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NOTHURUS. ~ NUCIFRAGA. 
minor Wagler, Syst. Avium sp. 4. = Tinamus minor Spix. 
nana Wagler, Syst. Avium sp. 5. == Tinamus nanus Tem. 
perdicaria Germain, Proc. Boston Soc. 1860. VII. 312. = Tinamus perdix 
Vieill. 
punctulata Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 954. = Tinamus punctulatus. 
NOTHURUS Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 345. = Nothura Wagl. 
N0TI0CHELID0N pileata Baird 1865. = Hirundo pileata. 
N0TIOCORYS Baird, Review 1864. = Anthus rufus Gray. 
NOTODELA (Subgen. Lanii). — Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 374. 
Bee mince, grêle, alongé, presque droit , denté; ailes pointues. Queue alongée, 
étagée, étalée; tarses alongés, grêles. — 2 Specc. 
diana. = Eupetes ajax Tem. 
chalybaeus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 374. = Copsychus amoenus Horsf. 
leucnra Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 138. [Himalaya. 
Muscisylvia leucura Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 27. 
Myiomela leucura Hodgson. Gray, Genera Birds I. 178. 
mindanensis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 374. == Copsychus mindanensis Blyth. 
mo il tin m Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 359. [Formosa. 
Myiomela montium Swinhoe, Ibis 1864. VI. 362. 
notodela Lesson, Traité Ornith. 374. = Pyriglena leucoptera Sclat. 
personatus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 364. = Lanius nubicus Lichtst. 
1VOTORMS (Rallidae. — voto; qçviç avis). — Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848. 
9; Transact. Zool. Soc. III. 366. — Gould, Birds Australia. — Mantell, 
Transact. Zool. Soc. IV. 12. 
Bill somewhat shorter than the head, greatly compressed ou the sides, tomia 
sharp, curving downwards, slightly serrated, culmen elevated, much arched; nostrils 
round and placed in a depression near the base of the bill; wings very short, rounded 
and slightly concave; primaries soft and yielding , the first short, third fourth fifth 
sixth and seventh equal and the longest; tailfeathers soft yielding and loose in 
texture; tarsi powerful, longer than the toes, almost cylindrical, defended in front 
and on either side posteriorly by broad and distinct scutellae; anterior toes large 
and strong, armed with powerful hooked nails, hind toe short , strong, placed some- 
what high on the tarsus and armed with a blunt hooked nail. — 1 Spec. 
alba v. Pelzeln, Wiener Sitzgsber. 1860. XLI. 328. = Porphyrio albus Tem. 
Mantelli Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848. 9; Transact. Zool. Soc. V. Tb. 26. — 
Jardine, Contrib. Ornith. 1851. Tb. — Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 212. 
Tb. 21. [Nova Zealandia. 
NUCIFRAGA (Corvinae. — nux, frango). — Brisson, Ornith. 1760. — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1846. II. 313. 
Synon.: Caryocatactes Cuv. — Cariocatactes Hahn. — Nuciphaga Tem. — Gynino- 
rhinus Wied. — Gymnokitta, Cyanocephalus, Picicorvus Bonap. 
Bec epais, droit, robuste, comprimé sur les côtés, convexe en dessus, obtuse 
à l'extrémité , ou la mandibule supérieure dépasse un peu l'inférieure; narines 
arrondies, cachées par les plumes sétacées du front; tarses moyens, scutellés, ailes 
dont les troisième et quatrième rémiges sont les plus longues; queue arrondie à douze 
rectrices. — 6 Specc. 
alpestris Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 274. — Nucifraga caryocatactes Tem. 
arquata Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 274. — Nucifraga caryocatactes Tem. 
braehyrhynchus Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 181. = Nucifraga caryocatactes Tem. 
caryocatactes Temminck, Man. Ornith. I. 117. — Gray, Genera Birds I. 
Tb. 76. Fig. 4. — Degland, Ornith. Eur. I. 207. [Europa. 
Corvus caryocatactes Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 157. — Naumann, Natg. Vögel 
Deutschi. II. 130. Tf. 58. Fig. 2. 
Corvus nucifraga Nilsson, Ornith. suec. 
Nucifraga guttata Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 105. 
Caryocatactes maculatus Koch, syst, baier. Zool. 93. 
Caryocatactes nucifraga Cuvier, Régne anim. I. 423. 
