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horsfieldi for the Javan Oreocincla, as Vieillot's T. varius has 

 nothing to do with this group. 



In the first edition of the Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 

 Vol. XIV., p. 378, 1803, Vieillot names " Le Merle gris a tete 

 noire de la Nouvelle HoUande " Turdus varius. In the second 

 edition, the one commonly accessible and usually referred to, 

 Vol. XX., p. 264, 1818, the name is given as" Turdus varius 

 Lath." and thereby escaped notice. No such name was 

 proposed by Latham, and we conclude that VieiUot's name 

 must rank as a synonym of Myzantha melanocephala (Latham), 

 to which we would add Merofs alhijrons Latham, Suppl. 

 Index Ornith., p. xxxv., 1801, as we note a drawing among 

 those in the possession of Latham which is so named and 

 probably paratypical to be meant for this species. Lesson's 

 Philanthus (Traite d'Orn., p. 402, 1830) may be passed into 

 this synonymy, the type here selected being Merops albifro7is 

 but the generic name is preoccupied. 



MILLER'S ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The acquisition by the British Museum (Natural History) 

 Library, through the ability of Mr. Sherborn, of a beautiful 

 and (at present) unique copy of this extremely rare work 

 has again completed and simplified the nomenclature of 

 the Crested Penguins. We, some years ago, endeavoured to 

 elucidate this, and our results were accepted by the Editor of 

 the Ibis for publication, but we were not satisfied with the 

 permanency of our conclusions, and therefore withdrew the 

 paper after its existence had been indicated in an article by 

 one of us in the Emu. Just recently we outlined our results 

 in the Manual of the Birds of Austraha and now almost 

 immediately a renomination becomes necessary. This time 

 we feel on a surer basis and hope for a little permanency to 

 the following account. 



Forster, in preparing the first Monograph of Penguins, 

 introduced as a new species Aptenodytes chrysocome. He first 

 stated it had been killed in Tasmania and his son had made 

 a painting of the specimen. Another specimen from the 

 Falkland Islands he saw in London and commissioned J. F. 



