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AMYDRUS. — ANABATES. 
Pipra chrysopogon Wagler, Oken's Isis 1830. 930. 
Pipra forficata Thunberg. 
AMYDEUS (Lamprotornithinae — a-fX'JÔpo^, non-candens). — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1851. I. 201. — Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1859. VH. 30. = Lamprotornis 
Temm. 
Synon.: Pyrrhocheira Reichb. — Nabouroupus Bonap. 
Rostrum mediocre, satis robustum, emarginatum, rectiusculum vel subarcuatum, 
culmine carinato, arcuato, naribus apertis. Alae breviusculae, subrotundatae, scapis 
rufis, remigibus 3. 4. subaequalibus longioribus. Cauda elongata, gradata vel sub- 
aequali, rectricibus apiccm versus angastatis. Pedes magni, robusti; tarsus elon- 
gatus, ungues validi, magni. Ptilosis sericea, nitore nonnulio metallico. 
Blythi Hartlaub, Joarn. Ornithol. 1859. VH. 32. =z Lamprotornis Blythi. 
morio Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 201. = Lamprotornis morio Lichtst. 
naboroup Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 201. = Lamprotornis naboroup. 
Elippelli Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal. 1855. XXIV. 300. = Lamprotor- 
nis Blythi. 
Rüppelli Verreaux, Chenu Encycl. Ois. V. 166. = Lamprotornis BUppeUi. 
Tristrami Sclater, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1858. II. 465. = Lamprotornis Tris- 
trami. 
AMYTIS (Maluridae). Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 453. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1848. I. 166. = Malurus Vieill. 
Bee moyen relativement au corps de l'oiseau, peu élevé, comprimé sur les côtés, 
à arête convexe, peu marquée; k pointe de la mandibule supérieure aiguë, re- 
courbée, dépassant légèrement l'inférieure; commissure ample; bords légèrement 
recourbés; narines nues, percées en fente dans une membrane recouvrant les fosses 
nasales, qui sont larges et profondes; ailes courtes; queue très longue, k peine 
étagée; tarses longs, robustes, scutellés. 
leucopteriis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 454. ~ Malurus leucopterus QG. 
macrurus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1847. XV. 2. = Malurus macrurus. 
peckinensis Verreaux, Ibis 1868. IV. 499. = Drymoeca peckinensis Swinh. 
striatus Gould, Birds Australia III. Tb. 29. = Malurus striatus. 
textilis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 454. — Malurus textilis QG. 
ANABACERTHIA de Lafresnaye — Anabates Temm. 
ANABAENUS Swainson, Two Centur. 346. = Anadaenus Swains. 
ANABASITTA de Lafresnaye, Revue Magaz. Zool. 1853. V. 492. — Anabates 
Temm. 
Pedes illis Sittae valde affinis, halluce cum ungulo digito medio antico longi- 
tudine aequalis sed digito externo quarta parte longiore; rostrum Sylviae, hujus 
generis Sittasomus simile; alae elongatae, remige prima, secunda valde breviore, 
secunda tertia paulo breviore, tertia, quarta, quinta aequalis et longioribus; cauda 
longitudine mediocris, rectricibus apice parum rigidis et acuminatis uti in genere 
Synallaxis; color cinnamomeus praevalens. 
squamigera de Lafresnaye, Revue Magaz. Zool. 1853. V. 492. — Anabates 
squamiger d'Orb. 
AlVABATES (Anabatidae. — avaßaxT]«^ eques). — Temminck, Manuel Ornith. 
1820. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. L 137. 
Synon. : Sphenura Lichtst. — Philydor Spix. — Xenops Lesson. — Dendroma Swains. 
— Thripophaga, Otipne, Ipoborus Cab. — Pseudoseisura, Pseudooolaptes, Cichlocolaptes, Au- 
tomolus, Homorus Reichb. 
Bill shorter than the head, broad at the base, much compressed on the sides, 
with the culmen slightly curved to the tip, which is entire., sometimes inflexed 
slightly over that of the lower mandible; the gonys long and advancing upwards; 
the nostrils basal., lateral, with the opening small and rounded. Wings moderate 
with the first quill much shorter than the second, and the second rather shorter 
than the third and fourth, which are the longest. Tail long, graduated and soft, 
with the ends of the feathers varying in form according to each species. Tarsi 
rather longer than the middle toe and covered with broad scales in front. Toes 
