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vernaculars only by Neboux in the Rev. Zoo4., 1840, p. 289. 

 The names read as follows : 



Columba tahitina for No. 2 = Colombe de Taiti from Taiti. 



gallapagina 3 — Cohimbi-Galline des Gallapagos. 



— forcipata 4 = Mouette a queue fourchue 



from Monterey. 

 nebui 5 = Geai de San Bias from San 



Bias. 



gallapaginus 7 = Tisserin des Gallapagos. 



Sterna cinerea 8 = Sterne cendre (S. G. Noddi) 



from the North Pacific 



Ocean. 



The Atlas to the Voyage of the Venus appeared later and 

 was succeeded by the letterpress, the birds being technically 

 described and arra^nged by Prevost and Des Murs. These 

 ornithologists recognised the names to be used (ignorant of 

 Haldemann's " contribution ") as : 



2. Kurukuru taitensis. 



3. Columbi-gallina gallapogoensis Neboux. 



4. Lams jurcatus Neboux. 



5. Pica sanhlasiana Lafresnaye 1842. 



7. Cactornis scandens Gould 1837. 



8. Stolida cinerea Neboux. 



The last ^i^med is the one that intervenes in Austral 

 literature, as it refers to a^ie Little Grey Noddy. The Austra- 

 lian form was named by Gould Anous cinereus, in the Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1845, p. 104, February 1846, and this had 

 apparent priority over the name Stolida cinerea " Neboux," 

 Prevost and Des Murs 1849. The proposal by Ilaldemann is 

 earUer than Gould's name and consequently invalidates it. In 

 1856 Bonaparte proposed for the Australian bird Procelsterna 

 albivitta, as he argued that Gould's name was unavailable 

 through the prior introduction of the v^ernacular by Neboux. 

 This was incorrect, but now Bonaparte's name becomes 

 valid through Haldemann's interference. Haldemann's name 

 (Larus) forcipata may be used for the Galapagos Fork-tailed 

 Gull, which has alwa,ys been known by Neboux's name of 



