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Acroccphalus dumeiorimi ajfinix Zarudiiy. 

 Arrorephalus orhma Oberholscr. 

 Acrocephahiii soryo]>ltilns (S\viiihi.)e). 

 Acrocephalns paludicola ( Vieillot). 

 Acroci'phiilux schiriiofnritiis { Linna-'us). 



2. Tatare. 



Tatare Lesson, TruiU- d'Orri., 1831, p. .'U7 (type, Tatare otaltoi.vh Lesson =^ »S'/7/a 



c:iffra Sparrman [=7'//r(/».s' longiru.str'iK (iiuelin]). 

 Ejiarnetet^ Reichenbach, Av. 8yst. Nat, 1S50, ]>]. i,vii (tyi)e, Si/lria xi/riiix 



Kittlitz). 



Bill long; feet not proportionately large; secondaries lengthened, 

 falling short of primaries by less than the exposed cuhnen; outermost 

 primary narrow, more or less acuminate, shorter than primary coverts, 

 and less than one-third the second })rimary ; second primary not longer 

 than the seventh. 



The long bill, the relatively short second prinnuy, together with the 

 long secondaries reaching to within the length of the culmen of the 

 tips of the primaries, separate this group suthciently well from Acro- 

 cepJiahis. Among the species to be included here is Tatare familiai'is 

 Rothschild" from Laysan Island, Pacific Ocean. 



The l)ird commoidy known as Tatare longircmtrls. (Gmelin)* should 

 be called Tatare cajfer (Sparrman),*^ for the latter name undoubtedly 

 applies to the same bird, as well shown by Sundeval^'^and is of earlier 

 date. 



The species of Tatare are: 



Tatare celebensis (Heinroth). 



Tatare goukl I (Duhoii-'). 



Tatare aiidraUs (Gould). 



Tatare cerrinus (De Vis). 



Tatare caffer (Sparnuaii). 



Tatare ineiidanie (Tri.stram). 



Tatare pistor (Tristram) . 



Tatare syrinx (Kittlitz). 



Tatare rehsei {Finsch). 



Tatare Inscmia Quoy and (iainiard. 



Tatare rauffhani (Sliarpe). 



Tatare :erjnu i act i alls (Latham). 



Tatare fumUiarh RotlischihL 



3. Notiocichla, ^ neiv getnin. 



Type. — St//vi(( hxticata Vieillot. 



Bill long; feet large, with long claws, particularly on middle and 



aTatare familiaris Rothschild, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., X, 1892, p. 109. 

 '' Tardus longirostris Gmelin,Syst. Nat., I, ii, 17S8, j). 823(Eimeo and York Islands). 

 '' Sitta caffra Sparrman, Mus. Carlson., I, 1786, pi. iv (no locality given; probably 

 from the Society Islands). 

 '' Krit. om Sparrman's Mus. (/arlson., ]857, p. 4. 

 ' ror/(K, meridiamis; Kix^i/, tardus. 



