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. 353. Buteo abbreviatus, Cabau. — See Sliarpe, as above, p. 163, who, 

 however, refers it to the genus " Tachytriorchls.'^^ See, also, Sclater & 

 Salviii's " iS^omenclator Avium Keotropicalium," p. 118. 



363. Polyhorus cheriway (Jacq.) Cabau. — See Sharpe, t. c, p. 33. 

 This species appears to be quite distinct from P. tharm. 



364. PsEUDOGRYPHUS califomianus (Shaw) Ridgw. — Concerning the 

 validity of this genus, see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club., April, 1880, p. — . 



366. Catharista {atrata, Bartr.). — If the name atrata, as now almost 

 universally applied to this species, is to be accredited to Bartram, it has 

 priority over all the synonyms ; but if we are to reject Bartram's names 

 on account of his frequent " lapses " from binomialism, or his equally bad 

 jjractice of omitting descriptions (which, however, is not the case with 

 regard to bis mention of the present species), then uruhu of Vieillot 

 (1809) takes precedence over atrata of Wilson (1812), which comes next 

 in order of date. 



368. Golumha erythrina, Licht. — Although there is no law compel- 

 ling the adoption of a museum name, I prefer to do so in this case rather 

 than propose a new one, since Lichtenstein's name erythrina is a very ap- 

 propriate one. The name by which this species ha s usually been known — 

 C. '■^Jlavirostris, Wagler" — is "glaringly false," and, therefore, to be re- 

 jected, according to the rules of the British Association.* It is true that 

 the bill sometimes appears yellowish in the dried skin, but in life it is 

 always some shade of purple or pink, whitish at the extremity. What- 

 ever it may be, it is impossible to identify McCall's C. solitarius with 

 this species. If his description was really penned from a specimen, his 

 bird has not yet been rediscovered, uo known ISTorth American Pigeon 

 corresponding at all closely with his description. In any event it cannot 

 be the present species, which never has " brilliant reflections" on either 

 neck or breast, nor the back or under wing-coverts "light-red color." 



378. Ortalis vetula maccalU (Baird) Ridgw. — In regard to this 

 emendation of the generic name, see Wharton, " The Ibis," Oct., 1879, 

 p. 450. I flud the Texan birds easily distinguishable from Mexican ex- 

 amples (true vetuln). 



380. Can ACE canadensis (Linn.) Reich. — Xoue of the American grouse 

 usually referred to Tetrao resemble at all closely the type of the latter 

 genus, T. urogallus, Linn. They ap^Dcar, in fact, nearly as distinct from 

 J'etrao proper as are Bonasa or FediceceteSj or other recognized American 

 genera. It seems scarcely advisable, however, to admit a genus "i)e;i- 

 dragapus'"' for the special accommodation of C. obscura in its various forms. 



396. Charadrius dominicus, Mlill. — Miiller's name for the American 

 Golden Plover, dating 1776, should take precedence over fulvus, Gmel., be- 

 stowed twelve years later (1788), as the name of the species. The Asiatic 

 form should therefore be called C. dominicus fulvus (Gmel.) 

 * Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan., 1880, p. 37. 



