TYPE SPECEVIENS OF BIRDS 481 



Genus SMARAGDOLANIUS Griscom 



Vireolanius pulchellus verticalis Rldgway 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 8:24, May 6, 1885. 

 Vireolanius viridicoroiiatus Ridg^vay 



Report of the United States National Museum ... to July, 1885, p. 

 85, 1886. 

 =Smaragdolanius pulchellus verticalis (Ridgway). See Hellmayr, 



Catalogue of birds of the Americas 8: 188, 1935. 

 34665. Adult male. Angostura, Province of Cartago, Costa Rica. June 

 11, 1864. Collected by Julian Cooper. Received from Jose C. 

 Zeledon. 

 Vireolanius viridicoronatus Ridgway is a nomen nudum, that applies un- 

 questionably to the present form and fortunately saw the light subsequently 

 to publication of Vireolanius pulchellus verticalis Ridgway. The name ap- 

 pears in the following passage: "A collection of 215 specimens, 96 species, 

 chiefly from Costa Rica, sent by Jose C. Zeledon, including two new species, 

 Cyanocorax cucullatus and Vireolanius viridicoronatus." 

 Vireolanius exiniius mutabilis Nelson 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll 60 (3) : 20, Sept. 27, 1912. 

 =Smaragdolanius pulchellus mutabilis (Nelson). See Hellmayr, Cata- 

 logue of birds of the Americas 8: 189, 1935. 

 238507. Adult female. Santa Cruz de Cana (at elev. 3,000 feet). Depart- 

 ment of Darien, Panama. June 11, 1912. Collected by Edward A. 

 Goldman. Original number 15893. Received from the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. 



Family STURNIDAE; Starlings 



Genus POEOPTERA Bonaparte 



Aniydrus? dubius Richmond 

 Auk 14 (2) : 158, April 1897. 

 =Poeoptera kenricki Shelley. See Jackson, Birds of Kenya Colony and 

 the Uganda Protectorate 3:1297, 1938; Amadon, Amer. Mus. Nov. 

 1247:4, 1943. 

 118112. Adult female. Taveta, Teita District, Coastal Province, Kenya 

 Colony. Aug. 17, 1888. Collected by William L. Abbott. 



Genus CINNYRICINCLUS Lesson 



Pholidauges femoralls Richmond 

 Auk 14 (2) : 160, April 1897. 

 =Cinnyricinclus femoralis (Richmond). See Jackson, The Birds of 

 Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate 3: 1275, 1938; Amadon, 

 Amer. Mus. Nov. 1247: 6, 1943. 



