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attenuated towards the tip, which is very acute. Culmen straight or slightly- 
concave. Commissure about straight. Gonys convex throughout its whole length, 
the angle scarcely appreciable. Nasal groove long, shallow and narrow. Bare 
loral space very narrow. Wings rather long, pointed, the outer primaries much 
attenuated. Legs very long. Tarsus as long as the middle toe and claw, ex- 
ceeding the bill, excessively compressed. Outer lateral toe much longer than the 
middle. Lobes united at base for a very short distance. 
clarkiCouES, Proceed, acad. Philadelphia. 1862. 229. = Podiceps Clarki Lawr. 
occidentalis Coues, Proceed, acad. Philadelphia 1862. 229. = Podiceps oc- 
cidentalis Lawr. 
AEDICNEMUS vocifer l'Herminier, Magaz. Zool. 1837. VII. Tb. 84. = Oedi- 
cnemus bistriatus Wagl. 
AEDON RzAC. Hist. nat. Polon. 286. = Luscinia philomela Bonap. 
AEDON (Sylviadae). — Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 972. — Gray, Genera Birds, 
1848. L 173. = Sylvia Lath. 
Synon.: Erythropygia Smith. — Agrobates Swains. 
Bill moderate and straight, with thé culmen curved and much compressed to 
the tip, which is entire; the gonys long and slightly ascending; the gap not fur- 
nished with bristles; the nostrils basal, pierced in a short broad groove, with the 
opening oval and exposed. Wings moderate, with the first short and the second 
nearly as long as the third and fourth, which are equal and longest. Tail leng- 
thened and rounded. Tarsi long and covered in front with broad scales. Toes 
short, with the inner toe shorter than the outer one; the latter is united at its 
base, claws small, compressed and curved. 
Brushi Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 284. = Sylvia familiaris, 
familiaris Ménétriés, Caban. Reise 32. = Sylvia familiaris. 
galactodes Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 972. = Sylvia galactodes Temm. 
Galtoni Gray, Handlist Birds I. 211. — Thamnobia Galtoni. 
leucophrys Gray, Genera Birds I. 173. = Thamnobia leucophrys Cab. 
leucoptera Gray, Genera Birds I. 173. = Calamodyte leucoptera Rüpp. 
minor Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 39. = Sylvia galactodes Temm. 
pallida Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 285. = Calamodyte pallida Gray. 
pectoralis Gray, Genera Birds I. 173. = Thamnobia pectoralis Cab. 
poena Gray, Genera Birds I. 173. = Thamnobia poena Cab. 
pygmaea Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 285. = Sylvia pygmaea. 
rufa Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 285. = Sylvia ruf a Gould. 
signata Gray, Handlist Birds I. 211. 
sinuata Gray, Handlist Birds I. 211. 
sperata Gray, Handlist Birds I. 211. 
AEGIALEUS (Reichb.) semipalmatus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIH. 417, 
= Charadrius semipalmatus Kaup. 
AEGIALITES (Charadriadae. — atytaXiTYji; litoris accola) Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 
978. = Charadrius L. 
Plumage more or less uniform, without spots. Neck and head generally with 
dark bands. Front of the legs with plates arranged vertically, of which there are 
two or three in a transverse series. — Baird. 
albifrons Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 552. — Charadrius cantianus Vieill. 
albigularis Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 552. = Charadrius cantianus Vieill. 
bicinctus Gould, Synopsis Birds Australia II. = Charadrius bicinctus Jard. 
cantianus Boie, Oken's Isis 1826. 978. = Charadrius cantianus Vieill. 
canus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 154. = Charadrius canus. 
cinereicollis v. Heuglin, Syst. Uebers. Vögel. N. O. Afr. — Charadrius tri- 
collaris Vieill. 
falklandicus Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1860. XXVIIL 386. — Charadrius 
falklandicus Gmel. 
fluviatilis Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 549. = Charadrius minor Wagl. 
hiaticula Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 548. = Charadrius hialicula L. 
