78 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



LOPHOTRICCUS VERSUS COMETORNIS. 



In the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. LXIV, No. 

 4, 1921, p. 372, we stated that the earliest designation of the type of 

 Lophotriccus was that of Lophotriccus spicifer (Lafresnaye), by Sclater in 

 1888, and accordingly we substituted Lophotriccus for Colopteryx, creating 

 the genus Cometornis for Todirostrum sqitamaecrista Lafresnaye. Dr. 

 Charles W. Richmond has just called our attention to a much earlier type 

 fixation by Sharpe (Zoological Record, Vol. XX, 1884, Aves, p. 34) who 

 designated Lophotriccus squamicristatus (Lafr.) \ = Lophotriccus squamae- 

 crista (Lafr.)]. Unfortunately we had overlooked this type designation 

 which, no doubt, is the earliest. 



Our Cometornis is thus a pure synonym of Lophotriccus, and Cometornis 

 vitiosus Bangs and Penard becomes Lophotriccus vitiosus (Bangs and Pen- 

 ard). Also, the bird formerly known as Colopteryx galeatus (Boddaert), 

 for which we had substituted Lophotriccus galeatus, should continue to be 

 known as Colopteryx galeatus (Bodd.). 



— Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard. 



A NEW NAME FOR PACHYRAMPHUS POLYCHOPTERUS COSTA- 



RICENSIS CHUBB. 



In our review of the forms of Pachyramphus polychopterus (Bull. M. C. Z., 

 1921, 64, p. 391) we used the name Pachyramphus polychopterus costa- 

 ricensis Chubb for the form inhabiting Panama and western Costa Rica. 

 This name however, is preoccupied by Pachyratnphus versicolor costaricen- 

 sis Bangs (Proc. N. E. Z. Club, 1908, 4, p. 26). 



It was our intention to make this correction before the publication of our 

 paper, but we neglected to do so. We therefore now propose Pachyramphus 

 polychopterus tantulus, nom. nov., for the form of Panama and western 

 Costa Rica to replace Pachyramphus polychopterus costaricensis Chubb 

 preoccupied. 



— Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard. 



TEXTOR TEMMINCK VERSUS ALECTO LESSON. 



The generic name Textor Temminck is usually cited from this author's 

 "Nouveau Recueil Planches Colorizes," III, livraison 75, January 5, 1828, 

 wrapper, andtexte p. [1] to pi. 446, and its type commonly considered by 

 monotypy to be Textor alecto Temminck, sp. nov., which equals Cocco- 

 thraustes albirostris Vieillot. Temminck had, however, previously used 

 (Nouv. Rec. Planch. Col., II, livr. 54, February 12, 1825, p. [2] to texte of 

 genus Oriolus Lmn. [in text]) this generic name for Oriolus textor Gmelin 

 {=Oriolus cucullatus MuWer = Hyphantornis cucullatus Auct.) in the 

 following manner: "Oriolus textor, lb. sp. 22 [Latham, Index Ornith., I, 

 1790, p. 180], est du genre Tisserin (Textor)." As Oriolus cucullatus 

 Miiller is the only species mentioned in this connection, it is thereby made 

 the type by monotypy of the generic designation Textor, which must there- 

 fore be transferred to the group now called Hyphantornis. 



