on Mr. G. R. Gray's ' Genera of Birds.' 37 



The Phasianus leucomelas, Lath., if generically distinct, must have a 

 new generic name. 



It is not correct to quote Lophyrus, Steph., as a synonyme of Lo- 

 phophorus, the word Lophyrus being merely a mistake of the artist 

 who engraved Stephens's plate 36, vol. xiv. 



/*. 61. Francolinus was first defined as a genus by Stephens, 

 1819. 



It is to be regretted that the legitimate name Arhoricola had not 

 occun-ed to Mr. Hodgson instead of the hybrid word Arborophila, 

 but it is too late to change it. 



Coturnix was first used generically by Cuvier about 1802. 



For Ptilophachus write Ptilopachys. 



The name Crypt onyx, Tem., 1815, is prior to Lip onyx, Vieill., 

 1816. 



P. 62. Brisson does not use Bonasa to designate a genus, and the 

 name Bonasia, Bon., may therefore be retained. 



P. 63. The Turnicince would range more naturally among the Te- 

 traonidce than among the Tinamidce. 



For Rhyncotus read Rhynchotus. 



P. 64. The family CharadriadcE ought to be in contact with Sco- 

 lopacida, although most modern authors interpose the Ardeidce be- 

 tween them. 



It is very doubtful whether (Edicnemus magnirostris, Tem., PI. 

 Col. 387, can be correctly quoted as the type of Burhinus, 111. La- 

 tham described a bird under the name of Charadrius magnirostris, 

 " the size of the Golden Plover, bill stout and very broad, resembling 

 the Tody genus." From this description lUiger founded his genus 

 Burhinus. Wagler, in his monograph of Charadrius, quotes Latham's 

 description, and places it among his " species a me non visee." 



He also describes as a distinct species the (Edicnemus magnirostris, 

 Tem., under the name of Charadrius magnirostris. This bird is de- 

 scribed as from 17 to 20 inches long, with the beak much longer, 

 stronger and more compressed than the other CEdicnemi, and it seems 

 therefore quite distinct from C. magnirostris. Lath. Lesson, however, 

 unites the two in his genus Burhinus, and in order to admit Tem- 

 minck's bird he greatly modifies the original definition of that genus ; 

 for instead of the " Rostrum latum, depressum" of lUiger, we find in 

 Lesson " bee tr^s comprime sur les cotes." It would seem then that 

 the true Burhinus of Illiger, if such a bird really exists, has yet to 

 be discovered, and that a new generic name is wanted for the (Edic- 

 nemus magnirostris of Temminck. 



To the synonymes of Ortygodes, Vieill., add Ortyxelos, Vieill. 

 The Hemipodius nivosus, Sw., has the neck and breast ferruginous 

 with white spots, and is therefore perhaps distinct from Ortygodes 

 meiffreni. 



The earliest specific name of Pluvianus melanocephalus (Gm.), is 

 P. (egyptius (Lin.). 



P. 65. The specific name of Squatarola, viz. cinerea, Ray, ought 



not (for reasons above given) to supersede Linnseus's name helvetica. 



Lesson, in his Traite d'Ornithologie, has made it almost certain 



