594 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



* Brachydactyla Brookes, Catal. Mus. Joshua Brookes, Pt. II, -Inly, 

 1828, p. 84. 

 Type. u Brachydactyla famminckii" or "Temminck's Short- 

 toe." (Belongs in the group "Sylviana" of Vigors.) 



[Incertae sedis.] 

 Bpaxvs, short; SaKTvXos, a linger. 



Brachyrhamphus Bertoni, Aves Nuevas del Paraguay, 1901, p. 46. 



Type, Brachyrhamphus elegans Bertoni {=Gissopis major 

 Cabanis) . -.{Tamgaridse.] 



BfKxxvs, short; pajufiog, bill. (Bertoni.) 



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



New name for Argus Tbmminck [Phasianidw. ] 



Brevipes, "P." [=S. Palmer], Analyst, IV, No. XV, April 1, 1836, 

 p. 101. 



Alternative name for Brachypus Meyer [Micropodidas.] 



Brevis, short; pes, foot. 



* Brevitarsus Jameson, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., I, 1840, p. 320. 



Type, not designated, a nomen nudum here [Buteonidae.] 



Brevis, short; tarsus, the tarsus. 



Budytanthus David, Nouv. Arch, du Mus., Ill, Fasc. 4 (Bull.), 1867, 

 p. 33. 



Type, Budytanthus torguatus David *( = MotaciUa indica 

 ( imelin) [Motacillidae. } 



Budytes {fiovdvTijg, supposed to be the wagtail), + Anthus (dvdog 

 a small bird). 



Buettikoferia Madarasz, Bull. Brit. On. Club, XII, No. LXXXVI, 

 Feb. 28, 1902, p. 49. 



N»\v name for Mulleria Buttikofer, 1895, preoccupied. 



[l/'/j/a/udce.] 

 For Dr. John Buttikofer. 



*Buteopernis Jameson. Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., I, 1840, p. 320. 



Type, not designated, a nomen nudum here [Buteonidas.] 



Buteo, a kind of hawk; + Pernis {nkpvrfg, a bird of prey). 



*Byas Morris, in N. Wood's Naturalist, II, No. 9, June, 1837, p. 123. 

 Type, "Byos ndbiUs" or "Eagle Owl" [of his list of British 



birds | [Strigidse. J 



Bvotg, the owl. 



" Bremus is preoccupied by Bremus Jurine, 1807, and Bremus Panzer, ?. It 



would otherwise replace Argusianus Rafinesque, 1815, since that is a pure nomen 

 mi,/, mi, being simply a substitute name for "Argus R.," also a nomen imihim. As 

 there is no other available name, we shall have to adopt Argusianus from Gray, 1855, 

 who appears to have been the first to use it in an orthodox manner. (See A rgus. ) 



