. 
MICROPTES Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. = Scolopax minor Gmel. 
MICROPTYNX Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 769. = Noctua passerina Less. 
MICROPUS (Cypselidae. — fuxpoç parvus, tcodç pes) Meyer u. Wolf, Taschb. 
Vögel Deutschl. 1810. I. 280. — Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 164. = Cypselus 
Illig. 
Corpus fuliginosum nitore amianthino. Longitudo 6 — 10". Digiti quatuor 
antrorsum versi. Remiges 1 — 4 falcatae. Cauda bifurca; rectricibus decern. 
affinis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus af finis Gray. 
alpinus Meyer, Tascbb. Vög. Deutschl. I. 282. == Cypselus melba Illig. 
andicola Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. == Cypselus andicola d'Orb. 
apus Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus apus Illig. 
australis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus pacificus Gray. 
caffer Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus caff er Lichtst. 
cayennensis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus cayanensis Shaw. 
fumigatus Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Chaetura fumigata. 
gularis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus melba Illig. 
gutturalis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus melba Illig. 
leucorrhous Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. — Cypselus caffer Lichtst. 
melba Meyer, Taschb. Vög. Deutschl. I. 280. = Cypselus melba Illig. 
parvus Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus ambrosiacus Gray. 
plumiferus Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. == Podargus plumiferus Gould. 
sinensis Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Hirundo sinensis Gmel. 
unicolor Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. = Cypselus unicolor Jard. 
vittatus Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 105. =as Cypselus pacificus Gray. 
MICROPUS (Muscicapidae) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837.11. 226. = Pycnonotus, 
Microscelis. 
Bill as long as the head, straight, somewhat conic, but the culmen gradually 
arched. Tarsus remarkably short, feathered beyond the knees. Lateral toes 
unequal; hinder as long as the tarsus. Wings moderate. The first quill almost 
spurious. Tail even. 
chalcocephalus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 226. = Pycnonotus chalcocephalus. 
melanoleucus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 226. = Microscelis melanoleucus 
Gray. 
MICROPYGIA Bonaparte, Corapt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 599. == Porzana Vieill. 
Schomburgki Bonaparte, 1. c. = Porzana Schomburgki Schleg. 
Sclateri Bonaparte, 1. c. =± Porzana Schomburgki Schleg. 
Verreauxi Bonaparte, 1. c. = Porzana Schomburgki Schleg. 
MICR0RH0PIAS Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860. = Formicivora Swains. 
MICRORHYNCHUS Lesson 1847. = Chordediles Swains. 
MICROSCELIS (Phyllornithinae. — juxpoç parvus, axeXiç femur). — Gray, 
List Genera Birds 1840; Genera Birds I. 235. 
Synon.: Galgulus Reichb. 
Bill long, nearly straight and slightly depressed at the base with the culmen 
curved and the sides compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated; the gonys 
long and slightly ascending; the gape furnished with a few bristles; the nostrils 
basal and placed in a membranous groove with the opening oval and exposed. 
Wings moderate and rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. 
