Mr. G. R. Gray on the Nomenclature of Australian Birds. 189 



XXXII. — Some Rectification of the Nomenclature of Austra- 

 lian Birds. By George Robert Gray, Esq. 



'SIy Dear Sir, British Museum, Dec. 14, 1842. 



The Earl of Derby having kindly lent me the three volumes 

 of the drawings of Australian birds which were made by 

 Mr. White, the author of the ' Journal of New South Wales,' 

 formerly in the library of the late Mr. A. B. Lambert, from 

 whence Dr. Latham described most of the Australian species 

 published in the Supplement to the ' Synopsis of Birds and 

 Index Ornithologicus,' my brother has examined for me the 

 synonyma of these species, and I send jou for insertion in the 

 ' xVnnals' the result of his labours, as they must be of consi- 

 derable use to those ornithologists who have not the oppor- 

 tunity of consulting the original drawing. 



Mr. Strickland kindly assisted my brother in comparing 

 some of the figures with the specimens in the collection of 

 the British Museum. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours very truly, 



R. Taylor, Esq. J. E. Gray. 



Names proposed. 

 VuLTUR audax, Lath. Aquila midax. 



Syn. Aquila fucosa, Cuv. ; Aquila albirostris, 

 VieilL 



Fa LCD axillaris, Lath. Elunus axillaris. 



Circus axillaris, Vieill. ; Elanus Juelanopterus, 

 V. 8f H. ; Elanus notahis, Goidd. 



Falco niseis, Lath. Astur approximans. 



Falco caiuis, Lath. MS. ; Sparvius cirroccpha- 

 lus, Vieill. ; Astur torquatus, Gould. 



Falco radiatus. Lath. Astur radiatus. 



Sparvius radiatus, Vieill.] nee Astur radiatus, 

 V. ^ H., Gould. 



Falco connivens. Lath. Athene connivens. 



Falco glaucopis, Lai/i. MS. ; Buteo connivens, 

 Vieill. ; Athene ? fortis, Gould. 



Falco lumdatus. Lath. Falco lumdattis, Lath. 



Sparvius lunulatus, Vieill. ; Falco frontatus, 

 Goidd ; Falco longipennis, Sicains. 



Lanius torquatus, Lath., Vieill. Cracticus torquatus. 



Vanga destructor, juv., 2'emm. 



Lanius rohustus. Lath., Vieill. Graucalus } 



Lanius erectus, Lath., Vieill. Falcuncuhs } 



