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Genus FREGATA Brisson. Authority changed to 



Genus FREGATA Lacepede. 



Fregafa Lacepede, Tabl. Ois., 1799, 15. Type, Pelecanus 

 aqiiilus Linn.eus. 



Fregafa proves not to have been used in a generic sense by 

 Brisson. {Cf. Stone, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 195; Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. N. H., XXIII, 1907, 301; XXIV, 1908, 18.) 



Genus MERGANSER Brisson. This becomes 

 Genus MERGUS Linn.eus. 



Mergus Llnn.eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. Type, 

 Mergus merganser IvINN.eus. {Cf. Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. N. H., XXIV, 1908, 36.) 



Nos. 129 and 130 will therefore stand as 



129. Mergus americanus Cassin. 



130. Mergus senator Linn.eus. 



Genus MERGUS Linn.eus, for No. [131.1], becomes 

 Genus MERGELLUS Selby. 



Mergellus Selby, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Types of Birds, 

 1840, 47. Type, Mergus aJhellus Linn.eus. (C/. Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H.,"xXIV, 1908, 20.) 



This necessitates a change of name in No. [131.1] to 

 [131.1] Mergellus albellus (Linn.eus). 



132. Anas boschas Linn.eus. This becomes, by reason of an- 

 teriority, 



132. Anas platyrhynchos Linn.eus. 



Anas platyrhynchos Linn-EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 125. 

 (Cf. LoNNBERG, Journ. f. Orn., 1906, 528.) 



