Vol. 32, pp. 21-22 April 11, 1919 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



MUTANDA ORNITHOLOGICA. 

 VI. 



BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 



This is the sixth 1 in the writer's current series of papers on 

 changes in the names of birds. It concerns species of Phasi- 

 anidae, Scolopacidae, Cuculidae, Bucconidae and Alcedinidae. 



Family PHASIANIDAE. 



Francolinus chinensis (Muller). 



The name Francolinus chinensis now proves to be untenable for the 

 species to which it has been applied, since its basis, the Tetrao chinensis 

 of Muller, 2 is rendered invalid by the previous Tetrao chinensis of Lin- 

 naeus, 3 which is Excalfactoria chinensis (Linnaeus). The proper name for 

 this Chinese francolin becomes, therefore, Francolinus pintadeanus 

 (Scopoli). 4 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Totanus maculatus (Tunstall). 



In proposing 8 the use of the name Totanus maculatus (Tunstall) 6 for the 

 preoccupied Scolopax fusca Linnaeus, 7 we overlooked the previous change 8 

 of the name of this species to Totanus erythropus (Pallas), 9 to which fact 

 Dr. E. Hartert has kindly directed our attention. The proper designation 

 of the spotted redshank is, of course, Totanus erythropus (Pallas). 



iFor the five previous articles, 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. 



2Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, p. 129 (China). 



3Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 277 (China). 



*Tetrao pintadeanus Scopoli, Delia Flor. et Faun. Insubr., II, 1786, p. 93 (Isle de 

 France) . 



BProc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, May 16, 1918, p. 47. 



t[Scolopax] Maculata Tunstall, Ornith. Brit., 1771, p. 3. 



7Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 243. 



8Richmond, Smithson. Miso. Coll., XLVII, pt. 3, Jan. 31, 1905, p. 347. 



tScolopax erythropus Pallas, Adumbrat., Vroeg's Cat. d'Ois., Quad., et d'Insectea, 

 1764, p. 6. 



7— Pboc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 32, 1919. (21) 



