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Picas mitchellii Malherbe; 1 and since the original spelling of the generic 

 name Iyngipicus is Yungipicus, 2 the species at present under considera- 

 tion should stand as Yungipicus mitchellii (Malherbe). 



Iyngipicus auritus (Eyton). 

 An earlier name for Tripsurus auritus Eyton, 3 now known as Iyngipicus 

 auritus, is found in Picus moluccensis Gmelin, 4 heretofore rejected evi- 

 dently because of its erroneous locality. Since, as already noted under 

 the previous species, the generic name Iyngipicus should be written Yungi- 

 picus, the present bird should be known as Yungipicus moluccensis 

 (Gmelin); and we designate Malacca as the type locality. 



Dendropicos minutus (Temminck). 

 The Picus minutus of Temminck 5 is rendered untenable by Picus minutus 

 Latham, 6 which is a synonym of Picumnus spilogaster Sundevall. As 

 there is no other name available for this species, we propose to call it 

 Dendropicos elachus nobis. 



Campethera punctata (Valenciennes). 

 The name Campethera punctata, used for an African woodpecker, is 

 untenable, because its basis, the Picus punctatus of Valenciennes, 7 is in- 

 validated by Picus punctatus Vieillot, 8 now regarded as a synonym of 

 Thripias namaquus (Lichtenstein). The next available name is Picus 

 punctuligerus Wagler, 9 and the species will, therefore, now stand as Cam- 

 pethera punctuligera (Wagler). 



Gecinus striolatus (Blyth). 

 The Picus striolatus of Blyth, 10 now employed for an Indian woodpecker 

 in the combination Gecinus striolatus, must be retired on account of the 

 earlier Picus striolatus Lesson, 11 which is identical with Veniliornis passeri- 

 nus (Linnaeus). Since the Brachylophus xanthopygaeus of Hodgson 12 is 

 a nomen nudum, the earliest tenable name for the species becomes Gecinus 

 xanthopygius Bonaparte. 13 Dr. Ernst Hartert 14 has already called attention 

 to the fact that the Linnaean generic name Picus has for its type Picus 

 viridis Linnaeus, and therefore displaces Gecinus Boie. The proper name 

 for the species under present consideration will, therefore, become Picus 

 xanthopygius (Bonaparte). 



iRev. et Mag. Zool., 1849, p. 530 (Nepal). 

 2Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, II, No. 8, May, 1854, p. 123. 



3Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, XVI, 1845, p. 229 (Malacca, Malay Peninsula). 

 4Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, p. 439 (Molucca Islands). 



5Nouv. Rec. Planch. Col. d'Ois., IV, livr. 33, April, 1823, pi. 197, fig. 2 and text (Sene- 

 gal). 



6lndex Ornith., I, 1790, p. 243 (Cayenne). 



7Dict. Sci. Nat., XL, 1826, p. 171 (Senegal). 



8Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXVI, 1818, p. 89 (Africa). 



9Syst. Avium, 1827, Picus sp. 36 [p. 27] (Senegambia) . 



lOJourn. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, XII, part 2, 1843, p. 1000 (Himalayas and central India). 



iiTraite d'Ornith., I, 1831, p. 226 (Cayenne). 



i2Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 85 (Nepal). 



i3Consp. Avium, I, 1850, p. 127 (Java). 



i4V6gel Palaarkt. Fauna, Heft VII (Band II, Heft I), February, 1912, p. 889. 



