DO On the Synonymy of some Palcearctic Birds. 



Tafel viii.), under the name " Culmnba decaocta" viz.: — 

 " C. supra pallide fusca, subtus ex roseo cinerasceps, remigibus 

 fusco-nigrieantibus pallide marginatis, tectricibus marginali- 

 bus albo-earulcscentibus, rectricibus obscure cinerascentibus, 

 subtus basi nigris versus apicem albis ; lunula cervicali 

 nigra, supra albo,, infra fusco marginata ; tectricibus caudae 

 superioribus pallide fuscis, inferioribus cseruleo-cineras- 

 centibus." The ])latc accompanying tins description gives 

 an excellent representation of the bird. 



In the ' Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum ' (xxi. 

 p. 430), Count Salvadori terms this Dove Turtur douraca, 

 from Hodgson in Gray's ' Zool. Misc.' p. 85 (1814) ; but the 

 specific name mentioned above antedates that of Hodgson 

 by six years, and this species should therefore stand as 

 Turtur decaocta (Frivaldsky). 



When 1 -vvas in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the spring 

 of 190.2, 1 saw this Dove in the Turkish quarter at Mostar, 

 as well as at Sarajevo. 



As pointed out by Professor Newton (Diet, of B. p. 509, 

 foot-note), the generic title Galei'ita cannot be used for the 

 Crested Larks, having been preoccupied in Entomology ; and 

 it will therefore be necessary either to relegate these Larks 

 to the genus Alauda or to select a new generic name. Con- 

 sequently, in my 'Manual of Palsearctic Birds,' which is now 

 in the press, I have proposed to use the generic name Corydus 

 (/copuS6<? of Aristotle) for this group. It has, however, been 

 pointed out to me (too late, unfortunately, to correct my 

 error, as that part of the f Manual'' has been printed off) that 

 Dr. von Madarasz has already made a new genus for the 

 Crested Larks, viz. Ptilocorys, type Alauda cristata Linn. 

 ( f Magyarorszag Madarai a hazai Madarvilag megismeresenek 

 vezerfonala/ ii dik Fiizel, p. 48, 1899). This work, being in 

 Hungarian, I had not consulted, and therefore was unaware 

 that such a generic name had been published. 



Mr. Whitaker (Ibis, 1898, p. 625) and Mr. Reiser 

 (' Aquila,' v. p. 293, 189S) have pointed out that the Black- 



