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This date regarding Caviar is of much interest, as it has always been known 

 that it must have been published very early in 181T, so that the fact of its issue 

 at the end of ISIO is uotevrorthy. 



Page 90 : Species 72.5. Pardalotus striafas Gmeliii, .Sy*-/. Nat. i. p. H.Hi:] (1789) 

 replaces P. ajfinis Gould. 

 ,, 91 : Species 733. Mclitlireptas lamitus Shaw, in Vieillot, Ois. Dor. vol. ii. 

 p. 122, pi. 61 (1S02) 



replaces M. afr/'rajji/li/s iiec Latham. 

 „ 92 : Species 741. Mclithrcptus atricapUlus Latham, Sappl. lad. Orn. 

 p. xxxvii (1801) 

 replaces M. brevirostris Vigors & Horsf. 



In the Ibis, p. 55, 1900, North advocated the adoption of Latham's atricapillus 

 for the bird known as " lunahitus " Shaw. He, however, observed that the 

 distinguishing character of the latter species was not mentioned. 



Sharpe {IJist. Coll. Brit. Mas. ii. p. 128, 1900), from a study of the Watling 

 drawings, independently proposed the rejection of " Itumlatas''' Shaw, and also 

 preferred atrii-npilbis for the species previously known under the former name. 

 The absence of the name-character in the description made me dubious as to tln^ 

 correctness of identifying " lunulatus " and atricapillus. I therefore have carefully 

 studied the Watling figures, and find that the above alterations are necessar}-. 

 The fignre upon which atricapillus was founded is ipiite a good picture of the 

 bird known as brevirostris Vig. & Horsf. It must be remembered that Latham's 

 descriptions were drawn up from these figures only, and conseipently the colour 

 vaUies given by Latham depend entirely upon the artists. In the present instance 

 the fignre shows a dark head, which Latham concluded was black ; but upon 

 comparing specimens of brcdrostris and luiiatiis (for such is the name Shaw 

 used) it was seen that the coloration of the figure agreed very well indeed with 

 that of brevirostris, whereas it disagreed in many particulars with lunatus, which 

 moreover was thrice well figured in the same set of drawings, Nos. 129, 130, and 

 131 (cf. Hist. Coll. Brit. Mi/s. ii. p. 132). 

 Page 94 Genus ccxcvii. 



Grantiella nom. nov. replaces Entomophila Gould preoccupied by Horsfield, 

 Zool. lies. Java 1824. 



Page 90 : Species 786. Plilotis noraehollaiuli'ir Latham, Tiidc.r Orn. ii. p. 478 

 (1790) 

 replaces P. ornata Gould. 



Through misreading the description, Gadow {('at. Birds i.K. p. 242) referred 



norachollandiac to aiiricomis Latham. 



Page 98 : Species 801. Meliornis iti<jra Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. p. 196. pi. 37 

 (1811) 

 replaces ^^. sericea Gould. 

 ,, 100: Species 821. Motacillu Jtaca similliina Hartert, Vij(/. Paliiarkt. Paiina, 

 iii. p. 289 (1905) 

 replaces JA buniardi North, Pivc. Liiiii. Soc. Xcw South Wales x.\.\. 

 p. 579(1900). 



