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APHANAPTEKYX. — APIASTER. 
APHAIV APTERYX (Rallidae. — a9avv]C invisibilis, Trxspu? ala). — Frauen- 
FELD, neu aufgefundene Abbildung des Dronte etc. Wien 1868. — A. 
MiLNE Edwards, Ann. sc. nat. 1868. X. 325; Ibis 1869. IV. 256. Tb. 7. 
Genus extinct. — 2 Specc. 
Bonasia Milne Edwards, Ann. sc. nat. 1868. X. 343. [Mauritius. 
Apterornis bonasia Selys Longchamps, Revue Zool. 1848. 294. 
Broeckei Milne Edwards, Ann. sc. nat. 1868. X. 345. — Hartlaub, Wiegm. 
Archiv 1870. XXXVP. 38. [Mauritius. 
Aphanapteryx imperialis v. Frauenfeld, Neu aufgef. Abbild, etc. 
Didus Broeckei Schlegel. 
APHANTOCHROA (Subgen. Campylopteri. — àçavTOÇ obscurus, x.poa color). — 
Gould, Introd. Monogr. ïrochil. 48. — Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Soc. 
Cherbourg 1866. XII. 166. = Polytmus Briss. 
Bill stout , rather longer than the head and slightly arched ; wings broad and 
moderately long; tail square and moderately large; tarsi clothed; hind toe rather 
short. 
Antoniae Reichenbach, Aufzähl. Colibri 15. — Polytmus Antoniae Gray. 
cirrhochloris Gould, Monogr. ïrochil. II. Tb. 54. = Polytmus cirrhochloris. 
Cuvieri Cabanis, Mus. Heine. III. 14. — Polytmus Cuvieri. 
gularis Gould, Monogr. Trochil. II. ïb. 55. = Polytmus gramineus. 
hypostictus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc, 1862. XXX. 124. = Polytmus hypc- 
stictus. 
Robert! Salvin, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. XXIX. 203. = Polytmus Roherti. 
APHELOCOMA (Garrulinae. — àçsXïjÇ simplex, xofXT) crinis). Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 
1851. 1. 221. = Garrulus Vieill. 
Von Cyanocitta unterschieden durch schwächeren Schnabel, Mangel des Federn- 
schopfes und sonst noch eigenthümlich. 
californica Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 221. = Garrulus californicus Vig. 
floridana Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 221. = Garrulus floridanus Bonap. 
Sieberi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 221. = Garrulus Sieberi. 
sordida Cabanis errore Baird, Birds N. America 587. = Garrulus Sieberi. 
Ultramarina Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 221. = Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. 
APHOBUS (Scaphidurinae. — a9oßo(3' impavidus). Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1851. I. 
194. = Agelaius Vieill. 
Von Molothrus durch eigenthümliche Schnabelform und Bildung der Kopf- 
befiederung genugsam verschieden; erinnert auch an Leistes, weicht aber sofort 
durch den kürzern Schnabel mit nicht abgeplatteter Firste ab. 
Chopi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 194. = Agelaius Chopi Vieill. 
APHRIZA (Charadriidae. — ? acppito spumo). Audubon, Synops. americ. Birds 
1839. 225. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. III. 548. = Strepsilas Illig. 
Bill shorter than the head, with the culmen elevated at the base and sloping 
towards the tip, which is vaulted and obtuse; the sides compressed; the gonys 
moderate and curved upwards; the nostrils lateral and placed in a membranous 
nasal groove that extends two thirds the length of the bill, with the opening 
linear and longitudinal. Wings very long, pointed and with the first quill the 
longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi the length of the middle toe, robust 
and covered with small irregular scales. Toes long, with the outer toe rather 
longer than the inner, both however being free at their bases, the sides of the 
anterior toes margined, the hind toe elevated, slender and partly resting on the 
ground. 
borealis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 420. = Strepsilas virgata 
Schleg. 
Townsendi Audubon, Ornith. Biogr. V. 249. Tb. 428. = Strepsilas virgata 
Schleg. 
virgata Gray, Genera Birds III. 548. Tb. 147. — Strepsilas virgata Schleg. 
APIASTER Brisson, Ornith. 1760. IV. 532. = Alerops L. 
Digiti quatuor, membranis destituti, très scilicet antici, posticus unus; medius 
