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Tlu' typf of MiiM\l\a I>t',s.s()ii, l.s;U, lias ncvt-r Imtii jjrojxTly dcsij,'- 

 natotl, Hlthou^li Ix'sson (Coinpl. ocii\r<'s HiifTon, IS.'iT, 8, j). MM)) liim- 

 s<>lf chrd " M ii.sricajia (iHxxjulnri.s" as tlic type. As it lias Ixtii shown 

 that this spct'ics wjus a jumini uudinit in the orij^inal rrfcnTict* this 

 <l('sij;nati()ii is not vah«l. To eliminate the name Museyiva I^esson 

 lS.'il the type is here fixt'd as Mii.irirajin rarrulra (iinclin, redticirij; 

 Museyiva to a synonym of IlifjHtthi/nii.s Hoie, lS2r». 



In ISKi, (I. H. (ira\' ((ien. Itinls, 1X1(1, 1, p. 2r)S) named a hini from 

 the Fiji Islands Rliipidura /c.v.w/f/, hasinj; the spwies on the "MuseyKa 

 de I>esson" of Honibron and .laeciuinot (Voy. P6le Sud. Zoo!., October, 

 1S44, 3, pi. 11. fiji;. 2. Oiseaux). This bird was later described by 

 Jacquinot and Piieheran on page 7'), vol. 3, of the text of tlie work just 

 cited, published in 1X53, a-s Mu.wylra Icssotii. With it was described 

 another species, M. pcctorall.s. Museyiva was not designated as a 

 new genus by these authors and it was not intended as new, but the 

 name has been generally accredited to tliem since the date of its 

 appearance in the Cataloijue of birds in the British Museum (Sharpe, 

 1879, 4, p. 233). It is evident from the outline above that the status 

 of Museyiva as a generic term was in hopeless confusion, so that it 

 has seemed best to eliminate it and substitute a new name to avoid 

 future complications. Following are emendations of MuscyKa that 

 have appeared: 



Muscicylva Gray, Gen. birds, 1849, 3, app., p. 53. 



Muscisylria Agassiz, Xom. zool. Aves, 1841, p. 88. (Not 

 Muscisylvid Hodgson, 1844 and 1845). 



Mnscyla Gray, Cat. gen. and subgen. birds, 1855, p. 51. 



58. Haplorxis lessoni (G. R. Gray). 



Rhipidura lessoni Gray, Gen. birds, 1846, p. 258. (Fiji Islands). 



There are in the collection four "mummies" of this species, with 

 sex not indicated, that were collected at Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, 

 16 December. The specimen of this bird that Peale (U. S. explor. 

 exped., 1848, 8, p. 101) described as Monarcha cincreus was secured 

 on this same island. 



59. ]Metabolus RiGENSis (Hombron and Jacquinot). 



Muscicapa rugensis Hombron and Jacquinot, Ann. sci. nat., 1S41, ser. 2, 16, 

 p. 312. (Ruk Islands). 



An adult male was secured at Uala in the Truk Group (Middle 



