152 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. IV, 



with Wiegmann's Archiv. in 1845 and therein appear Rallina 

 and Corethrura. 



A long list of species is attached to the former, of which 

 the first is fasciata, the species named as type by Gray in 

 1846, so that Mathews's conclusions remain unaffected. Three 

 species are included under Corethrura : elegans, dimidiata and 

 jardinii. 



Probably some other species names need consideration 

 from this place, the ones referring to Australian birds being : — 



Sterna gouldii, based on fig. 829. 



Larus australis, plate i., Lxvb, 1077. 



Platalea melanorhynchos , lxxxiv, 424 ; and possibly 



Xiphidiorhynchus. 



Anarhynchus alhifrons also occurs for the first time. 



BODDAERT'S HIDDEN NAMES. 



When we wrote up Boddaert's Tabl. Planch. Enlum. we drew 

 attention in the last paragraph to such hidden names as 

 Fringilla fusca Linn, when no such name had been proposed 

 by Linne. Referring to the book recently, we noted an in- 

 stance of such a hidden name that necessitates an alteration, 

 as follows : — ■ 



"p. 12, pi. 202. 1, Fringilla canariensis Linn. Gen. 

 112, 23." 



Linne did not use the above name, but some years later 

 Vieillot proposed the Boddaertian name for quite a different 

 species and Vieillot 's name is at present in use as Fringilla 

 coelebs canariensis. This must now be discarded, and the 

 Canary Island Finch be known as Fringilla coelebs tintillon 

 Webb Berthelot and Mociuin Tandon, from Hartert's 

 synonymy. 



BRITISH BIRD NAMES. 



As we have been appointed to the Committee to deal with 

 the Birds of the British Islands, apparently for our ability to 

 deal with nomenclatural troubles, it has seemed necessary to 

 scan the Official List as to corrections more or less apparent 



