Vol. 34, pp. 49-50 March 31, 1921 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



MUTANDA ORNITHOLOGICA. 

 X. 



BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 



In the following paragraphs> attention is called to the pre- 

 occupied names of five species of birds. These belong to the 

 families Turdidae, Pycnonotidae, and Ploceidae. 



Family TURDIDAE. 



Petrophila erythrogastra (Vigors). 



The name Petrophila erythrogastra, long in use for a Himalayan thrush, is 

 untenable, since its original combination, Turdus erythrogaster Vigors 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831 [March 2, 1832] p. 171; Himalaya Mountains), 

 is a homonym of the prior Turdus erythrogaster Boddaert (Tabl. Planch. 

 Enlum. d'Hist. Nat., 1783, p. 22; Senegal), which latter is a synonym of 

 Spreo pulcher (Mtiller). For Petrophila erythrogastra the Petrocincla 

 rufiventris Jardine and Selby (Illustr. Ornith., 1835, pi. CXXIX; Hima- 

 layan District, India) will therefore come into use, and the name of this 

 species now will become Petrophila rufiventris (Jardine and Selby). 



Family PYCNONOTIDAE. 



lole philippensis (Gmelin). 



The name lole philippensis (Gmelin), at present in use for a Philippine 

 bulbul, must be discarded, since its original combination, Turdus phil- 

 ippensis Gmelin (Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, p. 814; Philippine Islands), is 

 invalidated by Turdus philippensis Miiller (Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., 

 1776, p. 145; Philippine Islands), a synonym of Petrophila cyanus solitaria 

 (Mtiller). Its only other name is Philedon gularis Pucheran (Arch. Mus. 

 d'Hist. Nat., VII, 1854, p. 344, pi. XVIII; "China"), the type locality of 

 which, originally and erroneously given as China, we hereby designate as 

 Manila, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands. The species will, therefore, 

 now stand as lole gularis (Pucheran). 



iFor the nine previous articles in this series, cf. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXX, March 

 31: 1917, pp. 75-76; July 27, 1917, pp. 125-126; ibid., XXXI, May 16, 1918, pp. 47-49; 

 November 29, 1918, pp. 125-126; ibid., XXXII, February 14, 1919, pp. 7-8; April 11, 

 1919, pp. 21-22; June 27, 1919, pp. 127-128; December 31, 1919, pp. 239-240; ibid., XXXIII. 

 December 30, 1920, pp. 83-84. 



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