490 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



If Herr Poche's views were adopted a large number of 

 changes in the names of our most familiar birds would have 

 to be made, amongst which we may specify the following : — 



Names at present To be changed to 



in use. Moehring's name. 



Casuarius. Cela. 



Plotus. Ptynx. 



Phaeihon. Lepturus. 



Fregata. Atagen. 



Fratercula . Sphen iscus. 



Balearica. Ciconia. 



Scolopax. Etisttcula. 



Hiaticula. Squatarola. 



Calidris. Cinclw. 



Stercorarius. Buphagus. 



Did//*. ]>'<i/>hus. 



Momotus. Merida. 



Mgithalus. Orites. 



Centropus. Nisus. 



But this is merely a sample of the confusion that would 

 follow from the recognition of the Dutch edition of Moeh- 

 ring's ' (ienera Avium' as valid in binomial nomenclature. 

 A large number of well-known terms must, according to 

 Herr Poche, be rejected as having been previously employed 

 bv Moehring in a different sense. For example, Totanus, 

 Bucco, Cdl nis, Erithacus, Merida, and Bufeo must all be 

 replaced by other names. For " Pyrrhocorax" the new 

 generic term " Hellmayria " is proposed, as Moehring applied 

 the former name to Tchitrea paradisi ! We can really 

 hardly believe that anyone, except those affected by furor 

 prioritatis of the most serious character, will follow Herr 

 Poche's lead in this matter. 



78. Richmond on the Birds described in Vroeg's Catalogue. 



[Notes on the Birds described by Pallas in the " Adumbratiuncula " ef 

 Vroeg's Catalogue. Smiths. Misc. Coll. ii. pt. 3, p. 342 (1905).] 



In this paper Mr. Richmond endeavours to decipher the 

 " Adumbratiunculse " of Pallas attached to Adrian Vroeg's 

 Sale-list of 1764 described below (p. 496), and to determine 

 the correct names of the 38 species mentioned in them 



