BRACHYPTERNOPICÜS. — BRACHYPTERYX. 
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tim decurvato, acie, laterali nulla, commissura rectissima, gonyde paulo ascendente. 
Alae médiocres, remige prima subspuria, 4. 5. 6. subaequalibus. Cauda mediocris. 
Tarsus mediocris, digitus intermedius ac versabilis tarsum aequiparantes , posticus 
cum ungue brevissimus, propemodum obsoletus. Ptilosis: dorsum alaeque aurantia 
aut rubra, facies et partes inferiores albido nigroque variegatae. 
aurantius Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. IX. 31. = Picus bengalensis L. 
carlotta Gray, Handlist Birds II. 196. = Picus carlotta Sundev. 
ceylonus Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1846. XV. 282. = Picus ceylonus 
Forst. 
chrysonotus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 121. = Picus bengalensis Lin. 
dilutus Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 550. = Picus bengalensis L. 
erythronotus Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. IX. 31. = Picus ceylonus 
Sundev. 
erythronotus Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 398. = Picus carlotta 
Sundev. 
fokiensis Swinhoe, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1863. XXXI. 87. = Picus fokiensis 
Sundev. 
goënsis Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. IX. 31. — Picus sultaneus 
HODGS. ' 
haematribon Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. IX. 31. = Picus haema- 
tribon Wagl. • 
igniceps Hodgson. Zool. Miscell. 85. = Picus bengalensis Lin. 
micropus Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 194. = Picus benga- 
lensis LiN. 
philippinarum Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. IX. 31. = Picus phi- 
lippinarum Lath. 
puncticollis Gray, Handlist Birds II. 196. = Picus bengalensis Lin. 
Shorii Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 85. = Picus Shorei Vig. 
striaticeps Reichenbach, Handb. spec: Ornith. I. 398. Tb. 653. = Picus 
Shorei Vig. 
Stricklandi Layard, Ann. mag. nat. bist. 1854. XIII, 499. = Picus carlotta 
Sundev. 
BRACHYPTERNOPICÜS chrysonotus Malherbe, Revue Zool. 1845. 404. = 
Picus bengalensis Lin. 
puncticollis Malherbe, Mus. Soc. Ind. or. = Picus bengalensis Lin. 
rubropygialis Malherbe, Revue Zool. 1845. 400. = Picus erythropygius. 
BRACHYPTERTJS Lesson. = Nisus Cuv. 
BRACHYPTERYX (Liotrichidae. — ßpaxuc brevis, Tcrspuè ala). — Hors- 
field, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1821. XIIL 157. 
Synon.: Drymocataphus , Alcippe Blyth. — Goldana Gray. — Drymochares Gould. — 
Setaria, Kelaartia Blyth. — Microcercus Fitz. 
Rostrum mediocre^ subcultratum , basi latius, ultra medium subconicum, atténua- 
tum. Culmen inter nares carinatum, deinde rotundatum, apicem versus arcuatum, 
emarginatum. Mandibula lateribus marginatis , apice inclinât a tomiis maxillae 
mandibulaeque subinflexis. Nares maximae, in fovea subrotunda basali elongata 
obtusa sitae, supra et postice membrana clausae. Alae brevissimae: remiges inté- 
gras, prima subspuria, 2. — 5. gradatim increscentes , 6. — 10. subaequales longioreSj 
reliquae gradatim breviores. Cauda rotundata. Pedes elongati. Digitus medius 
longissimus ; ungues compressissimi, hallucis medio duplo majore ^ fortius arcuato. 
— 30 Specc. 
acutirostris Eyton, Ann. mag. nat. bist. 1845. XVL 228. [Malacca, 
albogularis Hartlaub, Revue Zool. 1844. 401. = Turdinus macrodactylus 
Blyth. 
albigularis [Malacca. 
Alcippe albigularis Blyth, Catal. Birds as. Soc. 834. 
Setaria albigularis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1844. XHI. 385. — Bo- 
naparte, Conspect. Avium I. 260. 
