150 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. IV, 



furcatus. American literature credits this to the Voy. Venus 

 Zool. Atlas, pi. 10, 1842, where the Latin name occurs, but we 

 have not traced the date of publication of these plates. 



In the Bibliographie de la France for November 30, 1844, 

 under No. 6011, is a note which states " et il doit y avoir 

 quinze livraisons de planches pour la Zoologie, dont cinq 

 paraissient," but nothing is said as to the contents. If it 

 be true that the plates were published in 1842, then Gould's 

 name has all along been incorrectly used, as Stolida cinerea 

 appears on plate 9, but Neboux's name would not become 

 valid, as Lafresnaye's name of tereticollis appeared in 1841. 



In the Bericht. Naturg. Vogel. Jahres 1844 (Wiegmann's 

 Archiv. Naturg.), appears the following: " Der zoologische 

 Atlas von Du Petit Thouors voy. autour du Monde sur la 

 Fregatte Venus enthalt bis jetzt im seinen 6 Lieferungen 

 von Vogeln folgende Abbildungen ; 1, Lieferung . . . Stolida 

 cinerea, tab. 9. 2, Lieferung, Larus fucatus, tab. 10." 



Consequently, whatever be the fate of Larus furcatus there 

 can be no doubt about the rejection of Gould's Anous cinereus. 



ANTHUS GRAYI BR 



In the Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 249 (June) 1850, Bona- 

 parte included " A{nthus) grayi Bp. {Alauda novcezelandice. 

 var. j3 Lath.) Portlock's Voy. t. in p. 38 ex Oceania. Minor." 

 Through a mistake Ihis name was included by us in the 

 synonymy of Anthus novceseelandice (Gmelin), but upon 

 recently rechecking this item we found that Portlock's plate 

 was of the Falkland Island Pipit and a good description was 

 given, and then it seemed to be a variety of the New Zealand 

 Lark. Apparently it was Latham's error, which has never 

 been investigated before, as he erroneously gave the locality 

 as New Zealand. Buller and other writers have elaborated 

 this with fiction, adding Queen Charlotte's Sound as the type 

 locality and Forster as the describer of the form which Bona- 

 parte named, whereas the item quoted above is the sole 

 information and Port lock does not mention Forster nor Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound. Bonaparte's name may invalidate Anthus 



