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p. 122 (1802) New South Wales] ; = Gracula viridis hath. 

 Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxviii (1801) [described as Green 

 Crackle, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. n. p. 129 (1802) Nevr 

 Holland] ; = Oriolus viridis Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. 

 p. 212 (1877) Australia. 



Shaw almost certainly wrote Coracias striata in error for 

 C. sagittata, as, a few pages previously {op. cit. p. 396), he 

 had already used the same name, Coracias striata, for the 

 little Glossy Starling from New Caledonia known as Aplonis 

 striata (Gmel.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 127 (1890). 

 Coracias striata Shaw, p. 400, is, of course, invalidated by 

 C. striata, p. 396. 



Oriolus striatus Q,uoy & Gaim. Voy. ' Astrolabe/ Zool. i. 

 p. 195, pi. ix. fig-. 2 (1830), was given to a different species 

 of Oriole from Dorei, New Guinea, and is, therefore, also 

 invalidated by Shaw's name — a fact which I had overlooked. 



p. 63. Ptilotis. 



The species to be included in this genus, whatever name 

 it may bear, is clearly a matter of opinion. A careful revi- 

 sion of the whole group of Honey-eaters is necessary before 

 this rather difficult question can be settled. Meanwhile, I 

 have adopted the name commonly in use. 



p. 72. Ptilotis chrysotis saturatior. 



Meliphaga chrysotis Lewin, from Australia, is a quite 

 different bird, generically and specifically, from Philedon 

 chrysotis Lesson, Voyage 'Coquille,' Atlas, pi. xxi. bis 

 (1826). Lesson, it is true, afterwards [Man. d^Orn. ii. 

 p. 67 (1828)] changed the name of his bird to Myzantha 

 flaviventer, because the name chrysotis had been given to 

 another species of Honey-eater {philedon) ; but, for the 

 reason given above, his former specific name should stand, 

 even if the generic name has to be changed. 



p. 139. Monarcha chalyteocephalus. 



The same argument put forward under Gymnocorax senex 

 applies to this species. There seems to be no reason to 



