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Triclaria cyanogastris. 



The name Triclaria cyanogastris for a South American parrot is un- 

 tenable, because its original combination Psittacus cyanogaster Vieillot* 

 is preoccupied by Psittacus cyanogastra Shaw,t a synonym of Tricho- 

 glossus novaehollandiae (Gmelin). The Psittacus malachitace us of Spix,* 

 the only synonym of Triclaria cyanogastra, should therefore be employed 

 in its place and the species be called Triclaria malachilacea (Spix). 



Pyrrhura vittata. 



The Psittacus vittatus of Shaw,§ which is now employed for a Brazilian 

 species as Pyrrhura vittata, is debarred by Psittacus vittatus Boddaert, || 

 the present Amazona vittata (Boddaert), and must therefore be provided 

 with another name. This is found in Psittacus frontalis Vieillot ;K and 

 the species should stand as Pyrrhura frontalis (Vieillot). 



Nasiterna pygmea. 



The generic name of the diminutive New Guinea parrot known com- 

 monly as Nasiterna pygmea has recently been altered to Micropsitta on 

 grounds of priority.** The specific term ft needs now to be changed 

 also, for it is preoccupied by Psittacus pygmaeus Gmelin, it which is 

 Hypocharmosyna pygmaea (Gmelin). As no other name is available 

 for Nasiterna pygmea, it may be known as Micropsitta chloroxantha 

 nobis. 



Family BUCCONIDAE. 



Malacoptila torquata. 



This Brazilian species, the Bucco torquatus of Wagler,§§ needs another 

 specific term, for its present one is preoccupied by Bucco torquatus 

 Dumont.HH which is Melanobucco torquatus (Dumont). The first syno- 

 nym of Malacoptila torquata is apparently Bucco fuscus Lichtenstein, HI 

 but this is really not a new name, being merely a misidentification of 

 Lichtenstein's bird with the Bucco fuscus of Gmelin,*** which is Mala- 

 coptila fusca (Gmelin). The first available name for Malacoptila tor- 

 quata is therefore Bucco striatus Spix.tft and the species thus should 

 stand as Malacoptila striata (Spix). 



* Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXV, 1817, p. 328 (South America [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; 

 teste Hellmayr]). 



tGen. Zool. VIII. 2, 1811. p. 413, pi. 59 (Australia). 



t Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 40, pi. XXVIII (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 



$Gen. Zool. VIII, 2, 1811, p. 404 (Brazil). 



II Tabl. Planch. Enlum., 1783, p. 49 (" St. Domingo "). 



IT Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXV, 1817, p. 361 ("Cayenne"). 



** Poche, Ornith. Monatsber., XII, 1904, p. 24. 



tt Psittacus (Psittacula) pygmeus Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. de l'Astrolabe, Zool., I, 

 1830, p. 232, pi. 21, figs. 1, 2 (Dore. New Guinea). 



U Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, p. 330 (Tahiti I, Society Is.). 



% Bucco torquatus Wagler, in Halm, Vog. aus Asien, Lief. XIII, 1822, p. 2, t. 5 (Brazil). 



II || Diet. Sci. Nat., IV, 1816, p. 56 ("Brazil " ! [= South Africa]). 



IT IT Bucco fuscus Lin. Gm„ Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 8 (Bahia, Brazil). 



**»Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, p. 408 (Cayenne). 



ttt Av. Spec. Nov. Bras., I, 1824, p. 52, pi. XL, fig. 2 (Rio de Janeiro; Bahia). 



