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512. 
516. 
522. 
523. 
524. 
530. 
642. 
696. 
Vanellus, Meyer, Vég. Deutschl. i. 1810, 10 (ex. Linn. 1735; type, Tringa vanellus 
Linn.). 
Oxyechus, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. 1853, Introd. p. xviii. (type, Charadrius vociferus, 
Linn.). 
Ochthodromus, Reichenbach, 1. ¢. (type, Charadrius wilsonius, Ord). 
Popasocys, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1866, 96 (type, Charadrius montanus, 
Towns. ). 
Scolopax, Linnzeus, 8. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 145 (type, S. rusticula, Linn.). 
Arquatella, Baird, B. N. Am, 1858, 717 (type, Tringa maritima, Briinn.). 
. Actodromas, Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 37 (type, Tringa minuta, Leisl.). 
. Pelidna, Cuvier, Reg. An, 1817, 490 (type, Tringa alpina, Linn.). 
. ‘Totanus, Bechstein, Nat. Deutschl. 1803 (type, Scolopax calidris, Linn.). 
. Machetes, Cuvier, Reg. An. 1817 (type, Tringa pugnax, Linn.). [Cf. Cours, Bull. 
Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, 100.] 
. Bartramia, Lesson, Traité Ois. 1831, 553 (type, B. laticauda, Less, = Tringa 
longicauda, Bechst.). [Cf. Coues, 1. ¢.] 
. Lobipes, Cuvier, Reg. An. 1817 (type, Tringa hyperborea, Linn.). 
. Steganopus, Vieillot, Enc. Méth. 1823 (type, S. tricolor, Vieill. = Phalaropus wil- 
soni, Sab.). 
. Parra, Linneus, 8. N. i. ed. 12, 1766, 259 (type, P. jacana, Linn.). [For generic 
characters and illustrations, see these Proceedings, vol. i. pp. 165, 167, pl. iii. ] 
. Ionornis, Reichenbach, Ay. Syst. 1853, 21 (type, Fulica martinica, Linn.). 
. Olor, Wagler, Isis, 1832, 1234 (type, Cygnus musicus, Bechst. = Anas cygnus, 
Linn.). 
Chen, Boie, Isis, 1822 (type, Anas hyperborea, Pall.). 
. PHILACTE, Bannister, Proc. Philad. Acad. Nov. 1870, 131 (type, Anas canagicus, 
Sewast. ). 
. Clangula, Fleming, Philos. Jour. 1828 (type, Anas clangula, Linn.). [Cf. DRres- 
SER, B. Eur. pt. xlvi. Dec. 18%5; Covers, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 
101.] 
Nomonyx, Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. March 27, 1880, 15 (type, Anas do- 
minica, Linn.). 
Phatacrocorax, Brisson, Orn. 1760 (type, Pelecanus carbo, Linn.). [Cf. SHARPE, 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 1877, 145, foot-note. ] 
Megalestris, Bonaparte, Consp. ii. 1856, 206 (type, Larus catarractes, Linn, = 
Catharacta skua, Briinn.). [Cf. Cours, B.N. W. 1874, 603, 604, where, how- 
ever, Buphagus, Meehring, is adopted ; but Mochring’s names being inadmissi- 
ble,* Megalestris, Bp., ‘‘strictly its only synonym” seems the only one ayaila- 
ble. 
. Phebetria, Reichenbach, Ay. Syst. Nat. 1853, pl. 26, fig. 348 (type, Diomedea fuligi- 
nosa, Gmel.). 
. Ossifraga, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend. xviii. 1844, 356 (type, Procellaria 
gigantea, Gmel.). 
. Priocella, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend. xviii. 1844, 357 (type, Procellaria 
glacialoides, Smith = P. tenuirostris, Aud.). 
. Priofinus, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend. xviii. 1844, 355 (type, Procellaria 
cinerea, Gmel. (?) = P. melanura, Bonn.). 2 
(strelata, Bonaparte, Consp. ii. 1855, 188 (type, Procellaria hasitata, Temm. ). 
HALOCYPTENA, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, 78 (type, H. microsoma, Coues). 
Procellaria, Linnieus, S.N. ed. 12, i. 1766, 212 (type, P. pelagica, Linn.). 
Oceanites, Keyserling & Blasius, Wirb. Eur, 1840, 238 (type, Procellaria oceanica, 
Kuhl. ). 
*Cf. Cougs, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, p. 100, sp. 437, Machetes pugnax. 
