NINOX. — NIOBE. 
703 
indigo Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa indigo Horsf. 
hyacintha Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa hyacinthina Tem. 
leucotis Hume, Ibis 1870. VI. 236. — Spec, artef. 
Mac Gregoriae Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 124. == Menetica 
moniliger, Muscicapa moniliger. 
melanops Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa melanops Vig. 
nigrorufa Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. == Monarcha nigrirufa. 
pallipes Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. == Muscicapa pallipes Jerd. 
plumosa Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. 
rubeculoides Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa elegans Tem. 
rufula Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa rufula Lafresn. 
strophiata Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Menetica strophiata Cab. 
sundara Hodgson, Ind. Review 1837. I. 650. — Gould, Birds Asia II. Tb. 5. 
[Himalaya, 
Chaitaris sundara, Ch. sordidus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. 
Niltau. — Smallest Shamah. 
Tickelli Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. == Muscicapa banyumas Horsf. 
unicolor Gray, Genera Birds I. 264. = Muscicapa cyanopolia. 
NINOX (Strigidae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1837. VI. 364. — Kaup, 
Oken's Isis 1848. 765. = Noctua Savg. 
Bill short, arched from the base. Nares round, anteal, apert, tumid. General 
contour with the character of the plumage extremely falconine. Wings long, 
firm, unpectinated , subequal to the tail, third quill longest, first and second very 
moderatly gradated. Tail long, firm, even. Tarsi plumose, rhater short; toes 
medial, depressed, bordered, rigidly hirsute; laterals equal, hind compressed. Head 
smooth, small and only strigine in the size and position of the eye. 
affinis Tytler, Ibis 1867. III. 316. = Noctua affinis. 
albifacies Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Noctua albifacies. 
boobook Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Noctua bubuck Vig. 
borneensis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 42. = Noctua hirsuta Less. 
connivens Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Noctua connivens Schleg. 
hirsuta Gray, Handl. Birds I. 41. = Noctua hirsuta Less. 
japonicus Swinhoe, Ibis 1863. 215. = Noctua hirsuta Less. 
lugubris Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1843. XII. 93. = Noctua hirsuta Less. 
maculatus Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. — Noctua maculata Vig. 
madagascariensis. 
marmoratus Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Noctua marmorata. 
nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1837. VI. 364. == Noctua hirsuta 
Less. 
novae Seelandiae Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. — Noctua novae Zealandiae 
Schleg. 
obscurus Blanford, Ibis 1873. III. 217. — Nicobarae. 
philippensis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1855. XLI. 655. = Noctua hirsuta 
Less. 
scutellatus Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1850. XIX. 5 1 1 . = Noctua hirsuta 
Less. 
strenuus Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 768. = Noctua strenua Schleg. 
NIOBE (Ploceidae. — Niobe nom. propr.) Reichenbach, Singvögel 61. = Vidua 
Cuv. 
Schnabel rechtwinklig in die Stirn eintretend, ploceusartig gestreckt, Nasen- 
decken breit abgerundet, Nasenlöcher frei, Firste dachförmig, spitzwärts sanft ge- 
bogen und starker zusammengedrückt, Ladenränder gestreckt und S-förmig gebogen, 
so dass der Oberschnabel spitzwärts sehr niedrig ist und die Spitze geneigt, Dil- 
lenkante doppelt solang wie die Dille. Schwinge 2 — 5 gleich und längste, Schwanz 
ungleichfedrig, aber alle Federn in horizontaler Ebene entspringend, die vier mittlen 
die längsten, länger als Kopf und Leib zusammen, anfangs sehr breit, spitzwärts 
