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fusca Linnaeus,* which is apparently the same as Guara alba (Linnaeus). 

 The earliest tenable name for Totanus fuscus of authors is apparently 

 Scolopax maculata Tunstall, t which the author's reference to Pennant's 

 British Zoology saves from being a nomen nudum. The species should, 

 therefore, now stand as Totanus maculatus (Tunstall). 



Family LORIIDAE. 

 Eos riciniata (Bechstein). 



The name of this lory in general use+ is antedated by at least three 

 others. Dr. R. B. Sharped has used for it Eos variegata (Gmelin);|| but 

 the earliest of its specific designations is Psittacus guenbyensis Scopoli, 7 

 which, though from an impossible locality, is of apparently undoubted 

 application. The species should therefore stand as Eos guenbyensis 

 (Scopoli). 



Family TRERONIDAE. 

 Leucotreron gularis (Quoy and Gaimard). 



The Columba gularis of Quoy and Gaimard,** which is the present 

 Leucotreron gularis, from Celebes, is preoccupied by Columba gularis Wag- 

 ler,+t which is a synonym of Coturnicoenas hottentotta (Temminck), a 

 fictitious bird of Levaillant's. As Leucotreron gularis has no other name, 

 it may be called Leucotreron epia, nom. nov. 



Family COLUMBIDAE. 



Qymnopelia erythrothorax (Meyen). 



The name now employed for this South American species, Columba 

 erythrothorax Meyen, it is untenable because of Columba erythrotorax [sic] 

 Temminck, §§ which is probably the same as Aplopelia larvata Temminck. 

 The next available name is Columba ( Chamcepelia) cecilioe Lesson ||||, and 



• Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 145 (South Carolina). 



t [Scolopax] Maculata Tunstall, Ornith. Brit.. 1771, p. 3 (Great Britain). 



X Ps[ittacus]. riciniatus Bechstein, Latham's Allgem. libers. Vogel, VII, 1811, p. 69, 

 pi. 4 (Molucca Islands). 



$ Hand-List Gen. and Spec. Birds, II, 1900, p. 2. 



|| [Psittacus'] variegatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, pt. 1, 1788, p. 319 (India). 



IT Psittacus guenbyensis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., II, 1786, p. 87 ("China" ; 

 locality wrong ; doubtless came from Molucca Islands ; therefore we designate Gilolo 

 Island as the type locality). 



** Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., 1, 1830, p. 247, pi. 29 (Manado, Celebes). 



if Syst. Avium, 1827, Columba, sp. 90, p. 261 (Namaqua Land. South Africa). 



tJNov. Act. Acad. Leopold.-Carol., XVI, Suppl., 1834, p. 98, t. XVI (province of 

 Arequipa. Peru). 



% Hist. Nat. Gen. Pigeons. I, fam. trois., 1808-1811, p. 15, pi. VII (Surinam). 



III! Echo du Monde Savant, XII, 1845, p. 8 (Peru). This was later remained Columba 

 (Chamcepelia) anais by Lesson, in Compl. Oeuv. Buffon, XX, 1847, p. 210 (Peru). 



