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Examination of Newton's copy, the only one in Britain 

 known to him, by Sherborn, revealed many other unquoted 

 names, and he generously allowed us to collate and comment 

 upon these, for which kind permission we once more record 

 our own best thanks, and add to these the thanks of the suc- 

 ceeding generation of systematic ornithologists. The most 

 important innovation is in connection with the very name 

 quoted by Newton, Frenzel's S. coelestis, as Frenzel adds this 

 is also called by authors Capella ccelestis. There can be 

 no doubt as to the vahdity of the genus name Capella, as in 

 his systematic Index on the Linnean system he indexes Capella 

 coelestis. This introduction has never hitherto been recorded, 

 and it means the rejection of Gallinago Koch 1816 in favour 

 of Capella Frenzel 1801 as the generic name for the true 

 Snipes, so we have Capella gallinago, etc. It is fortunate 

 that this alteration is noticed now when the Snipe and Sand- 

 piper names are undergoing so much reconsideration. 



Another noticeable point is the proposal of Embriza palustris ] 

 for a Bunting, which is not the species later named by Savi 

 1829, and which must be renamed. As no synonyms are 

 known to us, we propose the new name Emberiza compilator 

 for Savi's species which wiU be united to either pyrrhuloides, 

 schoeniclus or some other species, according to the idiosyncrasy 

 of the particular European worker. The generic name for 

 these Reed-Buntings seems to be Schoeniclus and the sub- 

 generic name for the big-biUed series Pyrrhulorhyncha, but the 

 nomenclature of the Buntings is much confused at present, 

 the family (!) or subfamily being classed under one genus 

 name for convenience (! !). 



The third important item is the proposition of Mota cilia y 

 coelebs for the BastardnachtigaU. If this be the same bird as 

 called by that name by Brehm and Hartert, it wiU come into 

 use, as at present Hartert uses Hippolais icterina (VieiUot 1817) 

 for the species, and the name would become Hippolais coelebs 

 (Frenzel 1801). 



The title of the book reads Beschreibung/der/Vogel und 

 ihrer Eyer/in der/Gegend um Wittenberg /zur Naturgeschichte 

 des Churkreises/(by) Lie. Med. J. S. T. Frenzel, Wittenberg, 



