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which antedates the former by three years. There seems to be no 

 reason why the name passerinus Linnseus^ should not be employed 

 for the species now called tephrodops, as the former is of undoubted 

 application, and of much earlier date. Picus affink Swainson/ 

 now Dendrohates qffinis, is possibly rendered untenable by Picm 

 affinis Raffles/ but as it has been impossible at present to obtain the 

 exact date of this part of Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, no 

 change in this name is here made. 



The species of this genus are as follows : 



Veniliornis fumigatus (Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny). 



Veniliornis caboti (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis oleaginus (Lichtenstein). 



Veniliornis sanguinolentvs (Sclater). 



Veniliornis callonotus (Waterhouse). 



Veniliornis callonotus major (Berlepsch and Taczanowski). 



Veniliornis sanguineus ( Li chtenstei n ) . 



Veniliornis kirthndi (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis nigriceps (Lafresnaye and d'Orbiguy). 



Veniliornis murinus ( Malherbe ) . 



Veniliornis digmis (Sclater and Salvin). 



Veniliornis valdizani (Berlepsch and Stolzmann). 



Veniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus). 



Veniliornis taenionotus (Reicheubach). 



Veniliornis frontalis ( Cabanis ) . 



Veniliornis agilis (Cabanis). 



Veniliornis olivinus (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis fidelis (Hargitt). 



Veniliornis spilogaster (Wagler). 



Veniliornis maculifroiis (Spix). 



Veniliornis cassini (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis ruficeps (vSpix). 



Veniliornis affinis (Swaiuson). 



Veniliornis hcematostigma, (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis kirkii (Malherbe). 



Veniliornis cecilii (Malherbe). 



1 Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, p. 174. 



■^ Zool. 111., Ser. 1, ii, 1821-22, pi. 78, desc. c?- 



3 Trans. Linn. Soc. Load., xii, 1822, p. 288. 



