GENERIC NAMES AFPLiED TO BIRDS DURING THE 

 YEARS 1906 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE, WITH ADDITIONS AND 

 CORRECTIONS TO WATERHOUSE'S "INDEX GENERUM 

 AVIUM." 



By Charles W. Richmond, 



Assistant Curator, Division of Birds, United States National Museum. 



The present list is the third ^ one dealing with additions to Water' 

 house's useful work. The treatment of names is similar to that of 

 the two earlier lists, except that the genotypes have been deter- 

 mined according to the rules of the International Code of Nomen- 

 clature, and derivations of names have been added only when given 

 by the original authors or supphed by them in manuscript. Of the 

 600 or more names hsted in the present paper more than half have 

 been introduced since 1905, a large proportion of these being due to 

 the activities of Mr. Gregory M. Mathews, whose investigations have 

 also brought to light several overlooked names. 



I am greatly indebted to Dr. L. Stejneger for verifying several 

 names abroad, and for comparing two Bonaparte reprints with the 

 scarce originals in the "Ateneo Italiano," which he consulted in 

 Florence. I have also to thank Dr. H. C. Oberholser, who has con- 

 tributed one or more names and assisted me in other ways, and Mr. 

 J. H. Riley, who has called my attention to an overlooked name 

 or two. 



Before proceeding to the list of additions I have assembled a series 

 of corrections and other data, arranged categorically, which may 

 prove of use to those who have occasion to consult tlie "Index". 



PRINCIPAL ERRORS IN WATERHOUSE'S "INDEX." 



a. NoNAviAN Names Listed as Birds. 



Calliope "Gould," 1836 [=1837], is a mammal. 

 Capparis Isert, a plant. 

 Nystactes Kaup, a mammal. 

 Stryclmos "Brehm," a plant. 

 Thamnocharis Salvin, a reptile. 



1 The earlier papers are entitled "List of generic terms proposed for birds during the years 1890 to 1900, 

 inclusive, to which are added names omitted by Waterhouse in his 'Index Generum Avium '" (Proc. U. 

 8. Nat. Mas., vol. 24, No. 1267, May 2, 1902, pp. 663-729), and "Generic names applied to birds during tb- 

 years 1901 to 100."), inclusive, with further additions to Watcrhouse's 'Index Generum A\ium"' (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mas., vol. 35, No. 1656, Dec. 10, 1908, pp. 583-655). 



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