MOLIBDOPHANES. — MOLOTHRUS. 
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hua Lesson, Compl. Buffon. == Orthonyx ochrocephala Gray. 
ochrocephala Gray, List Genera Birds 25. = Orthonyx ochrocephala Gray. 
MOLIBDOPHANES Bonaparte. = Molybdophanes Reiciib. 
MOLOBRUS Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1851. I. 192. = Molothrus Swains. 
MOLOTHRUS (Icteridae. — . p.oXo^poç non vocatus aedes intrans). — Swain- 
son, Fauna bor. amer. 1831. 494. — Gray, Genera Birds II. 346. — Baird, 
Birds NAmerica 523. — Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 17. 
Synon.: Molobrus, Lampropsar Cab. — Hypobletis Glog. — Cyrtotes Reicht». — 
Callothrus, Cyanothrus Cass. 
Bill very shorty thick, finch like, conic , entire; the culmen not flattened, but 
slightly arched from the base, which is rather elevated. Wings lengthened, poin- 
ted; the first quill longest. Tail slightly rounded. Middle toe as long as the 
tarsus; lateral toes of equal length, hind toe shorter than the tarsus. All the 
claws rather small and fully curved. — 9 Specc. 
aeneus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 192. — Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 
1866. 18. [America centr. Mexico. 
Psarocolius aeneus Wagler, Oken's Isis 1829. 738. 
Agelaius aeneus Gray, Genera Birds II. 346. 
Molothrus robustus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 193; Journ. Ornith. 1861. IX. 81. 
Callothrus aeneus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
Tordito. 
Armenti Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 192; Journ. Ornith. 1861. IX. 82. — Cassin, 
Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 18. [Nova, Granada. Demarara. Brasilia. 
Icterus Armenti Lichtenstein, Mus. berol. 
Molothrus murinus v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 199. 
Callothrus Armenti, C. murinus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
ater Gray, Handl. Birds I. 36. = Molothrus pecoris Swains. 
atronitens Cabanis, Schombgks. Reise III. 682. == Molothrus discolor Cass. 
badius Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 193. = Agelaius badius Vieill. 
bonariensis Gray, Genera Birds II. 346. — Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 
1866. 19. [America merid. 
Tanagra bonariensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 898. — Buffon, PI. enlum. 710. 
Tordo commun Azara, Apuntam. I. 275. 
Molobrus sericeus Burmeister, Syst. Uebers. Th. Brasil. III. 279. 
Cyanothrus bonariensis Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
brevirostris Swainson, two Centur. 305. — Molothrus sericeus Bonap. 
Cabanisi Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 28. = Cassidix dives. 
discolor Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 20. [Cuba. Trinidad. 
Passerina discolor Vieillot, Encycl. méih. 939. 
Molothrus atronitens Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 193; Schombgks. Reise III. 682. 
Cyanothrus discolor Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
guianensis Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 22. = Cassidix guianensis. 
maxillaris Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 21. = Icterus maxillaris 
d'Orb. 
murinus v. Pelzeln, Ornith. Brasil. 199. = Molothrus Armenti Cab. 
obscurus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 18. = Molothrus pecoris 
Swains. 
pecoris Swainson, Fauna bor. amer. II. 227. — Audubon, Birds America IV. 
16. Tb. 212. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 524. [America sept. 
Sturnus novae hispaniae Brisson, Ornith. II. 448. 
Oriolus ater Boddaert, Tabl. 37. 
Fringilla pecoris Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 910 $ — Buffon, PI. enlum. 606. 
Oriolus fuscus, O. minor, Sturnus obscurus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 393. 394. 
804. 
Sturnus junceti Latham, Ind. Ornith. I. 326. 
Icterus emberizoides Daudin, Trait. Ornith. II. 350. 
Passerina pecoris Vieillot, nouv. diet. hist. nat. XXV. 22. 
Giebel, Thesaurus. II. 39 
