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vittata de Gmelin, decouvert par Forster," the two names 

 referred to two different birds relegated to two distinct genera. 

 Consequently Lesson's selection cannot be upheld. As above 

 noted, this item revealed my own error in the same case as I 

 had not noted the confusion and consequently the first type 

 designation of Prion Lesson ex Lacepede is that by Gray 1840. 

 However, prior to Lesson's recognition of Lacepede's indeter- 

 minable Prion, Bowdich has figured the head and bill from the 

 Paris specimen (Introd. Ornith. Cuvier, 1821, p. 78, pi. 21, 

 fig. 259 bis), but without naming it, simply writing: "Prions 

 Lacep. Pachyptila lUiger." 



p. 1. For Peronista peroni Rothschild read 



Peronista diemenianus (Jennings), Ornithologia, p. 382, 

 Nov. 1827 (Founded on Plate 36 of Peron's work) : Kangaroo 

 Island. 



p. 3. WIegapodius Gaimard 1823. Type (by subsequent 

 designation Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, p. 40, 

 1840), M. freycinet Gaimard. 



Add to the synonymy of Megapodius reinivardt 

 Megapodius tumulator Anon, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. L, Vol. IX., p. 339, June 1, 1842. 

 Megapodius tumulorum id. ih. 

 Megapodius tumulificus id. ih. 

 Alternate names for Gould's M. tumulus. 



p. 23. Pachyptila Illiger, 1811. Type (by subsequent desig- 

 nation Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen., Types Aves, p. 49, 1840), 

 P. forsteri Latham = P. vittata Gmehn. 



p. 31. Lestris Illiger, 1811. Type (by subsequent designa- 

 tion Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1863, pp. 124, 128), 

 L. parasiticus L. 



p. 55. Add to the synonymy of Anseranas semipalmata 

 Latham 



Chenogeranus australis Brown, Rep. Council Manchester 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, p. 4, Jan. 1842, nomen nudem. 



