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RALLIDAE. 



Amaurolimnas concolor (Gosse). 



RdUus concolor Gosse, B. Jamaica \\. ;}(i'.). PI. 103 (1847 : Jamaica). 

 " ? " ad. S. Javier, sea-level, 21. vi. I'JOU "Iris lemon, feet dark flesli-colonr, 

 111 11 dark greenish." 



" 6 " .jnn. S. Javier, 22. vi. 1900. 



Creciscus albigularis fLawr.). 



Coretlinira albigiilaris Lawr., Ann. I,i/c. N. Y. vii. p. 302 (1861 : Panama). 



Specimens from S. Javier, all sliot in July 1900, seem to be the same as 

 typical alljiyidans from Panama. The wings are generally shorter, but there is 

 much variation aiuong the 8. .Javier examjili's. Tlie /(•««/(.< are altogether smaller 

 than the ma/e.s, bill and wings much shorter. Tiie white bars and cinnamon tijis to 

 the upper wing-covert» sometimes present are evidently a sign of immaturity. Still 

 younger birds have the breast and fureneck ashy, nut chestnut, tlie bill shorter. 



Aramides wolfi Berl. & Tacz. 



Aramiiles wolfi Berl. & Tacz., P. Z. S. 1883, p. 676 (Chimbo, W. Ecuador). 

 Pambilar and ('arondelet. Some specimens are deeper chestnut, others more 

 olivaceous. 



LARIUAE. 



Gelochelidon nilotica (Gm.). 



Sterna nilotica G\n.,S;/st. Nat. i. j>. (WKi (1788 ; ex Linn, in Hasselquist Iter) 

 (Habitat in Aegyjito). 



(The name of this Tern, the Sterna anglica of most authors, must doubtless be 

 as above, but Gmelin is its author. The names in Hasselquist's Iter are 

 jiublished in 1757, and can therefore not be accepted, as they are earlier than the 

 starting year of our nomenelature, 175s.*) It is true that in 17(i2 a German 

 translation appeared, but it was only a verbatim ti-anslation, and iftlie names of this 

 translation are accepted they should be the names of the translator, Gadebusch's 

 names, as we have agreed not to accept Linnaeus' names of 1757. The binomial 

 nomenclature, moreover, is not strictly carried out throughout the book, ^\■hile 

 binomial names are used in most cases, we find (no. 51) " MotacUla corpore e.\ 

 fnsco-viridescente, pectore ferrugineo," or (no. 11) Capra {yazrlla aj'ricana), and 

 other cases in which the (then) new system of nomenclature was not adhered to, as 

 it was Linnaeus' habit before 1758. fhe translator, the " in tiefster Unterthiiuig- 

 keit ersterbeude Knecht Thomas Heinrich (Jadebnsch," made no attemjit to allir 

 any names, and I therefore hold that we need not accept his names, and Linnaeus' 

 names in Hasselquist's Iter are therefore only acceptable if used again by 



" .^11 iiame.s in Hasselquisfs Jtir are given liy Linnneus. Tliey must tbciefciro be quoti-il as '■ Linn. 

 in Hassulqu. Iter." llassclquisi dici at six (i'elocl< on Kciirnary ittli, 17.')2, anil Linnaeus edited Uie b )ol< 

 fn liis travels and determined llie specimens, adding the names to the animals and plants, as he expressly 

 tales in tlic preface. Linnaeus is therefore unquestionably their author, 



