478 
BRACHYRHAMPHUS. — BRACHYURÜS. 
cinereiventris Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 576. = Pycnono- 
tus cinereiventris Gray. 
crocorrhous Gray, Handlist Birds I. 270. = Pycnonotus crocorrhous Strickl. 
dispar Swainson, Classific. Birds 11. 227. — Pycnonotus dispar Gray. 
gularis Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1835. III. 186. = Pycnonotus gularis 
Blyth. 
leucogenys Gray, lUustr. Ind. Zool. 11. Tb. 35. Fig. 3. = Pycnonotus leuco- 
genys Blyth. 
leucogrammicus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Pycnonotus leuco- 
grammicus Müll. 
melanocephalus Gray, lUustr. Ind. Zool. II. ïb. 35. Fig. 1. = Pycnonotus 
ßaviventris Gsay. 
murarius Meyer, Vögel Livl. Estl. 143. = Cypselus apus Illig. 
poliocephalus Jerdon, lUustr. Ind. Ornith. Tb. 31. = Pycnonotus poUocepha- 
lus Gray. 
poliopsis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. =^ Ixos poliopsis Temm. 
pygaeus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 108. = Pycnonotus pygaeus. 
rubineus Jerdon, Illustr. Ind. Ornith. Tb. 37. = Pycnonotus gularis Blyth. 
squamatus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Pycnonotus squamatus 
Gray. 
tigus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. =. Pycnonotus tigus Gray. 
tympanistrigus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Pycnonotus tympani- 
strigus Gray. 
vidua Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Ixos vidua Temm. 
virescens Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Ixos virescens Temm. 
xantholaimus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 264. = Pycnonotus xantholae- 
mus Jerd. 
BRACHYRHAMPHUS (Alcidae. — ßpa^^C brevis, pafJipoç rostrum) Brandt, Bullet. 
acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346; 1868. VII. 199. — Gray, Genera Birds 1848. 
III. 644. — Coues, Proceed, acad. Philad. 1868. 60. ^ Aha Lin. 
Synon.: Apobapton Brandt. — Anabapton Bonap. — Cepphus Pall. — Synthlibor- 
hamphus Brandt. 
Rostrum capite multo brevius apice adunco, lateribus fortius compresso. 
Narium dimidia pars pennulis tecta. Pedes debiliores. 
antiquus Gray, Genera Birds III. 644. = Alca antiqua Gmel. 
brachypterus Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346. = Alca antiqua 
Gmel. 
Craveri Coues, Proceed, acad. Philad. 1868. 66. = Alca Temmincki Schleg. 
hypoleucus Xantus, Proceed, acad. Philad. 1859. = Alca Temmincki Schleg. 
Kittlitzi Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346. — Alca marmorata. 
marmoratus Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346. = Alca marmorata. 
Temmincki Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346. = Alca Temmincki 
Schleg. 
Wrangeli Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 346. = Alca marmorata, 
BRACHYSTOMA (Glaucopinae. — ßpax^C brevis, öTOjjia os) Swainson, Classific. 
Birds 1837. II. 266. = Glaucopis Gmel. 
Synon.: Struthidea Gould. — Brachyprorus Cab. 
Bill very short, entire, ressembling Glaucopis; the culmen elevated, convex 
and considerably dividing frontal feathers; commissure curved and somewhat an- 
gulated in the middle; under mandible slightly ascending. Nostrils basal, naked; 
the aperture large and round. "Wings and tail moderate, rounded; the latter with 
broad obtuse feathers. Feet arboreal ; the middle toe much shorter than the tarsus 
and but slightly longer than the hind toe; lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest. 
Claws strong and much curved. 
cinerea Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 267. = Glaucopis cinerea. 
BRACHYURÜS (Pittidae. — ßpa^u? brevis, oi)pa cauda) Thunberg 1821. — 
Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 253. = Pitta Vieill. 
