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Family CUCULIDAE. 



Cuculus canorus minor Brehm. 



Mr. Outram Bangs has called our attention to the fact that Cuculus 

 canorus minor Brehm, 1 used by Dr. E. Hartert 2 for the form of Cuculus 

 canorus inhabiting Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunis, is preoccupied by 

 Cuculus minor Gmelin, 3 now in use as Coccyzus minor (Gmelin). As there 

 appears to be no tenable name available for Cuculus canorus minor Brehm, 

 we take pleasure in calling it Cuculus canorus bangsi, nom. nov. 



Family BUCCONIDAE. 



Monasa nigra (Muller). 



The current name for the South American puff-bird known as Monasa 

 nigra (Muller) must be changed, since its original combination, Cuculus 

 niger Muller, 4 is rendered untenable by Cuculus niger Linnaeus, 6 a synonym 

 of Eudynamis honorata (Linnaeus). Its proper name is Monasa atra 

 (Boddaert), which is the Cuculus ater of Boddaert. 6 



Family ALCEDINIDAE. 



Alcedo grandis Blyth. 



The Indian kingfisher commonly known as Alcedo grandis Blyth, 7 is 

 in need of a new name, since its present title is invalidated by Alcedo 

 grandis Gmelin, 8 which is now considered a synonym of Jacamarops aurea 

 (Muller). As no other name is found to be available for Alcedo grandis 

 Blyth, it may be known as Alcedo megalia, nom. nov. 



lCuculus canorus minor A. E. Brehm, Allgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitung, Neue Folge, 

 III, 1857 (1858), p. 444 (northern and central Spain). 



2V6gel palaarkt. Fauna, Heft VII (Band II, 1), February, 1912, p. 947. 



3Syst. Nat., I, pt. 1, 1788, p. 411 (Cayenne). 



4Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, p. 90 (Cayenne). 



sSyst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 170 (Bengal, India). 



STabl. Planch. Enlum. d'Hist. Nat., 1783, p. 30 (Cayenne). 



VJourn. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, XIV, 1845, p. 190 (Darjiling, India). 



8Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, p. 458 (loc. ign.). 



