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10. PrerA GALERICULATA, Giraud, pl. 5. fig. 2=Huphonia ele- 
gantissima (Bp.) ; Pipra elegantissima, Bp. Pr. Z.8. 1837, p. 112, 
and has other synonyms. 
11. Muscrcapa Levucomus, Giraud, pl. 6. fig. 1, is Setophaga 
picta, Sw. Zool. Ill. n.s. pl. 3. 
12. Muscicapa Brasrert, Giraud, pl. 6. fig. 2, seems to be the 
same as Basileuterus culicivorus, Bp. Consp. p. 313; Sylvia culier- 
vora, Licht. in Mus. Berol., which in that case must be called Basi- 
leuterus Brasieri (Giraud). 
13. MuscicapA RUBRIFRONS, Giraud, pl. 7. fig. 1. This very 
pretty bird is named in Bonaparte’s Consp. p. 312, Cardellina amicta, 
Dubus; and a reference is given to that author’s ‘ Esquisses Orni- 
thologiques,’ 1850, t. 25, which, unless I am much mistaken, is 
still unpublished. Be that as it may, Mr. Giraud’s name has many 
years’ priority, and the bird will stand as Cardellina rubrifrons 
(Giraud). 
14. Synvia oxtvacea, Giraud, pl. 7. fig. 2, is Sylvia teniata, Du- 
bus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. part 2. p. 104; Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 245. 
Mr. Giraud’s name has the priority. 
15. Cerruia ALBIFRONS, Giraud, pl. 8, is Sa/pinctes mexicanus, 
Bp. Consp. p. 224; Thryothorus mewicanus, Sw. Zool. Il. n.s. pl. 11. 
16. ALaupA minor, Giraud (no plate), is an Ofocorys, probably 
the same as Wagler’s Alauda chrysolema, Isis, 1831, p. 530; 
Otocorys chrysolema, Bp. Consp. p. 246. But there is much con- 
fusion at present among the American, as among the Old-World 
species of this genus. 
I have thought it worth while to give the previous list of the 
Texan birds described by Mr. Giraud, and some remarks on their 
synonymy, as his book appears to be very little known on this side 
of the Atlantic. The only copy I have seen is that in the Society’s 
Library, to which it was presented by the author. It will be observed 
that by far the greater portion of the species have been also noticed 
by European naturalists, though in some cases subsequently to Mr. 
Giraud’s publication of them. 
3. On a New Species OF THE Genus TopirostruUM oF LESSON. 
By Partie Luriey Scuater, M.A. 
(Aves, Pl. LX XXIV.) 
ToprrostruM nicricers. Pl. LXXXIV. fig. 1. 
T. supra flavo-olivaceum : alis caudaque nigris ; rectricibus et re- 
migibus primariis stricte, secondariis autem et alarum tectricibus 
latius flavescente limbatis : pileo cum nucha et capitis lateribus 
nigris: subtus flavum; gutture et crisso albis: rostro pedi- 
busque nigris. 
