General Notes. 79 



The earliest usable name for the genus heretofore known as Textor is 

 Aledo Lesson (Traits d'Ornith., about March 1, 1831, p. 433), type by 

 monotypy, Textor aledo Temrainck = Coccothraustes albirostris Vieillot. 

 The forms now referable to this group appear to be as follows : 

 Aledo albirostris albirostris (Vieillot). 

 Aledo albirostris nyansae (Neumann). 

 Aledo albirostris intermedins (Reichenow). 

 Aledo albirostris senegalensis (Shelley). 

 Aledo niger (Smith). 

 The change of generic name from Textor to Aledo, as above indicated, 

 necessitates the change of the family name Textoridae to Alectuidae. 



— Harry C. Oberholser. 



HYPHANTORNIS GRAY BECOMES TEXTOR TEMMINCK. 



As we have already shown (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXXIV, 1921, 

 p. 78), the original use of the generic name Textor Temminck (Nouv. Rec. 

 Planch. Col., II, livr. 54, Feb. 12, 1825, p. [2] to texte of genus Oriolus Linn, 

 [in text]) makes Oriolus cucullatus Miiller its type by monotypy, and it is, 

 therefore, applicable, as the earliest generic name, to the group heretofore 

 known as Hyphantornis Gray. If this group be recognized as generically 

 distinct from the genus Ploceus, the species composing it should bear the 

 name Textor; if considered but subgenerically distinct the name will never- 

 theless supplant Hyphantornis as the subgeneric designation. The forms 

 apparently now referable to this group are as follows: 



Textor nigriceps (Layard). 



Textor collaris (Vieillot). 



Textor cucullatus cucullatus (Miiller). 



Textor cucullatus bohndorffi (Reichenow). 



Textor cucullatus femininus (Grant). 



Textor cucullatus abyssinicus (Gmelin). 



Textor spilonotus (Vigors). 



Textor spekii (Heuglin). 



— Harry C. Oberholser. 



