30« Mr. W. R, Ogilvie-Grant : Notes in 



priority over Corvus senex Lesson, VoN'age ' Coquille/ Ois. 

 i, p. 650, pi. 24. The latter name appears both in the text 

 and on the plate, while the name C, tristis is not mentioned: 

 later it is referred to by Lesson in his Traite d'Orn. p. 327 

 (1831) J where the genus Gymnocorvus was proposed. Tins 

 hybrid name was sul)sequently amended by Sundevall, Av. 

 Teutamen, p. 41' (1872), to Gymnocorax, which has since 

 been almost universally adopted. 



To the latin diagnosis of C. tristis is added the reference 

 (Atl. Zool. pi. 24), which, of course, refers to the ' Voyage of 

 the "Coquille/' Atlas.^ Plate 24 is au excellent representa- 

 tion of the Bare-faced Crow, and, as pointed out above, bears 

 the name Corvus senex. It seems certain that this plate 

 appeared before the description of C. tristis was published 

 in 1827, as it is there referred to. The title-page of the 

 Atlas bears the date 1826. Similar evidence is to be found 

 in the description of Quoy's Piping Crow, Barita quoyi 

 Lesson, Ferussac Bull. Sci. Nat. x. p. 289 (1827), After 

 the short latin diagnosis, the reference (Atl. Zool. pi. 14) 

 is to be found. 



Mr. Mathews (Austr. Av. Rec. ii. p. 52) gives the dates 

 of issue of these plates as: plate 24 (1828) and plate 14 

 (^1829), but from the above evidence it seems certain that 

 the Atlas of plates must have been issued previous to 1827 — 

 probably in 1826, as stated on the title-page. The name 

 C. tristis has never been adopted, and there seems to be no 

 possible object in raking it up now. 



p. 4. Phonygammus keraudreni. 



No remark is necessary: the date, 1830, as determined 

 by Mr. Sherborn, might certainly have been inserted after 

 p. 636, but it seemed hardly necessary. 



p. 45. Oriolus striatus. 



Mr. Mathews proposes to rename this species after myself. 

 Coracias striata Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 400 (1809) ; = 

 Coracias sagittata Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxvi (1801) 

 [described as the Striated Roller, Lath. Gen. Syu. Suppl. ii. 



