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LIOPTILUS CABANIS PREOCCUPIED. 

 The generic name Lioptilus Cabanis (Mus. Hein., I. 1850, p. 88), proposed 

 for a genus of Muscicapidae, is preoccupied by Leioptila Blyth (Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVI, pt. 1, 1847, p. 449), a genus of Timaliidae. As 

 Lioptilus Cabanis has apparently no synonym, we propose to call it Liop- 

 tilornis (Xetos, laevis; irrlXov, penna; 6pvii, avis), nom. nov., with Turdus 

 nigricapillus Vieillot as type. The species to be referred to this group are: 

 Lioptilornis nigricapillus (Vieillot). 

 Lioptilornis olivascens (Cassin). 

 Lioptilornis abyssinicus (Riippell). 

 Lioptilornis galinieri (Guerin). 



— Harry C. Oberholser. 



A NEW NAME FOR THE GENUS CURAEUS SCLATER. 



The generic name Curaeus, applied by Dr. P. L. Sclater (Cat. Amer. 

 Birds, May, 1862, p. 139) to a South American genus of Icteridae, is invali- 

 dated by the name Cureus Boie (Isis [von Oken], 1831, col. 541) for a genus 

 of Cuculidae. As this group of Icteridae appears to have been given no 

 other name, Curaeus Sclater may be replaced by Notiopsar (1-6x10?, meridio- 

 nalis; i^ap, sturnus), nom. nov., with Turdus curaeus Molina as type. The 

 only species referable to this genus will, therefore, now stand as Notiopsar 

 curaeus (Molina). — Harry C. Oberholser. 



ANTHRACOCEROS REICHENBACH VERSUS HYDROCISSA 



BONAPARTE. 



The generic name Anthracoceros Reichenbach (Avium Syst. Nat., pi. 

 XLIX) has been in common use for a well-known genus of Bucerotidae. 

 It is, however, preoccupied by Anthracocera Agassiz (Nomencl. Zool. Ind. > 

 Univ., 1846, p. 75), which is an emendation of Anthrocera Scopoli (Introd. 

 Hist. Nat., 1777, p. 414), a genus of Lepidoptera. The next available name 

 for the group is Hydrocissa Bonaparte (Consp. Gen. Avium., I, June 24, 

 1850, p. 90), type by subsequent designation (Gray Cat. Gen. and Subgen. 

 Birds, 1855, p. 83), Buceros monoceros Shaw = Bwceros coronatus Boddaert. 

 The species now assigned to this group are as follows: 



Hydrocissa coronatus (Boddaert). 



Hydrocissa convexus (Temminck). 



Hydrocissa malabaricus (Gmelin). 



Hydrocissa malayanus (Raffles). 



Hydrocissa montani (Oustalet). 



— Harry C. Oberholser. 



NOTE ON THE NAME HYPERMEGETHES REICHENOW. 



The name Hypermegethes was originally proposed by Dr. A. Reichenow 

 (Journ. f. Ornith., LI, January, 1903, p. 149) as a subgeneric designation for 

 Hyphantornis grandis Gray. Dr. Richmond, however, has subsequently 

 shown (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., LIII, August 16, 1917, p. 596 that Hyphan- 

 tornis Gray was originally published in 1844 instead of 1849 (Gray, Genera 

 Birds, II, May, 1844, p. 351), and has fixed its type as Hyphantornis graridis 



