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appear ineligible, as Ochthedromns was used previous])' [b}- Le T'onte, Ann. Lye. 

 Xut. Hist. Sew York p. 453 (1848)] to Reichenbacli's Ochthod romus. 



Page 25 : Genns LXXXVIII. Hypsibateg Nitzsch. m Erscb. u. Gniber's Ewyd. 

 vol. xvi. p. 150 (1827) 

 replaces Himantopus Bonnaterre fpreoccupied). 



lu the last nnraber of Nov. Zool. p. 499 I allowed the use of Himantopus 

 Bonnaterre. I unfortunately overlooked the fact that this name was preoccupied 

 by Miillor, Anim. InJ'us. p. 248 (1780), so that we have to fall back upon 

 Ifi/psihates, which was provided on account of the invalidity of Himantopus. 



Macrotarsus was introduced by Lacepede (Tabl. Ois. p. 18, 1799) for this 

 genus, but it is unavailable from the fact that earlier in the Tabl. Mamm. p. 5, 

 1799, he had proposed the same name. 



Page 28 : Species 181. For this species acuminata Horsfield must be resumed. 



Examination of the Watling drawing upon which the species aurita was 

 founded, and which Sharpe (///.?/. Coll. B.M. ii. p. 147) recognised as pertaining 

 to the species commonly known as acuminata Horsfield proves it to be a good 

 figure of Linne's hi/polencos. 



8harpe's determination seems to be purely a lapsus, as no reason for such 

 identification appears in the figure. 



Page 28 : Species 184. Canutus magnus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 39 (1848) 

 replaces C. crassirostris Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 

 p. 107 (1849). 



No proof of prior publication of C. crassirostris can be obtained. 



Page 29 : Genus CIX. Irediparra nom. nov. 



replaces Hi/dralector auct. uec Wagler. 

 In the Isis p. 279, 1832, Wagler introduced a new genus Metopidius for 

 "Latham's Parra a/ricana und Cnvier's Parra aenea." On the next page ho 

 proposed Hi/dralector for " Vieillot's Parra cristata, Nouv. Diet. 16, p. 450, und 

 Temmiuck's Parra (tallinacea PI. Col." In the List Genera Birds 1840 Gray 

 typified these genera thus : 



Page 70 : Hijdralector Wagl. //. cristatus (Vieill.) Wagl. 

 „ 71 : Metopidius Wagl. M. aeneus (Cnv.) Wagl. 



In the Cat. Birds xxiv. p. 73, 189(3, these two species are synonymised with 

 Parra indica Latham, which is considered the type of Metopidius. As a con- 

 sequence Hijdralector became an absolute synonym of Metopidius. But on p. 79 

 Hi/dralector is used, the type being given as //. gallinacens Temm. 



However, that action cannot be admitted, and as no other name is available 

 I propose the above, with /. (/allin'(ceus = I'arra gallinacea Temm. as type. 



Page 29 : Species 189. Trachelia maldimrum Latham & Davies, Faunula Indica 

 p. 11 (1795) 

 replaces T. orientalis Leach (1820). 



In the Faunula Indica p. 11, 1795, Latham & Davies proposed three names, 

 G. maldivarum, G. coromanda, and G. madraspatana, for the three varieties 

 described by Latham in the Gen. S>/n. Birds vol. v. p. 224. These have ail 



