598 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



Charitospiza Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll.. Quarterly Issue, 

 XLVIII, No. 1, May 13, 1905, p. 67. 



New name for Tiaris of authors, not. of Swainson. (Type, 

 Charitospiza eucosma Oberholser —Fringilla omata Wied, not 



Vieillot.) - . [FringillLdse.] 



Xapig, grace; GnKoc, a finch. (Oberholser.) 



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



Type, Casuarius novae, hollandim Latham % a [Dromiceiidse.] 



Xrfkapyog, with fleet hoofs. 



Chelido Billberg, Synopsis Fauna? Seand., I, Pars 2, 1828, tab. A, and 

 p. 193. 



New name for Sterna Linnaeus, with the following species: 

 Sterna caspia Pallas, S. eantiaca Linnaeus, S. dougalli Montagu, 

 S. Mr undo Linnaeus, S. minuta Linnjeus, 1766 (=S. albifrmis 



Pallas, 1764) and S. nigra Linnaeus . . [Laridse.~\ 



Qicum nom. gener. omni derivations caret, nisi e nomine Suecano 

 formatum, graecum XeXidco, Hirundo marina, conservavimiLS.^ 

 (Billberg.) 



Chelidorhamphus Bertoni, Aves Nuevas del Paraguay, 1901, p. 102. 

 Type, Chelidorhamphus orhycterus Bertoni (= Tersina cserulea 



Vieillot) . _ l [Procniatidae,.] 



XsXidaav^ a swallow; pa/nfiog, bill, beak. (Bertoni.) 



*Chiasoramphe Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat., IV, 1805, p. 177. 

 Possibly only a vernacular name for Crucirostra. b 



[JFringilMdae. ] 

 XiocZoo, I place crosswise; p r ajj.<f>og, beak. (Dumont.) 



Chlorestrilda Shelley, Birds of Africa, IV, Pt. I, 1905, p. 176. 



Type, Pyielia ansorgei Hartert [P/oceidae.] 



Xkaopoz, pale green; + Estrilda. 



* Chloreus Morris, in N. Wood's Naturalist, II, No. 9, June, 1837, 



p. 121. 



Type, "CMoreus oriolm" or "Golden Oriole" [of his list of 



British birds] [ Oriolida . | 



XXoopevz, a greenish or yellowish bird. 



a Billberg writes simply: "3. Thrasys l'>. et 4. Chelarga B. {Casuarius Briss.)." 

 As he refers in many cases to Cuvier, it is very probable that lie here intended to 

 name the two species in the " R eyrie Animal,'' restricting Thrasys to Casuarius, and 

 Chelarga to Casuarius novse hollandise Latham. 



''"Si la denomination de bec-croise" nY-lnit pas consacree par 1111 ancien usage, et 

 devenne en quelque sorte populaire, on auroii pn lui substituer celle de chiasoramphe, 

 derivee de xi<<i><> {chiaso), je croise, et de pdu<pos | ramphos), bee; mais iJ auroit ete 

 difficile d'habituer les oreilles a ee rhangeinent, et Ton n'a applique des norns ainsi 

 formes (pi'a des oiseaux moins connus." 



