180 M. T. Salvadori on Homoclilamys luscinia, Salvad. 



long time the bill very often loses its dark colour and be- 

 comes whitish or yellowish. There is no doubt, therefore, 

 that the specific name luscinia must sink to a synonym, but 

 at the same time the new genus Herbivux, lately established 

 by Swinhoe for the same bird and two other allied species, 

 will be superseded by Homoclilamys, which was published by 

 me in 1870. 



I add the synonyms. 



Genus Homochlamys, Salvad. Atti R. Ace. delle Sc. di 

 Tor. v. p. 510 (1870). 



Herbivox, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 353. 



HOMOCHLAMYS CANTURIENS. 



Arundinax canturiens, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, pp. 52, 131, 357. 



Lusciniopsis canturiens, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 32, 328. 



Calamoherpe canturiens, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 306, 1867, 

 p. 418, 1870, p. 345; and P. Z. S. (1863) p. 294. 



Calamodyta canturiens, G. R. Gray, Hand-1. i. p. 207, sp. 

 2933 (1869). 



Homoclilamys luscinia, Salvad. I.e. p. 511 (1870). 



Malacopteron luscinia, Finsch, MSS. ; Salvad. /. c. 



Herbivox canturiens, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 353. 



Mr. Swinhoe also includes Salicaria cantans, Temm. et 

 Schlegel, and Arundinax minutus, Swinh., in the genus Her- 

 bivox. If these are really congeneric with H. canturiens, 

 they will stand as Homoclilamys cantans and Homoclilamys 

 minutus. 



Regarding the proper place which the genus Homoclilamys 

 should hold in the avium systema, it will be noticed that 

 Finsch and I have considered H. luscinia to belong to the Ti- 

 maliida, while Swinhoe refers the genus to the Calamody- 

 tina, which, I think, are much more allied to the Timaliidce 

 than to the Sylviidce. 



Zoological Museum, Turin. 

 February 25th, 1873. 



