3/2 Bibliographical Notices. 



Mr. Gray quotes PI. Enl. 651. f. 1. both under Phyllopneuste hip- 

 polais and Phylloscopus trochilus. The latter citation is the correct 

 one. 



The genus Phyllopneuste, as typified by P. hippolais, ought, I 

 think, to be united with Acrocephalus . 



The name Luseiniola, Gray, 1841, should not supersede Calamo- 

 dyta, Bon., 1838. Lusciniola is not used genericully either by Bris^- 

 son or Ray ; and I have before remarked, that if we cross the bound- 

 ary line of modern science fixed by the introduction of the binomial 

 method, we must carry back our nomenclature not merely to Ray or 

 Aldrovandus, but to Pliny and Aristotle, nay to Hesiod, Homer, arad 

 Moses. 



P. 29. The genus Adornis, Gray, 1841, ought to retain the name 

 Curruca, Bechst. (restricted), used also by Meyer, Cuvier, Fleming, 

 Bonaparte, Swainson, &c, both on the ground of priority and be- 

 cause it includes the bird called Curruca by Brisson, which is the fe- 

 male of Curruca orphea (Tern.). The Motacilla hortensis, Gm. (Syl- 

 via hortensis, Lath.), and the figure of Buffon, PI. Enl. 579. f. 1, 

 also refer to C. orphea, fern. The true "Pettychaps" (C. hortensis, 

 auct.) is the Sylvia hortensis, var. /3. of Latham, which wa§ first 

 clearly distinguished by Bechstein. 



P. 31. Mr. Gray gives no synonyms for Iora scapularis, Horsf., 

 but it ought to stand as Iora tiphia (Lin.), Vig. ;. Sylvia zeylonica, 

 Lath. ; Fringilla multicolor, Gm. ; Muscicapa cambayensis, Lath. ; 

 Iora scapularis, Horsf. ; Motacilla subviridis, Tickell. 



P. 33. It does not appear why Helinaia, Aud., 1839, is used in- 

 stead of Vermivora, Sw., 1827. 



The bird figured by Gould, ' Birds of Europe/ pi. 138, is not the 

 Anthus aquaticus, Bechst., of South Europe, but is the British and 

 North European species A. obscurus (Gm.), Tem. ; Alauda petr&sa r 

 Mont. ; Anthus rupestris, Nils. See Temminck, ' Man. Orn.,' pt. 4. 

 p. 628. 



P. 35. Why is the name Petrocossyphus, 1826, preferred both to 

 Monticola, 1822, and Petrocincla, 1825 ? 



P. 37. Garrulax belangerii, Less., is a synonym of G. leucolophus 

 (Hardwick), not of G. perspicillatus (Gm.). The earliest synonym 

 of Malacocercus striatus is Turdus griseus, Gm. 



P. 39. The following genus should be. inserted near Pycnonotus : 

 Oreias, Tem., 1838, < Ixos, Tem. Type, 0. azureus, Tem., PI. Col. 

 274. 



P. 40. The following genus should be inserted near Alectrurus : 

 Copurus, Strickland, 1841, •< Platyrhynchus, Spix, <: Muscipeta, 

 Cuv. Type, C. filicauda (Spix), Av. Braz., vol. ii. pi. 14 ; Musci- 

 capa leucocilla, Hahn. 



P. 41. The reference Buff., PI. Enl. 276, belongs to Pitangus sul- 

 phuratus, and PI. Enl. 212. to Scaphorhynchus pitangua. 



The earliest specific name of the North American Tyrannus, PI. 

 Enl. 676, is carglinensis , Gm. ; the next in date is pipiri, Vieill., Ois. 

 Am. pi. 44. This bird is not the Lanius tyrannus, Lin., which is 

 the T. dominicensis, Briss., Vieill., O. Am. pi. 46. 



