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APOLITES. — APTENODYTES. 
Rostrum minus elevatum, angustius. 
Species : Brachyrhamphus marmoratus , Br. Wrangeli , Br. brachypterus , Br. Kittlitzi. 
APOLITES SuNDEVALL. = Pitangus Swains. 
APTENODYTES (Alcidae. — à tüttjv infirmus, Sutkjc colymbus) Forster, Enchir. 
Hist. nat. 1788.38. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. III. 641. = Spheniscus Bm^^. 
Bill longer than the head, rather slender, compressed on the sides, slightly 
bent at the end, with the base of the upper mandible covered with short close 
set plumes and the side grooved to near the tip, which is acute; the lower man- 
dible covered with a smooth naked skin; the nostrils linear and placed in the 
lateral groove. Wings imperfect, and covered with skale like plumes. Tail very 
short, and composed of narrow rigid feathers. Tarsi very short, flattened and 
covered with short plumes. Toes rather short and depressed, the anterior ones 
united by a web; the hind toe very small and almost entirely connected to the 
inner side of the tarsus; the claws large, depressed and very slightly curved, 
antarcticus Forster, Comment. Goetting. III. Tb. 4. = Sphenisçus antarcti- 
eus Schleg. 
brasiliensis Forster, Descr. anim. 355. = Spheniscus brasiliensis. 
brasiliensis Lichtenstein Forst, descr. anim. 355. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
catarractes Förster, Comment. Goetting. III. 145. = Spheniscus catarractes 
Schleg. 
chilensis Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 559. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
chiloensis Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 559. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
chiloensis Reichenbach, Journ. Ornithol. 1855. III. 52. — 
ehrysocome Forster, Comment. Goetting. 1781. IV. 135. Tb. 1. = Sphenis- 
cus chrysocome Schleg.^ 
ehrysocome Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 555. = Spheniscus catarractes Schleg. 
demersus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 555. = Spheniscus demersus Schleg. 
flavilarvata Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. 1848. VIII. 260. = Spheniscus 
antipodes Hombr. Jacq. 
Forsteri Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 315. = Spheniscus patago- 
nicus Schleg. 
fuscirostris Illiger. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
gorfua BoNNATERRE, Encycl. method. I. 68. = Spheniscus catarractes Schleg. 
imperator Bonaparte. — Spheniscus patagonicus Schleg. 
longicauda Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. 1848. VIII. 261. = Spheniscus 
Adeliae Hombr. Jacq. 
longirostris Scopoli, Sonnerat's Voy. Nouv. Guin. 180. Tb. 113. = Sphenis- 
cus Pennanti Schleg. 
magellanicus Comment. Goetting. III. 143. = Sjjheniscus demersus Temm. 
magnirostris Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. 1848. ViII. 263. — Cap Horn. 
minor Förster, Comment. Goetting. III. 147. = Spheniscus minor Temm. 
Molinae Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 881. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
papua Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 556. — Bonnaterre, Encycl. method. I. 67. 
Tb. 17. Fig. 3. — 
palpebrata Lichtenstein in Forst. Descr. 356. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
patachonica Shaw, Natur. Miscell. XI. Tb. 409. = Spheniscus Pennanti Schleg. 
patagonica Förster, Comment. Goetting. 1781. III. 137. = Spheniscus pata- 
gonicus Schleg. 
Pennanti Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 315. = Spheniscus Penncmti 
Schleg. 
platyrhynchus Scopoli, Sonnerat's Voy. Tb. 114. = Spheniscus demersus 
Temm. 
rex Bonaparte. = Spheniscus Pennanti Schleg. 
taeniata Peale, Unit. St. Explor. Exped. 1848. VIII. 264. = Spheniscus 
papua Schleg. 
torquata Förster, Comm. Goetting. III. 146. = Spheniscus demersus Temm. 
undina Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1844. XIT. 57. = Spheniscus minor TEmi. 
