584 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



Sherborn sent references to the names given Iry Billberg; Miss M. J. 

 Rathbun verified numerous references in the Echo du Monde Savant 

 while in Paris; Mr. Witmer Stone supplied several names proposed b} r 

 Dumont and permitted me to examine the late Professor Newton's 

 cop}' of Billberg's "Synopsis" at the time it was in his hands; Dr. L. 

 Stejneger and Messrs. Outram Bangs, S. A. Buturlin, and J. H. Riley 

 have also aided me in various ways. 



The derivations of generic names given in the following pages are 

 of two classes, authentic and probable; those in the first category were 

 furnished by the original authors, and are so indicated; the remainder 

 were largely contributed by Mr. H. C. Oberholser, and the whole list 

 was finally submitted to Dr. Theodore Gill for revision. 



Fossil genera, as in the former list, are distinguished b} T a f ; nomina 

 inn/a, and names of undecided status are preceded by an asterisk. 



Aaptus" Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, April 25, 1902, p. 85. 

 New name for Aphobus Cabanis, 1851, not Aphobus Gistel, 



1s48. (Type, Agelaius chopi Vieillot.) [Icteridse.] 



" Atxnros, unapproachable. 



Abalius Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., IX, July, 1861, p. 212. 



Type, Thamnophilus punctatus Cabanis [Foi'micariidse.] 



"Von a privativum und fiaXios, scheckig, bunt."" (Cabanis.) 



*Abernius C. T. Wood, Orn. Guide, Jan., 1837, p. 185 (see also p. 12, 

 note). 



Type, "Abernius albus, Wood," or "White Abern," or "Pere- 

 nopterebrun" [of his list of "Birds of Britain "]--[ Vulluridx.] 



Ablas Billberg, Synopsis Faunae Scand., I, Pars 2, 1828, tab. A. 



New name for Capito Vieillot [ Capitomdse.] 



A, very; /JXixZoo, I am foolish, silly. 



*Abuceros Billberg, Synopsis Faunae Scand., I, Pars 2, 1828, tab. A. 



For part of the genus "fiuceros Cuv." b [Bucerotidse.] 



A, not; fiovKEpoog, horned like an ox. 



Acanthis Borkiiausen, Deutsche Fauna, I, 1797, p. 218. 



Types, Fringilla carduelis Linnjeus, F. spinus Linnaeus, F. 

 etui mill! mi LiNN.Kis. F. linaria Linnaeus, F citrinella Linnaeus, 

 F. ilavirostris Linnets, and F flammea Linnaeus .[Fringi/Hdx.] 

 AKccvdig, the goldfinch or the linnet. 



«This name is preoccupied by Aaptos J. E. Gray, 1867. It may be renamed 

 Gnorimopsar {yvoopiuos, well-known; ipdp, starling). 



& Cuvier divides the Hornbilla into two groups, and A huceros doubtless applies to 

 the section "sans proelninences." The species of this group, as given by Cuvier, 

 are: Buceros javanicus ( -B. undulatus Shaw), /»'. nasutus LiNN-asus, B. nasica Cuvieb 

 (=/>'. nasutus Linn^us), />'. coronatus i B. melanoleucus Lichtenstein), and B. ben- 

 galensis Cuvier (=B. gingalensis Shaw). 



