Reply to Mr. G. M. Mathews. 311 



p. 237. Cyclopsittacus. 



I have carefully considered Reichenbach^s plate Ixxxii. 

 Syst. Av. (1850), and disagree with Mr. Mathews's con- 

 clusions. The drawings are, perhaps, not very good, but 

 sufficiently so, and have been accepted by Count Salvadori. 

 Opopsitta Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227, was introduced 

 without description, and was most likely a printer's error 

 overlooked by the author, as, on p. 224, he uses the name 

 Cyclopsitta in referring to the Philippine species, Psittacus 

 lunulatus Scop. The Philippine species were afterwards 

 placed in a separate genus, Bolbopsittacus, by Count 

 Salvadori. 



p. 240. Solenoglossus. 



That this name has priority over Microglossus was pointed 

 out by Count Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 102 (1891), 

 but, for the reason there stated, he did not make use of it. 

 Mr. Mathews's notes on the matter appeared in 1911 ! 

 There can be no question that Graelin did give '' New Hol- 

 land " as the locality of his Psittacus aterrimus, and that a 

 Black Cockatoo does occur in Queensland. There is, there- 

 fore, no getting away from the fact that Solenoglossus 

 aterrimus (Gmel.) is the proper name for the Australian 

 form, and that S. a. macgillivrayi is synonymous. 



p. 242. Cacatua. 



The reasons for using the name Cacatua are explained by 

 Count Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 115 (footnote). 



p. 245. Dasyptilus pesqueti. 



The synonymy appears to be : — 



Banksianus fulgidus Less. Traite d'Orn. livr. 3, p. 181 

 (July 1830), fide C. D. Sherborn. 



Psittrichas pecquetii Less., Ferussac Bull. Sci. Nat. xxv. 

 p. 241 (read p. 341) (June 1831). 



Dasyptilus pecqueti Wagler, Monogr. Psitt,, Abh. Akad. 

 Wisseusch. Miinchen, 1829-30, pp. 502, 681, 735 (1832?). 

 The preface to this monograph is dated [p. 468] 1830: the 

 title-page bears the date 1832, 



