372 Bibliographical Notices. 



Mr. Gray quotes PI. Enl. 651. f. 1. both under Phylloptmiste Mp^ 

 poluis and Phylloscopus trochilus. The latter citation is the correct 

 one. 



The genus Phyllopneuste, as typified by P. hippolais, ought, f 

 think, to be united with Acrocephalus. 



The name Luscin'wlu, Gray, 1841, should not supersede Calamo- 

 dyta, Bon., 1838. Ltisciniola is not used genericully. either by Bris- 

 son or Ray ; and I have before remarked, that if we cross the bound- 

 ary line of modern science fixed by the introduction of the binomial 

 method, we must carry back our nomenclature not merely to Ray or 

 Aldrovandus, but to Pliny and Aristotle, nay to Hesiod, Hom^r, and 

 Moses. 



P. 29. The genus Adornis, Gray, 1841, ought to retain the name 

 Curruca, Beclist. (restricted), used also by Meyer, Cuvier, Fleming, 

 Bonaparte, Swainson, &c., both on the ground of priority and be- 

 cause it includes the bird called Curnica by Brisson, which is the fe- 

 male of Curruca orphea (Tern.). The Motuc'dla hortensis, Gm. {Syl- 

 via horterisis, Lath.), and the figure of BuflTon, PL Enl. 579. f. 1, 

 also refer to C. orphea, fem. The true " Pettj'chaps" (C. hortensis^ 

 auct.) is the Sylvia hortensis, var. /3. of Latham, which was first 

 clearly distinguished by Bechstein. 



P. 31. Mr. Gray gives no synonyms for lora scapularis, Horsf., 

 but it ought to stand as lora tiphia (Lin.), Vig. ; Sylvia zeylonica,. 

 Lath. ; Fringilla multicolor, Gm. ; Muscicupa cambayensis, Lath, i 

 lora scapularis, Horsf. ; Motacilla subviridis, Tickell. 



P. 33. It does not appear why Helinaia, Aud., 1839, is used in- 

 stead of Vermivora, Sw., 1827. 



The bird figured by Gould, ' Birds of Europe,' pi. 138, is not the 

 Anthus aquaticus, Bechst., of South Europe, but is the British and 

 North European species A. obscurus (Gm.), Tem. ; Alauda petr0S(f, 

 Mont. ; Anthus rupestris. Nils. See Temminck, ' Man. Orn.,' pt. 4. 

 p. 628. 



P. 35. Why is the name Petrocossyphus, 1826, preferred both to 

 Monticola, 1822, and Petrocincla, 1825 ? 



P. 37. Garrulax belangerii. Less., is a synonym of G. lencolophus 

 {\is.rd.\vic\.), not oi G. perspicillacus {Gm..). The earliest synonym 

 of Malacocercus striatus is Turdus griseus, Gm. 



P. 39. The following genus should be inserted near Pycnonotus : 

 Oreias, Tem., 1838, -< Ixos, Tem. Type, 0. azureus, Tem., PI. Col. 

 274. 



P. 40. The following genus should be inserted near Alectrurvs : 

 CoPURUs, Strickland, 1841, < Platyrhynchus, S])ix, '^ Muscipet a,. 

 Cuv. Type, C. filicauda (Spix), Av. Braz., vol. ii. pi. 14 ; Musci- 

 capa leucocilla, Hahn. 



P. 41. The reference BufF., Pi. Enl. 276, belongs to Pit angus sul- 

 phuratus, and PI. Enl. 212. to Scaphorhynchus jyitangua. 



The earliest specific name of the North American Tyrunnus, PL 

 Enl. 676, is carolinensis, Gm. ; the next in date is pipiri, VieilL, Ois. 

 Am. pi. 44. This bird is not the Lanius tyrannus, Lin., which is 

 the T. dominicensis, Briss., Vieill., O. Am. pi. 46. 



