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then does he not accept the scieutific name Melanonyx, proposed for these 

 birds by Mr. Buturlin ? I think that a word about the reasons of his not 

 accepting the genus Me la no nyx would have proved of interest to systematists. 

 My idea is, that Mr. Oates does not give us his reasons, simply because such 

 do not exist. 



