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MITU. — MNIOTILTA. 
Differs in form from Myiobius in its shorter, flatter and broader beak, with 
the rictal bristles but slightly developed; and from Empidonax in its much shorter 
and more slender tarsi and longer wings. 
aurantiiventris Lawrence. == Myiobius aurantiiventris. 
cinnamomeus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 361. = Myiobius rubicundus. 
fulvifrons Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 45. = Myiobius rubicundus. 
pallescens Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 63. = Myiobius rubicundus. 
phaeocercus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 44. = Myiobius phaeocercus. 
MITU (Cracidae. — mitu vox barb.) Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 485. — Reichen- 
bach, Tauben 137. == Cr ax Lin. 
Synon.: Ourax Swains. — Mitua Strickl. — Uragis Glog. 
Schnabel sehr stark zusammengedrückt, höher als lang, Firste hochbogig 
und schneidig, nur die Endspitze ein wenig gewölbt, Oberschnabelbasis vom Sammet- 
gefieder etwas abgehoben. Nasenloch rundlich, am Hinterrande des Oberschnabels 
unter der Mitte im Sammetgefieder. Mundspalte in seichtem Bogen hinter der 
Schnabelbasis umgeknickt in den Rachen eintretend. Scheitel mit Fächer, 
brasiliensis Reichenbach, Tauben 157. = Crax mitu Lin. 
mitu Gray, Handl. Birds II. 254. = Crax mitu Lin. 
tomentosa Reichenbach, Tauben 138. — Crax tomentosa Spix. 
MITTJA Strickland, Ann. magaz. nat. hist. 1841. VII. 36. = Crax Lin. 
tomentosa Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870. 520. = Crax tomentosa Spix. 
tuberosa Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870. 520. = Crax mitu Lin. 
MITUPORANGA Reichenbach, Tauben 136. == Crax Lin. 
Albini Reichenbach, Tauben 136. = Crax globicera Lin. 
Daubentoni Gray, Handl. Birds IL 253. = Crax globicera Lin. 
globicera Reichenbach, Tauben 136. — Crax globicera Lin. 
MIXORNIS (Liotrichidae. — [u£ promiscue, opviç avis) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. 
Bengal 1844. XIII. 380; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 23. = Timalia Horsf. 
General structure of Jora, but the bill quite different and Meruline; com- 
missure ,and culmen subarched throughout; tarse lower and not exceeding the 
large thumb with its nail; tail fully rounded. 
borneensis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 217. = Timalia borneensis. 
chloris Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 380. = Timalia rubri- 
capillus. 
flavicollis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 316. — Timalia flavicollis Müll. 
gularis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 77. = Timalia gularis Horsf. 
javanica Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 77. == Timalia javanica. 
melanothorax Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 77. — Timalia melanothorax. 
olivaceus Tickell, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1859. 449. — Tenasserim. 
poliopsis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 217. = Timalia melanothorax. 
rubricapillus Horsfield et Moore, Cat. Birds EInd. Comp. I. 299. = Timalia 
rubric apillus. 
ruficeps Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. XIII. 23. == Timalia rubricapillus. 
sumatrana Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 217. == Timalia gularis Horsf. 
similis Blyth, teste Gray. == Timalia similis. 
MKIOTIIiTA (Sylvicolidae. — (jt.vt.ov muscus, tiXXq vellere). — Vieillot, Analyse 
1816. 45. — Gray, Genera Birds 1848. I. 195. 
Synon.: Fidecula Briss. — Helmitheros (Hemitheros), Rhimamphus Raf. — Chloris 
Boie. — Vermivora, Oxyglossus, Sylvicola Swains. — Parula Bonap. — Helinaia Audub. 
— Dendroica (Dendroeca), Rhimamphus Gray. — Compsothlypis , Helminthophaga, Helmin- 
therus Cab. Protonotaria, Perissoglossus Baird. 
Bill rather short, conical and straight, with the culmen gradually curved or 
sloping and the sides gradually compressed to the tip , which is slightly emarginated; 
the lateral margins inflexed; the gonys long and advancing upwards and the gaps 
furnished with a few short weak bristles; the nostrils basal and placed in a short 
broad groove, with the opening rather large and partly closed by a membrane. 
Wings long and pointed, with the first quill nearly as long or equal with, the 
second and third, which are equal and longest. Tail moderate and broad, with 
