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Genus TOTANUS. Type by tautonymy : T. totanus Linn. 



Totanus totanus. The Redshank is described under this 

 name in the 10th edition of Linnaeus but not in the 

 12th, in which it appears as Tringa calidris. 



Totanus fuscus. The Spotted Redshank was named Scolopax 

 fusca by Linnseus in the 12th edition, but in the 10th 

 edition Scolopax fusca is an Ibis, Tantalus fuscus. The 

 Spotted Redshank appears as Scolopax erythropus in 

 Vroeg's Catalogue, 1764, p. 6, but as this work is not 

 accepted, Scolopax maculata, Tunstall (Orn. Brit. 1771, 

 p. 3), is the oldest name. T. fuscus is, therefore, a 

 " nomen conservandum." 



Totanus nebularius. The Greenshank has had many names 

 assigned to it, but that given by Bishop Gunnerus 

 appears to be the oldest and most satisfactory. Other 

 well-known names are Scolopax glottis Latham, 1787, and 

 S. canescens Gmel., 1789, both of which are subsequent 

 to that given by Gunnerus, which dates from 1767. 



Totanus ochropus. That Linngeus' spelling ocroplius is- a 

 misprint can be e;isily proved by refering to the older 

 authors Ray and Willughby quoted by him. 



Genus MACROKHAMPH0S. Type by monotypy : M. griseus 

 (Gmel.). Gotthelf Fischer, in ' Zoognosia,' 3rd ed. 

 vol. i. 1813, p. 91, gives MacrorJiamphut Lacepede for 

 a genus of fishes. Lacepede's original spelling is 

 Macrohamphosus. The Committee have decided that 

 they would regard Fischer's quotation of Lacepede as 

 a misprint and not an emendation, so that Forster's 

 usage for the Red-breasted Snipe may stand. 



Genus LIMOSA. Type by tautonymy : L. limosa (Linn.). 



Limosa limosa. Linnaeus gave two names to the Black- 

 tailed Godvvit Scolopax limosa and S. cegocepliala ; 

 the former is the first one printed, and has priority. 



