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in his former work, the ' Eleraenta Ornithologica/ though 

 some are additional. Of these fifty-nine generic names, 

 thirty-three are the same as those employed by Linnaeus in 

 the twelfth edition of his ' Systema Naturae' (1766), which 

 is always quoted by Schaeffer; but twenty-six are new and 

 adopted from Brisson, of whom Schaeffer appears to have 

 been a great admirer. The following is a list of these twenty- 

 six generic names, and of the first species mentioned under 

 each of them, which we may look upon as the type of the 

 genus intended by Schaeffer, unless there is some reason to 

 the contrary : — 



List of Schaeffer's new Generic Names. 



No. Genus. First Species. Page 



ii. Lagopus. Lagopus urogallus 2 



in. Perdix. Perdix perdix 4 



v. Accipiter. Accipiter nisus (i 



vi. Aquila. Aquila mevia 9 



vn. Asio. Asio bubo 10 



x. Pica. Pica pica 13 



xi. Garrulus. I rarrulus glandarius 14 



xn. Nucifraga. Nucifraga caryocatactes 14 



*xiii. Galgulus. Galgulus garrula 14 



xxi. Carduelis. Carduelis carduelis 23 



xxii. Passer. Passer doniesticus 24 



xxiii. Coccotbraustes. Coccothraustes coccotbraustes 28 



xxv. Pyrrhula. Pyrrhula rubicella -'JO 



xxviii. Ficedula. Ficedula bippolais 33 



xxxii. Mellisuga. Mellisuga moscbitus 41 



*xxxin. Torquilla. Torquilla iynx 42 



*xxxvn. Ispida. Ispida ispida 47 



xlii. Limosa. Limosa totanus 52 



xliv. Xumenius. Numeuius arquata 54 



xlv. Ciccmia. Ciconia alba 55 



xlvii. Galliiiula. Gallinula cbloropus 58 



l. Uria. Una grylle »X) 



u. Fratercula. Fratercula arctica 01 



liv. Stercorarius. Stercorarius parasiticus 62 



lvii. Merganser. Merganser raucedula 66 



lviii. Anser. Auser ferus 08 



* Tbese tbree names must of course give way to tbe corresponding 

 terms ( Coracias, lynx, and Alcedo) used by Linnseus for tbe same genera. 



