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XXI. — Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 

 The following letters have been received : — 

 BoRNEAN Birds. 

 Sir, — You may be interested to hear of an addition to 

 the Bornean list, which now numbers some 550 odd species. 

 In a collecting expedition up the Barani River, Sarawak, 

 this year, the Museum collectors secured five little Phala- 

 ropes, which I have identified as Phalaropus hyperboreus. 

 They were shot about 150 to 200 miles up the river from 

 October 20 to 27. Count Salvadori in his book on the 

 Birds of Borneo, published in 1874, mentioned this species 

 as likely to occur in Borneo, but there appear to be no 

 records of it nearer than Celebes. 



Yours truly, 



J. C. MOULTON, 



Sarawak Museum, Curator, Sarawak Museum. 



December 29, 1914. 



JNToDERN Nomenclature. 

 Sir, — "What's in a name." In the last number of 

 'The Ibis' we find on page 58 the Common Sandpiper 

 designated as " Tringoides hypoleucos,^' on page 114 it is 

 called " Totanus hypoleucus,''^ while turning to page 168 it 

 appears as '^' Tringa hypoteuca,'^ the three authors of the 

 papers agreeing neither in generic nor specific names ; 

 so that had there been necessity for more authors of papers 

 to write the latin name for this bird, we might reasonably 

 have expected a few more variations ! We have heard a 

 good deal lately about strict priority, 10th edition of 

 Linnseus, and uniformity, but if this is a sample of what 

 we may expect in uniformity, it seems we are no better 

 oflF than before : in fact, the going back to 10th edition 

 names appears to simply add an additional alternative in 

 nomenclature. 



I am. Sir, 



Yours &c., 

 Lowestoft, Claud B. Ticehurst. 



January 18, 1915. 



