Genus—M Y Z A N T H A. 
Myzantha Vigors • and Horsfield, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 318, 
February 17th,, 1827. Type (by subse¬ 
quent designation). Lesson, Manuel 
d’Orn., p. 67, 1828 
Merops gamilus Latham= 
Gracula melanocephala Latham. 
Philanthus Lesson, Traite d’Ornith., hvr. 6, 
p. 402, (March 1st) 1831. Type (by 
subsequent designation), Mathews, 
Austral Av. Rec., Vol. IV., p. 137, 
1921 
Merops alhifrons Shaw, i.e., Lath. 
— Gracula melanocephala Latham. 
Not— 
Philanthus Fabricius, N. Mag. Liebh. Ent. (Schneider), Vol. I., p. 26, 1791. 
Structurally agreeing with the preceding genus, but larger birds with a 
difiEerent coloration. 
The culnien is semikeeled but structurally identical. There is a larger 
bare space behmd the eye. 
The wing has the third, fourth, fifth and sixth primaries subequal and 
longest, the fourth and fifth generally shghtly the longest; the seventh longer 
than the second, which is much longer than the secondaries, while the short 
first primary is less than half the length of the second, but more than one- 
third the length of the fourth. 
The tail is longer and a little more wedge-shaped. 
The legs and feet are similarly formed but much stronger in every detail 
Though this genus has been ranked as a subgenus of the preceding and 
sometimes even not allowed that rank, the difference in coloration and size 
necessitate full generic rank, though the structural features have scarcely 
varied at all. Moreover, their habits and notes appear to agree. 
Key to the Species. 
Crown of head black 
melanocephala 
Crown of head uniform with back 
Rump white .. 
Rump uniform with back .. 
jlavigula 
obscura 
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