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eater), it should be written " Myiedestes." Swainsou wrote 

 the name as " Myadestes." The emendation into '^ Myia- 

 dectes " does not involve greater change^ and, having already- 

 acquired currency, should, in our opinion^ be employed. 



^giotkus hornemanui (p. 49) was so called after J. W. 

 Hornemaim, a Danish naturalist, author of the ' Haandbog for 

 Fugleelskere.* But there is, we believe, no sufficient reason 

 against employing " Litiota '' (Bp. 1838) as a generic term for 

 the Linnets : it is long prior to " Myiothus," under which 

 term Cabanis separated the Redpolls (very unnecessarily) in 

 1851. 



We are quite unable to adopt Dr. Coues^s view (Bull. Nutt. 

 Club, V. p. 98) that Hedymeles (Cab. 1851) cannot be used 

 for the Lousianan Grosbeak, because Sundevall, in 1846, pro- 

 posed Hedymela for another bird, for which it is not (and 

 never will be) used. AVc must therefore reject his term Za- 

 melodia (p. 15) in favour of Hedymeles, which has acquij-ed 

 general use. 



It is also, in our opinion, very inexpedient to alter the well- 

 known and universally used name, " Icterus baltimore '^ into 

 Icterus galbula. We cannot agree to it ! 



Icterus parisorum (p. 64) was thus named by Bonaparte 

 (as he himself states, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 110) after "the 

 brothers Paris. ^' Dr. Coues's emendation into "parisiorum " ! 

 and his derivation (from the Parisians !) are consequently 

 incorrect. 



There is no such word as " flammeolus'' (p. 81). The spe- 

 cific term of the " Flammulated Screech Owl "should be 

 written '' flammeola,'' as originally proposed by Kaup. In 

 this case Dr. Cones has been led into error, no doubt, by the 

 British Museum Catalogue. " Flammeola " is a diminutive 

 of " flamma," and is a substantive in apposition with Scops. 

 Many of Linnteus's specific terms are substantives ; and there 

 is no reason why other authors should not follow his practice. 



Hydranassa (p. 106) must surely be derived from vhatp 

 (water) and avaaaa (a queen), and, if so, is orthographically 

 correct*. If Dr. Coues's derivation is adopted, the word 



* Mr. Kidgwaj', wlien instituting this term and Dichrnmanassa (Bull. 

 U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Survey, iv. p. '22\), did not give the derivation. 



