288 Allen, Strix vs. AIuco. \fn[^' 



Ipswich Sparrow {Passerculus princeps). — Two were observed 

 back of the sand dunes near Lewes Dec. 29, 1907, and on the 

 following day Dr. Spencer Trotter of Philadelphia, Penn., saw 

 twelve or more in the same locality, four of which were shot. 



Summary. 



Previously recorded 211 species 



Now recorded 16 " 



Total native species recorded 227 " 



Introduced species recorded 4 " 



THE CASE OF STRIX VS. ALUCO. 



BY J. A. ALLEN. 



The proper type of the Linntiean genus Sfrix has repeatedly been 

 under discussion, the last time, so far as I am aware, by the late 

 Dr. Coues in 'The Auk' for January, 1900 (XVII, pp. 05, GO), 

 where he says: "This is a case on which the last word does not 

 appear to have been said. . . .It involves not only two generic, but 

 also two family names." 



It had previously been discussed in 'The Ibis' by Salvin,^ Sharpe,^ 

 and Newton,^ and also by Newton ■* in his edition of Yarrell, and 

 in his 'Dictionary of Birds' (1894, p. 073), and by Coues in the 

 fourth (18S4) edition of his 'Key' (p. 500, 50S). Newton and 

 Coues reached the same conclusions, which were in opposition to 

 the view almost universally accepted by other ornithologists. 



The commonly recognized type of Stn'.v is Sfri.r flammea Linn. 

 1700. The genus Sfri.r, however, was founded by I^innoeus in 

 1758, but at that date did not include Sfri.r fammea, which was 



> Ibis, 1875, pp. 66, 67, footnote. 



2 Contributions to a History of the Accipitrcs. The Genus Strix of Linn^Mis, and 

 its Type. Ibis, 1S75, pp. 324-328. 



3 Ibis, 1876, pp. 94-104. 



4 Yarrell's British Biid.s, eci. 4, I, 1872, pp. 146, I.'jO, 194, 198. 



