MORIS. — MORPHNUS. 
619 
asiaticus Degland, Ornith. Europ. II. 132. == Charadrius asiaticus Pall. 
australis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 417. = Charadrius australis 
Gould. 
caspius Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 417. = Charadrius asiaticus 
Pall. 
modestus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cursores 48. = Charadrius modestus 
Lichtst. 
sibiricus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 417. = Charadrius morinellus 
Lin. 
I MORIS Leach, Cat. brit. Mus. 1816. = Morus Vieill. 
MORMOLYCIA ( Fringillidae. — p.opfj.oXox£ioç persona) Reichenbach, ausländ. 
N. (F Singvögel. 
abyssinica Reichenbach, ausl. Singvög. 67. == Hyphantornis abyssinica Hartl. 
larvata Gray, Handl. Birds II. 52. = Estrilda larvata Heugl. 
1 MORMON (Alcidae. — [xoppiov persona) Illiger, Prodr. Syst. 1811. 283. — 
Fratercula Briss. 
Synon.: Fratercula Briss. — Larva Vieill. — Marmon Tern. — Ceratoblepharum Bodd. 
Rostrum capite brevius, basi crassum, ibidemque altius quam longum, to- 
tamque faciei longitudinem occupans, conicum, compressum anceps, culmine lateribus 
' plerumque et gonyde inflexis, nunc piano compressum, nunc crassiusculum, nunc 
maxilla utrinque juxta culmen carinatum depressa; mandibulae myxa sola apparente, 
gnatbidiis nullis aut brevissimis, rarius myxam aequantibus, obliquis, angustis: 
gonyde versus basin angulo rotundato prominulo, versus apicem ascendente. Angulus 
h\ oris cute dilatabili marginatus. Maxillae basis saepius margine incrassato. Nares 
primae angustae magis minus ve marginalis, deorsum patentes. Lingua acuta intégra. 
Alae volatiles, breves. Cauda brevis, rectricibus 14 vel 16. Pedes aversi, breves, 
palmati, tridactyli. Digiti exteriores subaequales, interno longiores , medius externo 
paullo longior. Ungues falculares, incurvi, acuti, medius reliquis major internus 
( magis aduncus. Tarsus digitis externis tertia parte brevior, antice et postice 
carinatus. Podotheca reticulata, acrodactylis scutulatis. 
arctica Illiger, Prodr. syst. 284. = Fratercula arctica Leach. 
cirratus Bonaparte, Synopsis 429. = Fratercula cirrata Steph. 
corniculatum Naumann, Oken's Isis 1821. 782. = Fratercula corniculata 
Brdt. 
fratercula Temminck, Man. Ornith. II. 933. = Fratercula arctica Leach. 
glacialis Naumann, Oken's Isis 1821. 782. = Fratercula glacialis Steph. 
glacialis Leach, Zool. Miscell. = Fratercula arctica Leaçjt. 
glacialis Audubon, Ornith. Biogr. III. 599. = Fratercula corniculata Brdt. 
Grabae Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 999. = Fratercula arctica Leach. 
polaris Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 998. === Fratercula arctica Leach. 
psittacula Illiger, Prodr. syst. 284. = Phaleris psittacula Tem. 
pygmaea Illiger, Prodr. syst. 284. = Phaleris pygmaea Steph. 
superciliosa Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 89. = Phaleris camtschaticus Gass. 
MORMON (Uriidae) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 370. = Alca Lin. 
Synon.: Arctica Möhr. 
Bill short, very high; the sides generally sulcated: the culmen strongly arched, 
||the tip hooked, and the gonys ascending. Wings and tail very short; the former 
capable of flight. 
alle Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 371. = Alca aile Lin. 
torda Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 371. = Alca tor da Lin. 
M0R0C0CCYX (Cuculidae. — [koçoç mors, xoxxu§ cuculus) Sclater, Catal. Collect. 
322. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 81. == Coccygus Boie. 
erythropygus Sclater, 1. c. = Coccygus erythropygus Less. 
MORPHINTJS Fleming, philos. Zool. 1822. == Morphinus Cuv. 
MORPHNUS (Falconidae. — [xopcpvoç nom. propr.) Cuvier, Règne anim. (1817). 
I. 529. — Lesson, Traité Ornith. 50. — Cassin, Illustr. Birds Calif. 114. = 
Asturina Vieill. 
