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mistake for Galerita, is not invalidated by a j)ri()r use of Galerita 

 for a beetle. If Galerita does not invalidate Galerida, why 

 should Apos (a crustacean) invalidate Apiis (a Swift), especially 

 when the name of the bee. Apis (Linnaius, 1735) did not invali- 

 date it or Aphis (Linnfeus, 1748), (the rose blight). Ulex (gorse) 

 and Ilex (holly) are well-known plant names that ajjparently are 

 not confused. One-letterism threatens to cause serious yet needless 

 trouble, especially when it is stretched until it is claimed that 

 Meliphaga is invalidated by a prior Mclophagiis. Are ornithologists 

 so much more liable to mistake and confusion than entomologists 

 and botanists, who use Apis and Aphis and Ulex and Ilex 

 respectively ? Surely not ! If the B.O.U. reasons are sound, 

 should not a prior use of Acrobates (1817) for an AustraHan 

 marsupial invalidate Agrobates (1836), the name used for the 

 Rufous and Grey-backed Warblers in the new B.O.U. lists ? 



'• No attempt at synonymy has been made. . . . The only 

 references given are to the first edition of the list, to the second 

 edition of Howard Saunders's well-known ' Manual of British 

 Birds,' and to the 'Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum.' 

 In cases where additions have been made to the British list since 

 i8q9, when Saunders's ' Manual ' was published, a reference to the 

 first definite British record is given." 



The range of each bird, within and without the British Isles, is 

 fully given. Lists of British birds are set out under seven heads as 

 follows : — 



1. Residents . . . . . . . . 141 



2. Summer Visitors . . . . . . 47 



3. Winter Visitors . . . . . . 46 



4. Birds of Passage . . . . . . 30 



5. Occasional Visitors . . . . . . 61 



0. Rare Visitors . . . . . . . . 149 



7. Extinct . . . . . . . . I 



Total .. .. .. ..475 



The new B.O.U. list has been welcomed by British and American 

 ornithologists as a " notable advance " towards uniformity. Their 

 Australian confreres join in the welcome, and hope soon to secure 

 for Australian ornithology the advantages of that advance. 



The New B.O.U. List and Australian Bird Names. 



To assist mi'mbers to appreciate {\\v iniporlancc and value ol the 

 new B.O.U. List of British Birds, the species and genera common 

 to British and Australian lists are printed with their names 

 according to the B.O.U. list, the R.A.O.U. "Check-list," and Mr. 

 Mathews' 1913 list amended in the Austral Avian Record. 



