298 Mr. G. M. Mathews on some 



matter of fact, Lesson himself, the author of the second 

 " chnjsotis," corrected his error, naming the bird Myzantha 

 flaviventer in the 'Manuel d'Ornith/ vol. ii. 18.28, p. 67. 

 Moreover, the name appeared simultaneously with the 

 invalid name on the plate only, while the text covering 

 the species in the Voy. 'Coquille' was not published until 

 two years later. 



The most applicable name is that utilized by me in my 

 ' List of the Birds of Australia,' 1913, p. 282, viz. :— 



Xanthotis flaviventer. 



The subspecific name, saturatior, is probably correct. 



Page 139. Monarcha chalybeocephalns. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has given a note concerning this 

 name : — *' This species was first described from New Ireland 

 under the above name [Garnot, Voy. ^Coquille,' i. p. 589, 

 pi. XV. fig. 1 (1826)] , and subsequently as Drymophila alecto 

 from Celebes [Temminck, PI. Col. pi. 430. fig. 1 (1827)]." 

 Had the article on the Voy. ' Coquille ' been consulted, this 

 erroneous statement would not have been promulgated. 



In that paper I showed that plate xv. did not appear until 

 late in 1828, while p. 589 of the text was not issued until late 

 in 1829. As Temminck's name was published in 1827, it 

 has clear priority and the name to be used should be 



PlEZORHYNCHUS ALECTO, 



as given in my ' List of Birds of Australia,' 1913, p. 190. 



Though the generic name Monarcha is considered the 

 most suitable by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Australian field- 

 ornithologists, from study of the birds themselves, have 

 preferred the one I give. 



Page 145. Myiagra latirostris mimikaB. 



In the ' Austral Avian Record,' vol. ii. pp. 95-96, Sep- 

 tember 24, 1914, I detailed the history of Gould's M. lati- 

 rostris, and may briefly note the facts. 



