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400 bis (Appendix). -digialitis CURONICA (Gm.) Gray.*—This sup- 
posed new species proves to be the Lesser Ringed Plover of the Old 
World, 4. curonica (Gm.) Gray, the principal synonyms of which are 
the following. It may be considered doubtful whether the specimen 
really was obtained near San Francisco, as stated on the label. 
Charadrius curonicus, GMEL., 8. N., I, 1788, 692, 
Ajgialitis curonicus, Gray, Cat. Brit. B, 1863, 141.—Hartine, Handb. Brit. B. 
1872, 134. 
Charadrius philippinus, LATH., Ind. Orn., II, 1790, 745. 
Charadrius fiuviatilis, Brecust., Naturg. Vég. Deutschl., 1809, 422. 
Charadrius minor, MEYER & WOL?, Tasch. Vég. Deutschl., 1810, 324. 
Charadrius intermedius, MENETR., Catal. 
Charadrius zonatus, SWAINS., B. W. Afr., I, a OO s Pla eos 
JEgialitis microrhynchus, Rripaw., Am. Nat., VIII, Feb. 1874, 109 (‘‘San Francisco, 
Cal.”’). 
, 53. 
408. Himantopus MEXICANUS (Miiller) Ord.—Miiller’s name dates 
1776; thirty-one years earlier than nigricollis, Vieill. 
413. Scolopax RUSTICULA (Linn.) Wharton.—See “The Ibis,” Oct., 
1879, p. 453. 
442 bis (Appendix). Numenius TAHITIENSIS (Gm.).—The earliest name 
for the bird afterwards named Numenius femoralis by Mr. Peale is 
Scolopax tahitiensis, Gmel. (S. N., I, ii, 1788, p. 656, n. 22). 
448, AJAJA ROSEA (Briss.) Ridgw.—The American Spoonbill being a 
very distinct generic type, for which Reichenbach proposed (in 1853) the 
name Ajaja, it becomes necessary to change the specific name also. 
There is not, unfortunately, any post-Linnzan synonym for this species, 
with the exception of “ Platea ‘mexicana, Willoughby,’” as used by Gam- 
bel m 1849 (Jour. of Philad. Acad., I, p. 222). Gambel, however, gives 
no description; and, moreover, since the name “mexicana” is sunply 
quoted from Willoughby, it seems best to adopt Brisson’s very appro- 
priate name of rosea, in justice to the accurate and complete description 
of the species in the work of that author. 
454, HYDRANASSA TRICOLOR (Miill.) Ridgw.—If the Herons are to 
be subdivided at all, it seems quite necessary to recognize the generic 
name which, in 1558, Professor Baird proposed for this species (B. N. 
Am., p. 669), the earliest designation of which is Ardea tricolor, Miiller 
(1776). 
455. DICHROMANASSA rufa (Bodd.) Ridgw.—See Bull. U. 8. Geol. 
and Geog. Survey Terr., vol. iv, no. 1, p. 246. 
460. Botaurus LENTIGINOSUS (Montag.) Stephens.—This appears to 
be the earliest designation of the species. 
*Am. Nat., VIII, Feb., 1874, p. 109. 
