ORNITHOLOGICAL CHECK-LIST 



Although many references were used in compiUng this Ust, it seems 

 desirable to mention one in particular which appeared after the list 

 had been completed, but before it had been typed in final draft. Since 

 several generic and specific names are affected, I quote from Science, 

 25 May 1956, Vol. 123, No. 3204, p. 931. 



The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has re- 

 cently announced a series of decisions on the names of certain birds. 

 Applications to the commission were published in October 1952 in part 

 1/3 of volume 9 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. Among the 

 decisions, the following are of wide general interest: (i) suppression of 

 the generic name Colymbus Linnaeus, 1 758, and acceptance of the gene- 

 ric name Gavia Forster, 1788, for the divers (loons) and of Podiceps 

 Latham, 1787, for the grebes {Opinion 401 ) ; (ii) validation of the gene- 

 ric name Pyrrhocorax (Tunstall), 1771, for the Chough by the suppres- 

 sion of the name Coracia Brisson, 1760 {Opinion 404) ; (iii) suppression 

 of the specific name ericetorurn Turton, 1807, and acceptance of the 

 name philomelos Brehm, 1831, for the song thrush [Opinion 405); 

 (iv) suppression for nomenclatorial purposes of the names by Lin- 

 naeus published in 1776 in the "Catalogue of Birds, Beasts, ... in Ed- 

 wards' Natural History" {Opinion 412); (v) validation of the name 

 Columba migratoria Linnaeus, 1766, for the passenger pigeon{Direction 

 18) ; (vi) validation of the generic names Bubo Dumeril, 1806, Coturnix 

 Bonnaterre, 1790, Egretta Forster, 181 7, and Oriolus Linnaeus, 1766, by 

 the suppression of older homonyms {Direction 21) ; (vii) acceptance of 

 Gallinago Brisson, 1760, and rejection of Capella Frenzel, 1801, as the 

 generic name for the snipe {Direction 39). 



The foregoing Opinions and Directions are now in the press and will 

 be published at an early date. 



Undetermined Birds' Nests 



Abalos and Wygodzinsky, 1951: Cimicidos, Psarnmolestes coreodes Berg- 

 roth, Triatoma delpontei Romaiia y Abalos, T. infestans (Klug), T. 

 platensis Neiva, T. sordida (Stal) ; (pajaros). 



Agrell, 1945: Anurophorus laricis Nic, Entomobrya corticalis Nic, E. 

 rnarginata Tullb., E. Jiivalis L., Isotorna viridis Schott, Lepidocyr- 

 tus cyaneus Tullb., L. lanuginosus Tullb., Orchesella bifasciata 



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