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associated the species Lacepede had differentiated under 

 the genera Circus and Buteo. 



On p. 454 he proposed Buteo plumipes, without reference 

 to any previous user, writing, " Cet oiseau, qui paroit etre 

 le falco pennatus de Gmel." and this introduction seems to 

 forbid the usage of Buteo plumipes, as of Hodgson, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1845, p. 37, in the Catalogue of Birds in 

 the British Museum, Vol. I., p. 180. 



In Vol. VI., p. 94, Dumont proposed Cacicus yapou as 

 a new name for Cacicus persicus Linn., Plan. Enlum. 184, as 

 the bird came from Brazil. We have not seen this synonym 

 in the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XL 

 At this time Vieillot's Monographs in the Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. were appearing, and that publication being pushed 

 forward rapidly Dumont took advantage of this and practically 

 bases his articles upon those of Vieillot. Dumont freely 

 exercised his judgment as to generic names, and thus many 

 new combinations are noted but very few new names. 



In Vol. X. Dumont proposed Colius quiriwa, p. 62, as 

 a new name for C. senegalensis Gmelin and C. erythromelon 

 Vieillot. This name is not cited in synonymy in the Catalogue 

 of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XVII. , p. 344, but Colius 

 quiriva Riippell 1845 is there given. 



In Vol. XL Dumont gives, p. 29, Ampelis ou Procnias 

 carnobarba Cuv. as an alternative to Ampelis variegata 

 Gmel. et Lath. : this synonym is not quoted in the Catalogue 

 of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XIV., p. 405. 



Later the Cuckoos are monographed, the nomination and 

 forms proposed by Vieillot being closely followed ; four new 

 names are proposed, two of which appear in the Catalogue 

 of Birds, and two do not, which is confusing. 



p. 127. Cuculus pusillus is introduced as follows : 

 " On trouve au Cabinet d'histoire naturelle de Paris deux 

 coucous sans denomination particuliere ; l'un, venant du 

 Port Jackson, est de la taille de la rousserole, et a la tete 

 grise, le dos brunatre, la queue rayee transversalement de 

 brun et de gris pale, le dessus du corps blanchittre, les pieds 



