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MOL YBDOPH ANES. — MOMOTUS. 
Emberiza pecoris Wilson, amer. Ornith. II. 145. Tb. 18. Fig. 1 — 3. 
Icterus pecoris Bonaparte, Obs. Wils. — Audubon, ornith. Biogr. V. 233. 
Tb. 99. 424. 
Psarocolius pecoris Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 20. 
Agelaius pecoris Swainson, Phylos. Magaz. 1827. I. 436. 
Fringilla ambigua Nuttall, Man. Ornith. I. 484. juv. 
Molothrus obscurus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 18. 
Molothrus ater Gray, Handl. Birds II. 36. 
Cow Bird. 
pur pu ras tens Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 20. [Peruvia. Mexico. 
Xanthornus purpurascens Hahn, Vögel As. Afr. V. Tb. 4. 
Cyanothrus purpurascens Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
robustus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 193. = Molothrus aeneus Cab. 
ruf axillaris Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 23. [Buenos. Aires. 
Lampropsar ruf axillaris Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
sericeus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 437. — Burmeister, Syst. Uebers. 
Th. Bras. III. 279. — [cf. Ps. bonariensis], [Brasilia. 
Icterus sericeus Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 19. 
Icterus minor Spix, Aves Brasil. I. 67. Tb. 63. Fig. 2. 
Psarocolius sericeus Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 31. 
Icterus violaceus Prinz Wied, Beitr. Natg. Brasil. III. 1212. 
Scolecophagus sericeus, Molothrus brevirostris Swainson, two Centur. 301. 305. 
Molothrus bonariensis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 193. part. 
Cyanothrus sericeus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 37. 
Tordo commun Azara, Apuntam. I. 275. 
Vira hoste. 
tanagrinus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 22. = Cassidix tanagrinus. 
unicolor Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 437. = Agelaius unicolor Gray. 
MOLYBDOPHANES (Ibidae) Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 14. Tf. 139. — Bona- 
parte, Conspect. Avium II. 154. — Ibis Savg. 
Rostrum ad basin incrassatum, pedes reticulati, breves, 
coerulescens Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. = Ibis coerulescens Vieill. 
MOMOTULA Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. Taf. 48. == Momotus momotulus Gray. 
MOMOTUS (Prionitidae. — Motmot vox barb.) — Brisson, Ornith. 1760. — 
Gray, Genera Birds 1847. I. 67. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Momotus 1863. 
Synon.: Merula Möhr. — Prionites jlllig. — Baryphonus Vieill. — Momota Shaw. 
— Crypticus Swains. — Hylomanes Lichtst. — Eumomota, Prionirhynchus Sclat. — Spa- 
thophorus, Crybelus, Baryphthengus Cab. 
Bill rather long, straight, more or less elevated and broad at the base, with 
the sides compressed to the tip, which is slightly hooked and obtuse; the lateral 
margins more or less strongly serrated; the gonys long and slightly ascending; the 
nostrils basal and lateral, with the opening small and rounded. Wings moderate 
and rounded; with the fourth, fifth and sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail 
lengthened and graduated, with the two middle feathers usually longer than the others. 
Tarsi as long as the middle toe and covered in front with narrow transverse scales. 
Toes unequal; the outer toe nearly as long as the middle one, and united at the 
base as far as the second joint; the inner toe short and slightly united; the hind 
toe rather short and weak; the claws moderate, much compressed and curved. — 
17 Specc. 
aequatorialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 223. Bespubl. aequat. 
Prionites grandis de Lafresnaye. 
Prionites aequatorialis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 113. 
hahamensis Gray, Genera Birds I. 68. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Mom. 3* 
[Antillae. Bahamae. 
Prionites bahamensis Swainson, two Centur. 332. — Jardine, Illustr. Ornith. 
IV. Tb. 45. 
