CENTROPUS. — CENTURÜS. 
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Cuculus aegyptius var ßy Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 420. 
Polophilus viridis Stephens, Gener. Zool. IX. 55. 
Cuculus philippensis Cuvier, Règne anira. I. 426. 
Corydonix viridis, C. pyrrhopterus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1353. 1355. 
Centropus philippensis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 135. — Pücheran, Revue 
Mag. Zool. 1853. 65. 
Centropus Molkenboeri Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 108. 
Centrococcyx viridis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV*. 110. 
Atti cuccula. — Chem payan. — Nock budh. 
CENTROPUS Gray, Dieffenb. New Zealand App. 149. = Stringops habroptilus Gray. 
CENTROURUS (Psittacidae) Swainson, Classific. Birds 1837. II. 303. = Nestor 
Wagl. 
Size large. Bill as in Microglossus, but smaller. The under mandible is ho- 
rizontal and porrect as in Lorius, with the gonys not curved. Nostrils tumid, 
naked; the aperture central and round. Tail rather short, even or slightly rounded. 
The feathers broad, but ending abruptly in a lengthened, soft, acuminated point. 
australis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 303. = Nestor meridionalis Gray. 
dasyptilus Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 303. — Lesson, Illustr. Tb. 1. 
CENTROURUS Gray, List Genera Birds 1840. 51. = Trichoglossus Vig. 
CENTRURUS Strickland, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1841. Nestor Wagl. 
productus Bonaparte, Naumannia 1856. ~ Nestor productus Gould. 
CENTURUS carolinensis Audubon, Syn. Birds America 1839. 189. = Conurus 
carolinensis Kuhl. 
CENTURUS (Picidae) Swainson, Classific. Birds 1837. IL 310. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1846. IL 442. = Ficus Lin. 
Si/non.: Tripsurus Swains. — Zebrapicus Malh. — Zebripicus Bonap. 
Bill more or less long and rather slender with the culmen gradually curved 
on the sides compressed to the acute tip; the lateral margins slightly curved and 
the gonys long and angular; the nostrils basal, rounded and the opening partly 
covered by projecting plumes. Wings long and pointed; with the first quill very 
short and the fourth and fifth the longest. Tail rather long and with the ends 
of the feathers pointed. Tarsi short and covered with transverse scales. Toes 
unequal, the outer pair the longest and equal. 
albifrons Cabanis, Journ. Ornithol. 1862. X. 324. = Picus albifrons Swains. 
auricapillus Gray, Handlist Birds IL 197. = Picus auricapillus Vig. 
aurifrons Gray, Genera Birds App. 22. — Picus aurifrons Lichtst. 
brachypterus Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 310. — Spec, indescr. 
carolinensis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 310. = Picus carolinus Lin. 
chlorolophus Gray, Genera Birds IL 442. = Picus chlor olophus Vieill. 
chrysoides Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. 413. = Picus chrysoides Sundev. 
coronatus Hartlaub, Ind. Azar. 16. = Picus flavifrons Vieill. 
cruentatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 442. = Picus hirundinaceus Lin. 
elegans Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York 1851. V. 116. = Picus aurifrons 
Lichtst. 
elegans Gray, Genera Birds II. 442. = Picus elegans Swains. 
flavifrons Gray, Genera Birds II. 442. — Pieus flavifrons Vieill. 
flaviventris Swainson, Two centur. 354. = Picus aurifrons Lichtst. 
Gerini Gray, Handlist Birds II. 197. = Picus Gerini Tem. 
gradatus Reiciienbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. 411. — Picus lignarius Mol. 
gratelupensis Bonaparte, Conspect. Vol. Zygod. Nr. 323. — Picus aurifrons 
Lichtst. 
hirundinaceus Gray, Genera Birds II. 442. = Picus hirundinaceus Lin. 
HofFmanni Cabanis, Journ. Ornithol. 1862. X. 322. = Picus Hoffmanni Sundev. 
hypopolius Bonaparte. = Picus uropygialis Sundev. 
hypopolius Lichtenstein, Nomenclator 76. =. Picus hypopolius Wagl. 
Kaupi Gray, Handlist Birds II. 197. = Picus lignarius Mol. 
Nataliae Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornilh. I. 411.— Picus thyroideus Cass. 
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