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Cinnyris olivacea Smith. 



Cinnyris olivacea Smith. 111. S. Afr. Zool., 1839, in text to pi. 57. 

 18,037. c? Cape of Good Hope. *' Type de Smith." 

 No type in Briti-sh JNIiLseum. 



Cinnyris leucogaster Vieill. 

 Nectarinia talatala Smith. Rep. Exp. S. Afr., 1836, App., p. 58. 



18.120. $ Cape of Good Hope. " Type de Smith." 



18.121. S" Cape of Good Hope. "Type de Smith." 

 No type in British Museum. 



Other Authors. 



A few types of other authors were contained in the collections 

 purchased by Dr. Wilson, as given below : 

 Cassicus montezumse (Less.). 



Cacicus montezumcB Less. Cent. Zool., p. 33 (1830). 



3,769. Mexico. cJ* Type. 



This specimen is stated by Cassin to be the type {Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, p. 71). 



Polyplectrum napoleonis Less. 

 Poly plectrum napoleonis Less. Traite d'Orn., 1831, pp. 487, 650. 

 12,732. " (^ des Isles de Indes (?) ou des Moloques." 

 " Type de Less, et de Temra." Rivoli coll. 



Neorhynchus naseus (Bp.). 

 Neorhynchuspermianm Less. Gray Handlist Birds (1870), i, p. 107. 

 9,811. " Perou. Type de la description de Lesson." 



I cannot find the original place of publication of this species, 

 and it may be only a manuscript name. 



Picathartes gymnooephalus Temm. 



Corvus gymnocephalus Teram. PI. Col. 327. 

 3,091. "Type de Temminck." 



Apparently one of the specimens purchased by Dr. Wilson from 

 Temminck' s collection. 



Trogon meridionalis Swains. 



Trogon affinis Des. & Dev. 



21,003. cf Trinidad. Eivoli coll. " Type de Des. & Dev." (Verreaiix). 



21,002. cJ' Cayenne. Rivoli coll. " Type de Des. & Dev. " 



I do not find the name affinis, and it seems to have existed only 



in manuscript. 



Ptilopus rivolii Prev. & Knip. 



Columba rivolii Prev. «& Knip. Pig. II, pi. 57 (1838-43). 

 13,119. Rivoli coll. "P. rivolii Prev., Original Specimen." 



