684 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
fFilholornis Milne -Edwards, Compte-Rendu Second CongresOrnith. 
Int., II, 1892, p. 67. 
Type, Filholornis paradoxa Milne -Edwards (first species men- 
tioned) XlncertcB sedis.] 
Named for M. Henri Filhol. 
f Flacourtia Andrews, Novitates Zoologicae, II, Feb. 1, 1895, p. 25. 
Type, MuUerornis rudis Milne-Edwards and Grandidier. 
{j^pyornitliidae,. ] 
Named for Etienne de Flacourt, an early governor of Madagascar. 
f Foetopterus Moreno and Mercerat, Anales Mus. La Plata (Paleon. 
Argen., I), 1891, p. 66. 
Type, Foetopterus ambiguus Moreno and Mercerat. . \^Falconid(B.'\ 
fFo&tus^ offspring; rtrspov^ wing. 
Formicicapa Daudin, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ill, 1804, p. 146 {nomeri 
nudum here?) 
Type, " Gobe-fouTmV^ (a nomen nudum here?) . .[Formicariidce.^ 
Forraica., an ant; capers, to take. 
Galeolimnas Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 
Orn., 1890, p. 320. 
New name for Mustelirallus Bonaparte, on grounds of purism. 
[^RallidcE.^ 
FaXsj]^ a weasel; Xij^vas^ of the mere, marshy. 
Galeopsar Sharps, Ibis, ser. 6, III, Apr., 1891, p. 241. 
Type, Galeopsar salvadorii Sharpe [Sturnidce.] 
FaXir]^ a weasel; ^ocp^ starling. 
Galeripitta Elliot, Monogr. Pittidie, ed. 2, Pt. 5, 1895, p. xvii (introd.). 
Type, Pitta cucidlata Hartlaub [Pittidce.] 
(A subgenus of Pitta.) 
Galerum, a helmet; + Pitta. 
Galgulus Wagler, Systema Avium, I, 1827, p. 326. 
Type, Corvus gymnoceplialus Temminck [ Corvid(B.'\ 
Galgulus., a name applied to a thrush-like bird. 
Gallina Linnaeus, in Hasselquist, Reise nach Palsestina, 1762, p. 327. 
T3^pe, Phasianus meleagris Linnteus \^PJmsianida3.^ 
Gallina., a hen, fowl. 
t Gallinuloides Eastman, Geol. Mag., Feb., 1900, p. 54. 
Type GaUinuloides Wyoming ensis Eastman. [i?aZ/^^ce(= Graces). \ 
Gallin/ula, + siSog^ form. 
Gambetta Kaup, Naturl. Syst., 1829, p. 54. 
Type, Tringa caUdris Linnaeus IScolopacidcB.^ 
Ganibetta, an Italian name for a sandpiper, 
Gavia, Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsbuch, I, 1842, p. 433. 
New name for YaneUus Brisson [ Gharadriida\\ 
