52 Richmond, Ornithological Writings of Rafinesque. [jan 



is not so easily explained. "Quiscalis R." appears as a substitute 

 name for "Sturnus L.", although in this one case, Rafinesque' s 

 new name follows the old one, instead of preceding it. There is 

 no break in the numbers of the genera of the "sous-famille" con- 

 taining this name, and while the author's intention was doubtless 

 to introduce Quiscalis as a genus additional to Sturnus, what he 

 actually did was to rename the latter. Quiscalis of Rafinesque 

 antedates Quiscalus Vieillot by one year. 



Several emendations or misprints occur, such as Guan, Phaeton, 

 Plottus, and Crotophagus, for Gouan, Phaeton, Plotus, and Croto- 

 phaga, respectively. 



Rafinesque apparently instituted 181 new bird genera in the 

 'Analyse.' Of this number, only 20 are properly introduced, being 

 substitute names for others too long or too short to suit the author, 

 or otherwise falling short of the requirements laid down in his 

 'Principes Fondamentaux' of 1814. Of the remainder, 126 are 

 pure nomina nuda, and 35 are based on unnamed species of the 

 preceding genus ("Sp. do."). Many of these can be recognized, 

 from the author's habit of giving a vernacular name of the species 

 in Latin form. Thus, Morocus is doubtless based on the "Moroc" 

 of Bruce (Cuculus indicator Sparrman); Atinganus is probably 

 the "Atingacu" of Marcgrave {Cuculus cornutus Linnseus); Quax- 

 otus appears to be derived from the " Quaxoxoctototl " of Her- 

 nandez ( = Pharomachrust), etc. 



List of New Bird Genera proposed in the 'Analyse.' 



Names preceded by an asterisk are citable in nomenclature, those 

 marked by a dagger are based on "Sp. do." and the remainder 

 are nomina nuda. 



Aetopsis, p. 70. Aracarius, p. 65. 



Agotilax, p. 69. Argus, p. 69. 

 fAlbagum, p. 66. (Changed to Argusianus 



fAlcyon, p. 66. on p. 219 ) 



*Anassus, p. 72. Argusianus, p. 219. 



Anseria, p. 72. ' Argyramphus, p. 67. 



fAntolta, p. 66. Arimanus, p. 64. 



1 Anseria was first used in 1814, as a substitute for Anser Brisson. 



