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The generic name Coccystes untenable. 



The Old World genus of cuckoos hitherto known as Coccystes Gloger 

 (Handb. Naturg. Vog. Europ., 1834, p. 449) mvist in the future stand as 

 Clamator Kaup, 1829 (Entwicklungs-Geschichte der Europaischen 

 Thierwelt, p. 53), which antedates Gloger's name by five years. That 

 Kaup's name is unimpeachable is clear from the following quotation of 

 his remarks: "Cuculus glandarius .... scheint . . . gar nicht in die 

 Gattung Kuckuk zu gehoren, sondern eine eigene zu bilden, welche ich 

 Strauszkuckuk Clamator nenne, und die durch die starken Fuszwurzeln 

 und die Bildung der Nasenlocher etc. sich characterisirt." The nine 

 recognized species of this genus are then: 



1. Clamator glandarius (Linnfeus). 



2. Clamator coromandns (Linnaeus). 



3. Clamatoi' jacobimis (Boddaert). 



4. Clamator hypopinarius (Cabanis and Heine). 



5. Clamator caroli (Norman). 



6. Clam,ator brazzce (Oustalet). 



7. Clamator cafer (Lichtenstein). 



8. Clamator serratus (Sparrmann). 



9. Clamator albonotatus (Shelley). — Leonhard Stejneger. 



Gerrhonotus casruleus versus Qerrhonotus burnettii. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. G. Tornier, Curator of Reptiles in the 

 Natural History Museum at Berlin, I have been enabled to examine 

 the type of Wiegmann's Qerrhonotus caruleiis (Isis, 1828, p. 380). The 

 specimen, though greatly blackened, is in good condition and proves 

 to belong to thn species which has hitherto been known as Qerrhonotus 

 burnettii Gray 1831, or Elgaria formosa Baird and Girard 1852. The 

 type locality is given as "Brasilien" and the collector as A. von Cham- 

 isso, the celebrated German poet and naturalist. Needless to say no 

 Qerrhonotus occurs in Brazil, but as von Chamisso on his expedition 

 around the world also collected at San Francisco, California, where this 

 species is particularly plentiful, it may be regarded as certain that the 

 type is from the latter locality. The number of the type specimen in 

 the Berlin Musevim is 1163. — Leonhard Stejneger. 



Ptychozoon kuhli a new name for P. homalocephalum. 



The remarkable gecko hitherto known as Ptychozoon homalocephalum 

 requires a new name, inasmuch as Creveld's Lacerta homalocephala 

 1809 is preoccupied by Lacerta homalocephala Suckow 1798 (Natur- 

 geschichte der Thiere, HI, p. 138). As a suitable new name I propose 

 Ptychozoon kuhli in memory of the ori^<iiiator of the generic name. It 

 may be remarked that Gray's Ptychozoon horsjleldii is a very distinct 

 species. — Leonhard Stejneger. 



