521 



Fourth list, paragraphs 15 — 18: Diptera; Entomological News, 

 May, 1912, pp. 229—232; Science, May 10, 1912, pp. 751—752; Wie- 

 ner Ent. Zeitung, June 15, 1912, pp. 155 — 158; Zool. Anz., June 14, 

 1912, pp. 653— 65G. 



Fifth list, paragraphs 19—20: Mammals (rejected); Zool. Anz., 

 Dec. 10, 1912, pp. 90—96. 



22) Zoologists are cordially invited to reexamine these lists and 

 to send to the Secretary any objections, they may have to the action 

 proposed in connection with said names. Shortly, after January 1, 1914, 

 the Secretary hopes to lay lists 1 to 4 before the Commission for final 

 action, in the form of an Opinion. 



23) A special committee of ornithologists, consisting of J. A. Allen 

 (N. Y.), E. Harter t (Tring), C. E. Hellmayr (Munich), H. C. Ober- 

 holser (Washington), C. W.Richmond, Secretary (Washington), R. 

 Ridgeway (Washington), L. Stejneger (Washington), W. Stone 

 (Philadelphia), has unanimously agreed upon the following list of names 

 of bird genera as valid and to be accepted: 



Acryllium Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1840, 61. Type Numida ruUurma Hardwicke. 



(Monotypy and orig. desig.) 

 ^ehmophoriis Coues, Proc. Pliil. Acad., 1862, 229. Type Podiceps occidentaUs Law- 

 rence. I'Monotypy and orig. desig.) 

 JEgithina Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 44. Type Sylvia leiicoptcra Vieillot = Motacilla 



. tiphia Linn. (Monotypy.) 

 ^gotheles Vigors & Horsfield, Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond., XV, i, 1827, 194. Type Capri- 



midgus novae-liollandiae Latham = C. cristatus White. (Monotypy.) 

 ^ptjornis I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.), (3), XIV, 1851, 209. Type 



uE*. maximns I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire. (Monotypy.) 

 J.ia;Boie, Isis, 1828, 329. Type J.«a.b- s7JO?2sa Linn. (Subs, desig., Eyton, 1838; Gray, 



1840.) 

 Alauda Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 165. Type Alauda arvensis Linn, (Subs. 



desig., S wain s on, 1827.) 

 Alca Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 130. Type Alca lorda Linn. (Tautonymy, 



Opinion 16. 

 Alle Link, Nat.-Samml. Rostock, I, 1806, 17. Type Alle nigricans ljm]s. = Alca alle 



Linn. (Monotypy.) 

 Amandara Blyth, in White, Nat. Hist. Selborne, 1836, 44. Type Amandara punctata 



Blyth = Fringilla amandava Linn. (Monotypy.) 

 Anas Linnaeus, Syst., Nat., ed. 10, I, 1768, 122. Type Anas hoschas Linn. = A. pla- 



tyrltijnclios Linn. (Subs, desig., Lesson, 1828.) 

 Anhima Brisson, Orn.. I, 1760, 48 Cf. V, 518). Type "Anhima'^ = Palamedea cor- 

 nuta Linn., 1766. (Monotypy and tautonymy.) 

 Anhinga Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 60 (Cf. VI, 476). Type "Aiihinga^' = Plofus anhinga 



Linn.. 1766. (Monotypy and tautonymy.) 

 Anser Brisson, Orn., I, 1760, 58 (Cf. VI, 261). Type ''Anscr domesticus'^ = Anas 



auscr Linn. Tautonymy.) 

 Apaloderma Swainson, Zool. Illustr., (2), III, 1832, pi. 107. Type Trogon narina 



Stephens. (Orig. desig., and monotypy.) 

 Aptenodytes Miller, Various Subjects Nat. Hist., Nr. 4, 1778, pi. 23. Type Apteno- 

 dytcs patagonica Miller. (Monotypy.) 



