•"<7f> Recently published Ornithological Works, 



Name to be rejected, Name i<> be substituted. 



1. "Dcllona Mu] i, & Verr Orthorhynchus Lac. 



2. Dromaus Vieill Dromoccius Vieill. 



3. Hydrornis Milne-Edw Dyspetornis (iiom. aov.). 



I. A»v< a I '.lie Tnaa Jard, 



•'>. OnathosUta < lab. Ognorhynchus < Iray. 



(J. Dasyptilus Wagl Vsittricas Less. 



7. Nu nodes Vig el florsf TSuphema Wag] 



8. Dendrorni i I \\ ton Xxphorhynchu* Sw. 



9. Xiphorhynchus Sw Kiphornis (nom. qov.). 



Mi. Sharpia !!<><• Notiospixa (nom. dov.). 



I I. Mctlacopteron Eyt Horizillcw (n qov.). 



I v J. Iledymela Sund Ficedvla Briss. 



I :. ( 'henorhamphus ( lust f 'onopotherus (nom. nov.). 



II. TIelminthophila Ridgw Vermivora Sw. 



15. Tiaris Sw Charitospiza ( nom. nov. ). 



10, CoturniciUuB Bp immodramua Sw. 



17. Ammodratmca Sw immospiza (nom. nov.). 



In case any of OUr renders should wish to follow Mr. 



Oberholser's lead and adopt the suggested alterations, we 

 would ash them to study carefully the reasons given for 

 making the changes, which, in our opinion, are not always 

 sufficient. For instance, " Bellona " is rejected because 

 it has Ix en previously used for an " ornithicnite." But 

 an " ornii liienite," if we are not mistaken, is ;i Fossil 

 footprint of n bird, uol a bird itself, and there is no rule 

 that a fossil footprint and a bird may nol be called by the 



same name. 



1 1 is proposed to remove the name Xiphorhynchus of 

 Swainson to the group usually called Dendrornis, because, 

 although Swainson expressly slates that .V. procurvus is 

 the type of his genus (Zool. Journ. id. p: .">.'» I ), he " defeated 

 his purpose by allowing the previous publication of Xipho~ 

 rhynchus in combination with the name of ;i species of 

 another group/' We cannol subscribe to this doctrine, and 

 we maintain that X. procurvus is the true type of Xipho- 

 rhynchus, as stated explicitly l>\ I lie author when hefounded 

 the genus and defined it. Were Mr. Oberholser's view 



adopted, we should have lo change the names of about 

 BO species of I >end rocolapt id;c, and produce indescribable 



