Genus— S TEGANOPLEURA. 
Steganopleura Bonaparte, Consp. 
Gen. Av., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 
456, 1850, before Feb. 1851 
(as of Reichenbach who gave 
Stagonopleura). Type (by sub¬ 
sequent designation) Mathews, 
Birds Austr., Vol. VII., p. 434, 1919 
Slictoptera Reichenbach, Die Smg. 
Vogel, pp. m., 31, (prob. after July 
1st) 1862. Type (by monotypy) 
Noc— 
Slictoptera Guenee, Spec. Geo. Lepid., Vol. VII., 
Stizoptera Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Philad., 1899, p. 215, June 2nd. 
Type (by original designation) .. 
Bichenoa Moulton, Ibis, 1923, pt. 4, 
p. 782, Oct. 192.3. Tj^pe (by 
original designation) 
Fringilla bichenovii Vigors & Horsfield. 
S. bichenovii and annulosa= 
Fringilla bichenovii Vigors & Horsfield. 
p. 52, 1852. 
Fringilla bichenovii Vigors & Horsfield. 
Fringilla bichenovii Vigors & Horsfield. 
Distinctly coloured Fmches "with small conical bUls and long wedge-shaped 
tail. 
The bill is formed much as in Tceniopygia but a little larger. 
The wing is similarly formed, the secondaries long and equal to the fifth 
(apparent) primarj'. The tail is long and w'edge-shaped, the feathers broad, 
about tliree-foui'ths the length of the wing; the tail-coverts, upper and under, 
short, less than half the length of the tail. 
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