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Melanocircus A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 1922, 

 207. 

 Type, Falco maurus Tbmminck. [Buteonidae.] 



(Monotypy.) 

 Melanolophus A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 1922, 

 219. 

 Type, Cuculus serratus Sparrman. [Cuculidae.] 



(Original designation and monotypy.) 

 Melanopica L. Navas, Anales Facultad Ciencias Zaragoza, I, No. 1, March, 24 

 1907,36; Revista Acad. Ciencias Zaragoza, III, "1918," 1919, 15. 

 Type, Corvus pica Linnaeus. [Corvidae.] 



(Monotypy.) 

 New name for Pica [Brisson]. 

 "Del griego ntXas, /xiXaiva, neXav, negro; por alusi6n al color dominante." 

 (Navas.) 

 Melipodagus A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 1922, 

 220. 

 Type, Indicator variegatus Lesson. [Indicatoridae.] 



(Original designation and monotypy.) 

 Menellia A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 1922, 263. 

 Type, Poliospiza mennelli E. C. Chubb. [Fringillidae.] 



(Monotypy.) 

 (Subgenus of Poliospiza Bonaparte.) 

 Mesositta S. A. Buturlin, Travau.x Soc. Imp. Nat. P^trograd, XLIV, Livr. 2, 

 1916, 152, 158, 169. 

 Type, Sitta himalayensis Jardine and Selby. [Sittidae.] 



(Original designation and monotypy.) 

 Metapelecanus A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 

 1922, 206. 

 Type, Pelecanus roseus Gmelin. [Pelecanidae.] 



(Original designation.) 

 Micraetus A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 1922, 

 208. 

 Type, Aquila wahlbergi Sundevall. [Buteonidae.] 



(Monotypy.) 

 Microcinnyris A. Roberts, Annals Transvaal Museum, VIII, Pt. 4, Oct. 30, 

 1922, 253. 

 Type, Certhia chalyhea Linnaeus. [Nectariniidae.] 



(Original designation.) 

 (Subgenus of N otiocinnyris Roberts.) 

 Microcochlearius C. Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XXXIX, No. CCXLIV, June 

 30, 1919, 98. 

 Type, Euscarthmus josephinae Chubb. [Tyranjiidae.] 



(Original designation and monotypy.) 

 Microcrypturus C. Chubb Bull. Brit. Orn! Club, XXXVIII, No. CCXXIX, Dec. 

 29, 1917, 30. 

 New name for Crypturellus Brabourne and Chubb (type, Tinamus tataupa] 

 Temminck), preoccupied. [Tinamidae. 



2' Probably not published until late in June, or early in July. The National Museum copy was mailed 

 by the society July 5. 



