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There is here no complication, but we see plenty in the next 

 trinomial to be dealt with. 



Fringilla dominicana cristata. 



This name is given on p. 7, followed by " mihi," to pi. 103- 

 The name was not accepted by Sherbom, nor does it appear 

 in the Cat. Birds. For the bird there figured the name 

 Paroaria cucullata (Latham) is used (p. 809), and this name 

 is maintained in Brabourne and Chubb 's List of the Birds 

 of South America, p. 385. The basis of this name is Loxia 

 cucullata Latham 1790, and this name is invalid on account 

 of the prior Loxia cucullata Boddaert, p. 24, and Loxia 

 cucullata Muller 1776. Consequently the Paroaria must 

 become known as 



Paroaria cristata (Boddaert). 



Other errors in connection with the names Loxia cucullata 

 Boddaert and Muller which can be seen in the Catalogue of 

 Birds appear to be rectified in Brabourne and Chubb's List, 

 though the usage of Sporophila collaris (p. 366) based on 

 Loxia collaris Boddaert while there is a prior Loxia collaria 

 seems a dubious expedient. 



TURTUR AFRA. 



This name appearing on p. 10 serves as the first introduction 

 of the genus-name Turtur. We would emphasize the fact 

 that one of us first indicated this in the Nov. Zool., Vol. XVII., 

 p. 503, 1910, and when Hartert accepted this emendation 

 in the Hand-List of British Birds, by Hartert, Jourdain, 

 Ticehurst and Witherby, p. 161, 1912, he omitted in the 

 footnote to indicate the source of his information. This 

 omission has led Stuart Baker in his valuable work on Indian 

 Pigeons and Doves, 1913, p. 183, to credit Hartert himself 

 with this correction. 



Merula. 



This name is not yet settled with. It has comparatively 

 recently been rejected in favour of Pla?iesticus, as it was 

 regarded as first proposed in 1816. In the Auk, Vol. XXXI. , 



