500 Recent Literature. Loct. 



the following demand recognition: Phceniculus replaces Irrisor Less; 

 Crinifer must replace Chizcerhis Wagl.; Vestiaria dates from here instead 

 of from Fleming and Raniz replaces AntJioscopus Cab. 



The most serious matter so far as American ornithology is concerned is 

 however the presence of a genus Cardinalis based on the Scarlet Tanager! 

 While this becomes a synonym of Piranga and does not affect the names of 

 our Tanagers it antedates Bonaparte's name Cardinalis for the Cardinal 

 Grosbeak and renders it untenable. 



To meet this contingency the authors propose for the Cardinal the 

 generic name Richmondena (p. 145) " as our small meed of recognition of 

 the immense work, so invaluable as to be almost incalculable, performed 

 by our friend Dr. C. W. Richmond, and the association of the name of 

 our brilliant co-worker in the least showy side of ornithology with the 

 brilliant Cardinal seems a pleasing item." 



Incidentally the question of the genera in Oken's list (Isis, 1817) comes up 

 for comment and Mr. Mathews contends that all or none of them should 

 be accepted and that the A. O. U. Committee had no right whatever to 

 accept those which happened to be in Latin form and reject Eider, Mous- 

 tache, Souchet and Macreuse. With this opinion the reviewer has always 

 been in hearty accord. 



Validity of Some Generic Terms. By Gregory M. Mathews and Tom 

 Iredale. — This is a consideration of the Lactpede genera under which no 

 species are mentioned. The authors call for a definite decision by the 

 International Commission as to whether the citation of species by a sub- 

 sequent author validates the name from the date of such citation or from 

 the original date of publication, or whether the original publication should 

 be regarded as unrecognizable and any subsequent use of the name be 

 forbidden. 



It would seem to us that the opinion of the Commission quoted by Mr. 

 Mathews to the effect that the genus be regarded as including all the 

 species of the world that would come under the published diagnosis covers 

 the case. Even though the diagnoses of the four genera of Accipitres — 

 Circus, Buteo, Astur and Milvus — are not sufficiently definite to dis- 

 tinguish the four groups of species involved, we can nevertheless include 

 all the known hawks under each, if necessary, and let the next user of the 

 names restrict each one, which is the plan followed by the A. O. U. Com- 

 mittee. As a matter of fact we have very few cases of this sort and the 

 danger of encouraging carelessness in the future by giving any recognition 

 to such names is negligible. 



South Australian Ornithologist. Ill, Part 6. April, 1918. 



A Trip on the Coorong and Amongst the Bristle Birds on Younghusband 

 Peninsula. By S. A. White. 



A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White. By S. A. White. — An interest- 

 ing biography continued in the July issue. 



South Australian Ornithologist. Ill, Part 7. July, 1918. 



A Visit to the Breeding Grounds of Swan and Pelican on the Coorong. 

 By S. A. White. 



