722 
NOÎHNUS. _ NOTHARCHUS. 
Athene noctua Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 315. — Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium 
I. 39. — Blyth, Ibis 1863. V. 29. — Sharpe et Dresser, Birds. Eur. 
pl. IV. 
Athene bactriana Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 761. 
Athene gymnopus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 82. 
Stria persica Vieillot, nouv. diet. hist. nat. VII. 26. 
Athene Videli, A. indigena, A. psilodactyla, Noctua major Brehm, Naumannia 
1858. VIII. 223. 226; Vögel Deutschl. 110. 
Noctua meridionalis Risso, Hist. nat. Eur. mérid. III. 32. 
Xoctua passerina Rüppell, neue Wirbeith. Abyss. 45. 
Surnia noctua Blasius, Wirbeith. Europas 32. 
Striv numida Levaillant, Exped. sc. Algérie Tb. 4. 
Noctua persica Degland, Ornith. Europe I. 123. 
Athene (Noctua) spilogastra v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1863. XI. 15; Ornith. 
NOAfr. I. 119. Tb. 4. 
Noctua nilotica Pz. Paul Wurtemberg. 
Athene glaux, A. bactriana Gray, Handl. Birds I. 39. 
Käutzchen, Steinkautz , Sperlingsvogel, Leichenvogel. — Little Owl. — Steea- 
nil. — Steenugle. — Mochuelo , Cucu. — Civetta. — Môcho. — Cucca. 
Whitney i [California. Mexico. 
Athene Whitneyi Cooper, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1861. II. 124. 
Micrathene Whitneyi Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 51. 
Woodfordii Smith, Illustr. SAfr. Zool. = Ulula Woodfordi Schleg. 
zelandica Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe 168. Tb. 2. Fig. 2. = Noctua 
novae Zealandiae Schleg. 
NODINUS Rafinesque 1855. = Anous Leach. 
NOMADITES Peten. = Pastor Tem. 
NOMTJSXA v. Heuglin. = Hemiparra Fil. 
NONNULLA (Bucconidae. — Nonna dimin.) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 
124. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 129. = Malacoptila Gray. 
frontalis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 129. == Malacoptila frontalis Sclat. 
rubecula Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 129. = Malacoptila rubecula Sclat. 
ruficapilla Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 129. = Malacoptila ruficapilla Sclat. 
NOTAUGES (Lamprotornithinae. — votoç dorsum, auyif] splendor) Cabanis, Mus. 
Heine. 1851. I. 198. — Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1859. VII. 25. = Lampro- 
tornis Tem. 
Synon.: Spreo Less. 
Rostrum mediocre, rectiusculum, subcompressum , emarginatum, gracile. Alae 
longiusculae, caudae dimidium superantes, remigibus 2 — 4 subaequalibus, longiori- 
bus. Cauda subrotundata vel rotundata, longiuscula vel mediocris. Pedes robusti,magni; 
tarsus longus; digitus internus et externus subaequales; ungues longi. Ptilosis minus 
nitida; colores metallici in plurimis minus splendidi minusque variegati. Maculae 
holosericeae alarum in nonnullis desunt. 
albicapillus Hartlaub, Journ. Ornith. 1859. VII. 28. — Lamprotornis albi- 
capilla. 
bicolor Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 198. == Lamprotornis bicolor Lichtst. 
chrysogaster Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 198. = Lamprotornis chrysogaster Lichtst. 
pulchra Gray, Handl. Birds II. 25. — Lamprotornis chrysogaster Lichtst. 
superbus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 198. = Lamprotornis superba Rüpp. 
NOTHARCHUS (Bucconidae. — vo$Y)Ç piger, apxoç tyrannus) Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1863. IV a . 149. = Bucco Lin. 
Synon.: Tamatia Cuv. 
albicrissus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 151. — Bucco macrorhynchus Gmel. 
Dysoni Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 149. = Bucco macrorhynchus Gmel. 
hyperhynchus Cabanis , Mus. Heine. IV a . 1 50. — Bucco macrorhynchus Gmel. 
macrorhynchus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 15.1. = Bucco macrorhync us Gmel. 
napensis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV a . 152. == Bucco napensis Sclat. 
