OBERHOLSER] THE AVIAN GENUS BLEDA I51 
treated in the possession of a well-marked crest, and from the various 
individual genera in also other respects which will be evident in the 
following diagnoses. 
The name Criniger, by which this group has been usually desig- 
nated, is untenable, and should be replaced by Trichophorus. It 
will readily be seen, on examination of the original description of 
Criniger’ that the characters there given might with equal pro- 
priety apply to any of several African genera of Pycnonotidae; 
no particular species is mentioned in connection with the name; and 
it is said to be founded on five undescribed species from western 
Africa! In fact Criniger is here a nomen nudum, and is identifiable 
only by Temminck’s later statement in his larger work where he 
proposes Trichophorus for the same birds and explicitly repudiates 
Crimger.* In this place, after giving a detailed diagnosis of his 
genus Trichophorus he makes the following observation: “ Ce genre 
a été indiqué dans l’Analyse du systéme, voyez Manuel d’Ornith- 
ologie, page Lx”; to which he adds the following footnote: 
“(1) Le genre 12° de la page citée renferme d’analyse du genre 
Crinon, que nous avions nommé en latin Criniger. Cette dénomina- 
tion ayant été jugée vicieuse, nous proposons celle de Trichophorus, 
pour nom scientifique du genre.” In view of this, there seems to be 
no way to avoid the rejection of Criniger and the acceptance of 
Trichophorus. The former, moreover, should date from the same 
place, but only as a synonym of Trichophorus. A word might also 
be said regarding the proper spelling of Trichophorus. Where the 
term first appears, as a heading to the generic diagnosis,® it is 
spelled Tricophorus, but in the above quoted footnote on the same 
page, as well as in the succeeding description of Trichophorus bar- 
batus, it is written Trichophorus, which fact seems to furnish ample 
justification for regarding the form “ Tricophorus” as a typo- 
graphical error, and for consequently accepting the proper spelling 
Trichophorus. 
The removal of several East Indian forms which are clearly not 
congeneric leaves this genus a fairly homogeneous one, and admits 
of a satisfactory diagnosis. Some of the African species have rather 
*Temminck, Man. Orn., 1, 1820, p. 1x. 
2“ Formé de cing espéces nouvelles qui n’ont point de type parmi celles 
connues; toutes sont de cotes occidentales d’Afrique; plusieurs ont un bouquet 
de crins a la nuque.” Jdem, Ibid., pp. 1x—Ixi. 
SP Colvaimt livieers, 1621, pl Ss. 
SPisColetieslivas 15, o2t> ple so. 
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