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NIPHAKA. — NISUOIDES. 
schmäler, aber am Ende gerundet. Lauf weit länger als Zehen, diese sehr massig, 
ebenso die Nägel. 
ardens Reichenbach, Singvögel 61. = Vidua ardens Gray. 
concolor Gray, Handl. Birds II. 48. — Vidua concolor Cass. 
NIPHAEA (Fringillidae) Audubon, Synopsis 1839. 107. == Junco Wagl. 
Synon.: Niphoea Baird. — Nephaea Gray, 
hyemalis Audubon, Birds America III. 88. Tb. 167. = Junco hyemalis Sclat. 
laciniata Peale, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. VIII. 121. = Phrygilus alaudinus 
Vieill. 
oregana Audubon, Birds America III. 91. Tb. 166. -= Junco oregonus Sclat. 
NIPPONIA Temmincki Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 14. Tf. 141. Fig. 538. = Ibis 
nippon Tem. 
nippon Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 152. = Ibis nippon Tem. 
NISAËTUS (Aquilinae) Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc Bengal 1837. VI. 361. = Spi- 
zaetus Vieill. 
Bill short, at base as high as broad, distinguished by compression without 
feebleness, strongly festoned. Nares large, vertical, elliptic, angulated, and wholly 
lateral in exposure. Wings short, firme; fifth quill longest. Tail long, firm and 
square. Tarsi elevate, but not feeble, wholly feathered. Digits elongated, nervous; 
the inner fore and the hind highly developed. Acropodia reticulate with three 
or four scale next each talon. Talons immense, very unequal, strong and acute. 
Head usually crested. 
alboniger Hay, Madras Journ. XXXI. 145. = Spizaetus alboniger Blyth. 
caligatus Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIV. 43. = Spizaetus cirratus 
Schleg. 
cirratus Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIV. 36. == Spizaetus cirratus 
Schleg. 
cristatellus Elliot, Madras Journ. X. 234. — Spizaetus cirratus Schleg. 
grandis Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc Bengal 1837. VI. 361. = Spizaetus grandis 
Vieill. 
nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1836. V. 229. = Spizaetus cirratus 
Schleg. 
ni v eus Jerdon, Madras Journ. XXIV. 69. = Spizaetus grandis Vieill. 
ovivorus Jerdon, Madras Journ. XXIV. 69. = Aquila malayensis Gray. 
pallidus Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1836. V. 229. = Spizaetus cirratus 
Schleg. 
pulcher Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1836. V. 229. = Spizaetus cirratus 
Schleg. 
NISASTUE badius Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIV. 35. = Nisus badius 
Schleg. 
NISITJS Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 1850. Tf. 71. = Thamnophilus Vieill. 
NISOCALIUS Gray, Handl. Birds II. 218. = Misocalius Câb. 
NISORIA undata Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. Amer. = Sylvia nisoria Bechst. 
NISUELLA (Strigidae) Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 542. = Bubo 
Cuv. 
cinerascens Gray, Handl. Birds I. 44. = Bubo einer ascens Guér. 
Dilloni Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 542. — Bubo cinerascens 
Guér. 
maculosa Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 542. — Bubo maculosus 
Bonap. 
madagascariensis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 44. = Otus madagascariensis. 
NISUOIDES Pollen, Mém. scient. St. Denis 1866; Revue Mag. Zool. 1867. 159. 
= Nisus Cuv. 
Bee grand et robuste, rappelant un peu celui des Polyboroides ; pointe du 
bec longue, supermandibule sans rebord prononcé et droite, allant en pointe pres- 
que aiguë vers le dessus du bec; cire bien prononcée et d'une couleur jaunâtre; 
narines ovales; mandibule inférieur presque couverte par la supermandibule; yeux 
