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certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both 

 of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidse. Den- 

 drocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted 

 Woodpeckers. 



Dryobates minor. Hartert (Brit. Birds, i. 1907, p. 221) 

 separated the British resident race as a distinct sub- 

 species under the name D. minor comminuttts, owing to 

 its slightly smaller size, but the Committee have been 

 unable to recognise it. 



Genus PICUS. Type by subsequent designation : P. viridis 

 (Linn.). 



The type of this Linnean genus has been fixed on 

 various species out of the thirteen originally contained 

 in it. Gray (List Gen. Bds. 1840, p. 54) selected major, 

 Hargitt (Cat. Bds. B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 518) martins ; 

 but Swainson (Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. i. 1820, pi. 14), 

 who appears to have been the first author to designate 

 the type, made it viridis, and this the Committee believe 

 should be accepted. 



Picus viridis. Hartert (Brit. Birds, v. 1911, p. 125) con- 

 siders the British race of the Green Woodpecker to be 

 separable from that of Scandinavia and central Europe, 

 and distinguishes it as P. viridis pluvius. This the 

 Committee find themselves unable to confirm. 



Genus IYNX. Type by monotypy : I. torquilla Linn. 



Genus CUCULUS. Type by Linnean tautony my : C. canorus 

 Linn. 



Genus CLAMATOR. This generic name was proposed in 

 1829, and antedates Coccystes Gloger, 1834, by five 

 years. Its type by monotypy is C. glandarius. The 

 necessity for this change was first pointed out by 

 Stejneger (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xv. 1902, p. 37). 



