310 Report on Amendments and Alterations [Ibis, 



XVTT. — Report of the Suh-committee, consisthiff of Dr. E. 

 Haktert, Messrs. T. Iredale and W. L. Sclater, on 

 Amendments and proposed Alterations to the Karnes in the 

 B. 0. U. List of British Birds, as accepted hy the Committee 

 of the B. 0. U. on the British Birds List. 



The following recommendations were made : — 



1. Tliat the nomina conservanda in the B. 0. U. List should 



not be used any longer, but the correct names under 

 the rules should now be universally adopted. 



There are thirteen ot* these nomina conservanda, and 

 a list of them with their equivalent under the Rules 

 of Nomenclature is given on p. 355 ot the B. 0. U. 

 List, in A])pendix IT. 



2. That in future, when a species has been divided into two 



or more subspecies, the typical subspecies should 

 always be named trinominally. For example, the 

 typical race of the Starling should be called Sturnns 

 ruU/aris vuhjaris and not Sturnns inih/aris, as the use 

 of the binomial form of the name causes confusion 

 lietween the typical subspecies ami the species as a 

 whole, including all the races. 



3. That the names in Vroeg's Catalogue be acce[)ted. The 



followino" chan<i;es will result : 



p. 60. For Si/lvia sidxdpina substitute 



Sylvia cantillans {MotarUla cant/Hans [Pallas] in 

 Vroeg's Cat. Verzam. Vogelen Adumbraticiila, 

 p. 4, 1764 : Italy.) 



p. 108. For Mnscicapa grisola substitute 



Muscicapa striata (}fotaciUa striata [Pallas], t. c. 

 p. 3, 1764: Holland). 



