12 iniOWN I'll A I. A KOl'E. 



VoforcMi'o lo till' li'iilli t'llilion o\' llu> SvslcniM Naliira""'' will show tlmt 

 llio aiidiorilv lor Triiu/it fitliritn'ii is I'ldwiivils's Jiod Ooot-footcd 

 'rringiv, |il. 1I"J, iiiul ihiil alone, for il iloi's not appear that Liiinivius 

 had 8iHM\ tlio liird. 'I'hc circiini.slani'o of the chiin^o oi' the gonorio ap- 

 pellation eaii ill nowise all'ci't the speeilie name; t lie present improved 

 slate of the seieiiee requires the I'lM-mer, justice demands tliat the latter 

 should he ])reserved. In this work 1 have preserved it; and 1 flatter 

 iiijseir ilial this hiniihle atteuipt to viiidieate the rights of Linnivus 

 will he a[i|uo\ed h\ all those who love those seieiiees, oF which he was 

 so illustrious a promoter. f 



Si-BciKs u. riiM.Anorus LOinrus. 

 BKOWN PllALArxOPE.J 



(Plato LXXIII. Fig, 3.] 



'iS-inga lobata, I.inn. Si/sl. <h1. 10, toni, i,, |>. 11.^. .'i. T. hi/ptrhorra, lil. I'd. 1-, toiu. 

 i.,'p. 2-19, y,— 7ViH(;(i Mmln. Omri.. St/sl. i., p. Ii74, (>, 'J'./u.i>-a, U. jv ()75, 33. 

 T. hi/perliorfii, Id, No. '.'. — I'/ialaroptis ciiifrfus, Briss, (h-n. vi., p, 15, J\ fiis- 

 CHS, 111. p. l!<. — l-'f l'/ntliiri>iie crnitre. Bukf. Ois. viii., p. 2i4. PI. Knl. 7()i>. — 

 Cout/iioted 7Viii;7(i, KuwAun,-!, pi. ■It>. Cih-Ic Cmil-foolt'ii 7Viii(;<», hi pi. \-\l^. — It'td 

 lVialarot<e, Trxn. Brit. Xorl. No. Uli). lirown I'liiiliirope, Ani. Ztvl. No. 414, — 

 l'/ialar«i>ii!t /ii/iirrliorcuit. Lath, liui. Orn. p, 775, 1, /', _/ii,«i-i/.*, Id. p. 770, 4. 

 lUii V/ialuiiipe, Gfii. Si/n. in , p. 270, I, Id. p. 272, vnv, A. liioivii ritiilarop^. 

 Id. p. 274, 4. — lied r/ialarope, Montaiui, Orn. IHc. Id. Sup. and Appendix. — 

 Phalnropiis hi/perhorms, Tkum. jViih. d'Orn. p. 709. — /.,« I.oliiptd^ ti /lausst-col, 

 Oii.v, 7iV,;, .4/), 1, p, 4y5. 



Ok tliis species onlv one .specimen wius ever seen h\- AVilson, and that 

 was preserved in Trowhridge's Miiseiiiii, at .\lhaiiy, in the state of New 

 York. On referring to Wilson's Journal, I found an account of the 

 bird, there called a Trint/a, written with iv lead pencil, hut so scrawled 

 and obscured, that parts of the writing were not legible. I wrote to 

 Trowbridge, soliciting a particular description, but no answer was 



* or nil tho editions of tho Sv.-sloinii NiUunv. Iho tenth ami tlie twoll'lli are the 

 nio-st vaUiiilile ; the fovuiev being the tiist wliieli contains the svnonvma, and tho 

 latter heing that whleh received the linishins; hand of its author. Tn the I'nitcd 

 State.s, binnanus is prineipally known through two editors ; — Onielin, whoso thii-- 

 leonth edition of tho Systomn Natura' has involved tho whole .<oienee in almost in- 

 exlrioable confusion, and Tiirton, who.-io Knglish ti'anslation of On>elin is n dis- 

 graeo to seieuee and letters. .\ll writers on Zoology and Uotany should possess 

 binnnnis's tenth and twelfth editions; thev will be found to he of indisjcnsable 

 use in tracing synonviues, and li.\ing nomenolatnro, 



t Kioto Mr. Old's suppleiueiitary voUnno. 



J Named in the plate iSray I'halarope. 



