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Stejneger, Analccta Ornithologica. [January 



" Phonipara Bonap. 1850," and a close examination shows that 

 he is right in using the former. Although based upon different 

 types, the two names apply strictly to the same genus, and Reich- 

 enbach's Euetheia has a slight priority of nearly two months 

 over Phonipara. 



The synonymy of the genus stands thus : 



Genus Euetheia* Reichenb. 



Euetheia Reichenb ach, Av. Sjst. Nat., Knacker, pi. lxxix "June 1, 



1S50" (type E. lefida Linn.). 

 Phonipara Bon aparte, Consp. Av. I, p. 494, "July 30, 1850" (type 



Loxia canora Gm.). 

 Euethia Cabanis, Mus. Hein. I, 1851, p. 146 (emend.). 



The species entering the North American Fauna must be 

 called 



R. 253. Euetheia bicolor (Linn.) Gundl. 



and not Euetheia zena (Linn.). Linnaeus, in the tenth edition, 

 described two different species under the very same name 

 Fringilla zena^ our bird being the last one of the two. 

 It will therefore have to give way for E. bicolor, a name substi- 

 tuted by Linnaeus himself when becoming aware of his careless- 

 ness. I quote the following from the synonymy of the species : 



1758. — Fringilla zena Linn., S. N. 10 ed. I, p. 1S3 {nee op. ej. p. 181 

 qnce Spindalis zena). 



1766. — Fringilla bicolor Linn., S. N. 12 ed. I, p. 324. 



1S74. — Euethia bicolor Gundlach, Journ. f. Orn. XXII, p. 312. 



* Deriv. evrjOcia, tJ, simplicity. It is not to be confounded with Eutheia, 1830, 

 applied to a coleopterous insect by Stephens, and derived from evOii's, €ia, v, 

 meaning straight. 



f Zena, if a Greek word, may have been intended for Xena, £cvt|, a (female) guest 

 or stranger, Ja not infrequent corrupt transliteration, e.g., Zenia Gray, ZenopelHs Roie 

 Zenophasia Sw., Zanthomyza Sw., Zenitis Boisd., Ziphius Cuv., Ziphorhynchus Sw., Zi- 

 photheca Val. & Cuv., Zyphothyca Sw. for Xenia, Xenopeltis, Xenophasia, etc. Against 

 this is the fact that Linnaeus in both instances wrote Zena with the initial letter capi- 

 talized. Z-rjva is the objective case of Zevs, Zeus, Jupiter. I find that Pater 

 Rzaczynski (p. 370, vide anted) , among other names, quotes 'Zena Belonii' for the 

 European Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis), and also that the same bird was styled 

 'Fringilla Jovis', i. e., Jupiter's Finch, by Klein (Hist. Avium Prodr. 1750, p. 97). C/. 

 Coues, 2d Check List, p. 59. 



