372 APPENDIX. 



Stejneger (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. 1883, p. 31) first 

 drew attention to the fact that Forster (Synop. Cat. 

 Brit. Bds. 1817, p. 55) used urltica (House-Martin) in 

 conjunction with Hirundo, and rustica (Swallow) with 

 Chelidon, a genus there first named, and he considered 

 this to constitute a designation of the type by Forster. 

 He has been followed in this course byHartort in the Vog. 

 pal. Fauna, i. pp. 799, 800, and in the recently published 

 Hand-list, 



After careful consideration of the matter, the Com- 

 mittee are of opinion that Forster's use of flirundo in 

 conjunction with urbica hardly constitutes designation 

 as understood under the code of International Rules, and 

 that Birundo rustica is the correct type of the Linneait 

 genus by subsequent designation of Gray, 1840. 



Genus DELICHON. Chelidon Boie (Isis, 1822, p. 550) is- 

 antedated by Chelidon Forster (Synop. Cat. Bt. Bds. 

 1817, p. 17), which is a synonym of Hirundo Linnaeus,, 

 type Hirundo rustica. 



The next available name for the Martin is Delichon 

 Moore, 1854, the type of which, by monotypy, is 

 D. nepalensis Moore. 



Genus EIPARIA. Forster's genus Riparia (Synop. Cat. Bt. 

 Bds. 1817, p. 17) antedates Cotile Boie (Isis, 1822, 

 p. 550). The type by monotypy and tautonymy is 

 R. riparia (Linn.). 



Genus DKYOBATES. Type by monotypy : I). pubescent 

 (Linn.). 



In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds 

 B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This 

 was first introduced by Koch (Syst. baier. Zool. i. July 

 1816, p. 72) for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same 

 name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot 

 (Analyse, April 1816, p. 46). The type of Vieillot's 

 Dendrocopus is either " le Picucule " or " le Talapiot " of 

 Daubentou, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes 



