310 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant: Notes in 



believe that tlie Atlas of tlie Voyage of the ' Coquille ' did 

 not appear in 1826 as stated on the title-page. In that case, 

 the name Muscicapa chalybeocephalus lias priority over Dnj- 

 muphila alecto Temm. This view was taken by G. R. Gray 

 and Count Salvadori. 



p. 145. Myiagra latirostris mimikse. 



Mr. Mathews, no doubt rightly, follows Count Salvadori, 

 Orn. Pap. ii. p. 77 (1881), in calling the Australian species 

 M. ruficollis Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 13 

 (1818). Vieillot gives " Nouvelle Hollande'^ as tlie locality, 

 which, for some reason, Mr. Mathews has changed to Timor, 

 Austr. Av. llec. ii. p. 96 (1914), though, in the 'List of 

 the Birds of Australia,' p. 187 (1913), he gives the locality 

 as New South Wales ! He was thus able to uphold his 

 Myiagra ruficollis couperi from Melville Island, which he 

 admits is synonymous with Gould's M. latirostris from Port 

 Essington, and therefore with M. ruficollis. A similar 

 instance occurs in the case of Solenoglossus aterrimus 

 (Gmel.), vide infra. 



p. 177. Pitta atricapilla. 



Pitta atricapilla, the name given by Quoy & Gaimard to 

 the New Guinea species, was published in 1830. Pitta 

 atricapilla Lesson, for the Philippine species, was almost 

 certainly published in 1831. It appeared on p. 394 of the 

 5th Livr. of the Traite d'Orn. Mr. C. D. Sherborn has a 

 note that the 5th Livr. was issued at the end of 1830 or the 

 beginning of 1831, but as it was not announced in the Bibl. 

 Fr. till March 1831, we may safely infer that it did not 

 appear till the later date. 



p. 224. Lorius. 



There are the strongest objections to transferring this 

 Avell-known name to Eclectus, as it would create great con- 

 fusion. In any case, the name written by Boddaert was 

 Larius, and I am surprised that Mr. Mathews should 

 suggest changing it, though it is obviously a misprint for 

 Lorius. 



