NEOPUS. — NESOCICHLA. 
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Rostrum rectum, capite vix brevius, subquadratum, compressum, apice acuto, 
mesorhinio lato et piano, verticem versus extenso; alae breves, remige secunda, 
tertia et quarta aequalibus et longissimis, quinta his paulo breviore sed primam 
excedente; cauda modica, quadrata; pedes validiusculi, tarsis brevibus, ungue 
postico fortiore. 
cyanopus Gray, Handl. Birds II. 34. == Agelaius cyanopus Vieill. 
nigerrimus Sclater, Ibis 1859. I. 457. = Icterus nigerrimus Osburne. 
NEOPUS perniger Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 81. = Aquila malayensis 
Gray. 
malayensis Beavan, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868. 396. Tb. 34. == Aquila malayen- 
sis Gray. 
NEORHYNCHUS nasesus Sclater', Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869. 146. Tb. 12. == Sper- 
mophila masesus. 
NEORNIS Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. — Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 
1845. XIV. 590. — Sylvia Lath. 
cacharensis Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. — Sylvia flavolivacea Gray. 
coerulea Hartlaub, Verz. Mus. Bremen Nachtr. 8. = Glossiptila ruficollis 
SCLAT. 
flavolivacea Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. = Sylvia flavolivacea Gray. 
strigiceps Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. == Culicipeta Burkei Blyth. 
montana Blyth, Ibis 1870. VI. 170. = Sylvia montana Horsf. 
NEPHAEA Gray. = Niphaea Aud. 
NEPHOCAETES (Cypselidae) Baird, Birds NAmerica 1858. 142. = Chaetura 
- Steph. 
Synon.: Nephoecetes Sclat. — Nephaecetes Elliot. 
Tail rather less than half the wings, quite deeply forked; the feathers ob- 
tusely acuminate; the shafts scarcely stiffened. First quill longest. Tarsi and 
toes completely base, and covered with naked skin, without distinct indication of 
scutellae. Tarsus rather longer than middle toe; the three anterior toes about 
equal, with moderately stout claws. Claw of middle toe much shorter than its 
digit. Hind toe not versatile, but truly posterior and opposite, with its claw, 
rather longer than the middle toe without it. Toes all slender; claws moderate. 
Nostrils widely ovate, the feathers margining its entire lower edge. 
borealis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859. 236. = Chaetura borealis. 
collaris Gundlach, Journ. Ornith. 1874. XXII. 114. = Chaetura zonaris Sclat. 
niger Baird, Birds NAmerica 143. — Chaetura borealis. 
NERODIA Agassiz, Ind. Nomencl. = Dromas Payk. 
NERTTJS plumbeus Bole, Oken's Isis 1826. = Ictinia plumbea Vieill. 
NESOCELEUS (Picidae) Sclater et Salvin, Nomencl. Av. neotrop. 1873. 155. =b 
Ficus Lin. 
Genus propter nares omnino denudatas Celeinis adjungendum, quam vis habitu 
generali Colapti magis similis. 
Fernandinae Sclater et Salvin, 1. c. 155. — Picus Fernandae Sundew 
NESOCENTOR (Cuculidae. — vsgoç insula, xev-op calcar) Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1862. IV a . 118. = Centropus Illig. 
Die Arten zeichnen sich durch ungewöhnlich entwickelten langen Schwanz 
aus und weichen in der Färbung von den andern Gattungen der Spornkukuke ab. 
ateralbus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 119. = Centropus ater albus Less. 
goliath Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 118. = Centropus goliath Forst. 
melanops Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 119. == Centropus ruflpennis Illig. 
Menebecki Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 119. — Centropus Menebecki Less. 
milo Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 120. = Centropus milo Gould. 
nigrifrons Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 119. = Centropus nigrifrons Peale. 
spilopterus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 120. = Centropus Menebeki Less. 
violaceus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 120. — Centropus violaceus QG. 
NESOCICHLA (Turdinae. — vtjgoc insula, Y.vf\v\ turdus) Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1855. 165. = Turdus Lin. 
