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in the British Museum, Vol. XX., p. 454, as synonyms of 

 M. duperreyi Lesson and Garnot, Bull. Sci. Nat., Vol. VIII., 

 p. 113, 1826. Dumont's introduction has three years' priority 

 over Lesson's, and the name Megapodius reinwardt Dumont 

 must displace M. duperreyi Lesson. 



The type -locality needs investigation as the bird does not 

 live at Amboina. The name M. reinwardti Wagler has been 

 associated with the Aru Island bird, and in the British 

 Museum Catalogue two specimens from the Lidth de Jeude 

 collection, one of which was labelled Amboina, the other 

 with no locality. A note is given to this effect: "Both 

 these specimens are exactly similar to birds from the Aroe 

 Islands, and probably came from that locality." We would 

 therefore fix as the type -locality of 31. reinwardt Dumont 

 the Aru Islands, Amboina being an error. 



We would note that Finsch, New Guinea, p. 180, 1865, 

 included — 

 Megapodius reinwardtii Wagl. Lombok, Flo res, 



,, rubripes Tern. ... New Guinea, Aru Island 



and Ke Island, 



being unaware that these two names referred to the same 

 bird, and he did not mention Megapodius duperreyi Lesson. 



In Vol. XXXL, p. 554 Pyrgita mariposa was proposed by 

 Dumont as a new name for Fringilla bengalensis Latham. 

 This synonym is not included in the Catalogue of Birds, 

 Vol. XIII., p. 400. 



In Vol. XL. appears a monograph of the genus Picus by 

 Valenciennes, and this is carefully incorporated in the 

 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XVIII. We 

 note, however, that Picus erythrops (p. 178) is used for a 

 species of Ceophlmus and this usage is still seen in Brabourne 

 and Chubb's List of the Birds of South America, 1912, p. 178, 

 whereas there is a prior Picus erythropis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. 

 d'Hist, Nat., Vol. XXVI., p. 98, 181% 



Three new species of Lanius are introduced by Valenciennes 

 on pp. 225-8, viz., L. melanoletjcos, vittatus and melanotis. 



