( 10 ) 



Lesson's ihtctylatra, which first upiieareil in the Vo>/. CoqniUe i. p. 404, noting, 

 "The description of S. dachjlatra given by Lesson is nnrecognisable." This 

 remark may be applicable to the note given in the Voij. CoquiUe, bat certainly 

 not to the account in the Traitl; which fixes the sjiecies as the bird called 

 cyanops by Sundevall six years later. It appears probable that tlie Australian 

 bird will bear the name given to it by Gould, viz. persoiwta, but I have not yet 

 sufficient material to decide. 



Page 39 : Species 254. Circus approximam Peale, United States Expl. Erped. 

 p. 04 (1848) 

 replaces Circus gouleh Bonaparte, 1S50. 

 ., 40 : Genus CLXL IlieraaHus Kaup, Classif. Sdmj. </• 17«/. p. V2n (1844) 



replaces Eutolmaetxs Bl_\th, 1845. 

 „ 41 : Species 206. Ilaliastur leucostermis Gould, Synops. Birds Aitstr. pt. iii. 

 April 1838 

 replaces H. girrencra Vieillot. 



Vieillot {Galerie d''Ois. i. pi. x. I82ii) j)roposed Ilaliaotus girrenera simply as 

 a new name for the bird described as Falco pondecerianus Gmelin. He wrote : 

 " On le tronve anssi, selon Latham, :i la Nonvelle Hollande, oil il porte le nom 

 qne nous Ini avons conserve." Of course this cannot be construed as separating 

 the Australian from the Indian bird, especially when the context is read. (Con- 

 sequently we must revert to Gould's name founded on the Australian species. 



Page 44 : Species 293. Sinox queenslandica Mathews, Bull. B. 0. C. xxvii. 

 p. 02 (1911) 

 replaces yinox liwneralis, Bonaparte. 



The later bird is confined to New Guinea, and is represented in Queensland 

 l)y a distinct form, as above. 



Page 45 : Genns ('LXXVIII. Entelipsitta nom. nov. 

 replaces Psitteuti-les nee Bonaiiarte. 

 „ „ Genus CLXXIX. Psittextelrs Bonaparte 

 replaces Ptilosdera (Bp.) Gonld. 



In the Rev. Mag. Zool. vol. vi. p. 157, 1854, Bonaparte introdnced Psitfetifeles 

 with four species — versicolor Vig., iris Temm., cuteles Temm., and placens Temm. 

 No type was indicated, and therefore the following year Gray {Cat. Gen. Suhgen. 

 Birds, p. 88) selected the first named as type. 



In the Uandlj. Birds Austr. ii. p. 98, 1805, Gould used Ptilosdera as of 

 Bonaparte for versicolor alone. He referred to Ptilosdera versicolor, Comptes 

 liendus, 1857, but gave no pagination. In the Cat. Birds B. M. vol. xx. p. 06 

 Ptilosdera is accepted for the species versicolor. 



Its entry is given as that of Bonajiarte, Comptis I'l'udiis, vol. xliv. p. 597, 

 1857, but at that place only the nude name occurs, no indication being given as 

 to its extent. The earliest systematic use of the name I have traced is that of 

 Gonld, as above. 



In the Cat. Birds xx. p. 63 Psitteuteles is also retained, the type being 

 selected as P. euteles Temminck. But Gray's designation invalidated all later 

 type difterentiations, and couseqnently Ptilosdera must be replaced by P.titteiiteles, 

 and a new name is necessary for the group erroneously known by the latter name. 



