4^0 Recent Literature. \^^ 



to see them in the 'Index'; it is better to include doubtful names than 

 to omit them, as their disposition is a matter for the decision of the 

 specialist. 



In conclusion, we have only the highest praise to offer for Mr. Sher- 

 born's work. It is to be hoped that workers in the various branches of 

 zoology will cooperate with the compiler, with the object of gathering 

 up the odds and ends overlooked in the present part, that thej may be 

 included in a later one, and we trust the undertaking will not lack the 

 assistance and support necessary to bring it to a successful and early 

 termination. — C. W. R. 



The ' Index Zoologicus.' ' — This important supplement to the well- 

 known ' Nomenclator Zoologicus' of Scudder is based largely upon the 

 names recorded since 1879 in the yearly volumes of the 'Zoological 

 Record,' but valuable references have been gathered from other sources, 

 such as published lists of genera of special groups ; from works over- 

 looked by Agassiz, Marschall, and Scudder, as well as from manuscript 

 lists submitted by various systematists. About 40,000 names are given 

 in the 'Index,' nearly one fourth of which were instituted prior to 1S80 ; 

 the remainder represent the work of zoologists during twenty years, an 

 average of 1500 names per annum. 



The new ' Index' will afford temporary relief to the zoologist, but a new 

 and thoroughly revised ' Nomenclat6r ' is much needed. In the 'Index' 

 we have a worthy complementary volume to the list prepared by Scudder, 

 thus making accessible to workers a more complete catalogue of generic 

 and subgeneric names than has hitherto been possible, but it is evident 

 that the next edition will produce an additional large crop of forgotten 

 terms,' and that perfection cannot be expected until zoological literature 



' Index Zoologicus | an alphabetical list of names of genera and | subgenera 

 proposed for use in Zoology | as recorded in the | "Zoological Record" 1880- 

 1900 I together with | other names not included in the "Nomenclator | Zoolog- 

 icus " of S. H. Scudder | compiled (for the Zoological Society of London) 



I by I Charles Owen Waterhouse | and edited by | David Sharp, M. A., F. 

 R. S. I Editor of the "Zoological Record" | London | Printed for the Society 



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^ The following are suggested, in the Class Aves: Astiiraetos Brehm, 1S55; 

 Ai{truchonT&mm.,\?>d^o\ BudytantAus David, iSGj ; Ca/andrina ^lyth, 1855; 

 Chlorioii Temm., 1838; Cinnamopteryx Reichenow, 1886; Corax Kaup, 1854; 

 Cyphornis Cope, 1894; Falcator T%vs\xa.., 1821 ; Gingaia 'R.i&.xs.., 1815; Huhus 

 Rafin.,i8i5; A>;/c//a "Blyth, 1855"; Melanopteryx Reichenow, 1886; Mise- 

 ryt^irics l^ewton, 1875; Oxyporiis et al. Brookes, 1828; Palcronornis Y.mvaow's,, 

 1857; Phaeopharns Madar^sz, 1900; Pomariiius Fischer, 1803; Tapera 

 Thunberg, 1819; also names proposed by Bertoni (see Auk, 1902, pp. 414- 

 416). 



