422 Mr. Strickland’s Commentary 
named by Bechstein before 1796, when Montagu (not Latham) 
named it Sylvia sylvicola. (See Lin. Trans. vol. iv.) It will therefore 
stand as Phyllopneusie sibilatria (Bechst.), as Bonaparte has it. 
The name Curruca, “ Briss.,” was first used generically by Bech- 
stein. 
The name Luscinia, ‘‘ Briss,,” seems to have been first used gene- 
rically by Bonaparte in 1838, and should therefore give way to Phi- 
lomela, Selby, 1833, unless Daulias, Boié, be prior to the latter 
name. 
The type intended by Mr. Gray to illustrate his genus is the En- 
glish Nightingale, Philomela luscinia, Selby (Luscinia philomela, 
Bon.), and not the Greater Nightingale, Philomela major (Briss.), 
mihi. 
The Turdus mindanensis, Gm., can hardly be the same as Copsy- 
chus saularis, for Latham (Syn. v. iii. p. 69) describes the breast of 
T. mindanensis as white, and says nothing of white on the tail. 
If the true Copsychus saularis (Lin.) of India, with four lateral 
pairs” of rectrices white, (Gryllivora intermedia, Sw.) should prove 
really distinct from the Java bird with three lateral pair of rectrices 
white, (G. brevirostris, Sw.) then the synonyms Turdus amenus, 
Horsf., and Lantus musicus, Raff., must be transferred to the latter 
species, which will then stand as Copsychus amenus (Horsf.). 
Ruticilla, ‘‘ Ray,” was first used generically by Bonaparte in 
1838, and should therefore yield to Phenicura, Sw., 1831. 
Cyanecula may stand; but it is Brehm’s genus, not Brisson’s. 
The name Calliope was given to a genus of Mammalia by Mr. 
Ogilby, in December 1836. I am not aware, however, whether this 
was prior to Mr. Gould’s adoption of the name in Ornithology. If 
Calliope, Gould, be retained, the bird should be called C. cam- 
tschatkensis (Gm.). 
P.22. The earliest generic name for the Redbreast is Hrythacus, 
Cuy., 1802. The name Rubecula was first used as such by Mr. Blyth, 
at a very recent date. 
I should prefer placing dedon, Boié (not Adon) among the Sy/- 
viane rather than the Vitiflorine. ‘The habits of A. galactotes, which 
I have seen alive in the Morea, are strictly arboreal, and it has a 
very musical song. 
The name Vitiflora, though only introduced as a genus by Bona- 
parte in 1838, may be retained, as Vieillot’s name Ginanthe was pre- 
occupied in Botany by Linneus. 
The name Rubeira, now first introduced as a genus by Mr. Gray, 
ought not to supersede the old genus Sazicola, Bechst., as restricted 
by Bonaparte. 
It is hardly necessary to change the name Seiurus, Sw. (N.B. It 
should be written Siurus.) This word seems to be quite sufficiently 
distinct in sound from Seisura, Vig. (which ought to be spelled 
Sisura), not to be confounded with it. 
Should not Trichas be placed among the Sylvicoline? 
P, 23. ora scapularis ought to bear the name of I. tiphia (Lin.). 
