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American ornithologists, since the publication of the 

 Catalogue of Birds, have made other alterations due to the 

 recognition of Boddaertian names, as Wilsonia citrina ex 

 Muscicapa citrina Boddaert, Vireo griseus ex Tanagra grisea 

 Boddaert, while Sayornis phoebe Latham is used instead of 

 Empidias fuscus, based on Muscicapa jusca Gmelin not 

 Boddaert 1783 nor Miiller 1776. Muscicapa carolinensis 

 Boddaert, Motacilla senegallensis Boddaert and Certhia viridis 

 Boddaert have not concerned us much, as all these names 

 are invalid : the first-named seems an obvious synonym of 

 Tyr annus tyr annus Linne. 



Although we have attempted to account for all the names 

 hitherto determined as well as overlooked, we do not claim 

 absolute completeness, and we are sure anyone who attempts 

 to check our work will absolve us for errors committed in the 

 examination of this perplexing work. As an instance we 

 quote a name which attracted us at the last moment, viz., 

 "p. 7. PI. 115, f. 2, Fringilla jusca Linn., 112.32." This 

 indicates that this is a Linnean name, but it seemed unfamiliar 

 and recourse to Sherborn's Index Animalium did not disclose 

 such a name. Reference to Linne shows that he called his 

 species 112.32 Fringilla bengalus, and this means that 

 Fringilla fusca is a new name proposed by Boddaert. 

 Should other cases occur, they will be very difficult of 

 recognition. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO MY 

 REFERENCE LIST. 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



p. 76. AUSTROTIS AUSTRALIS MELVILLENSIS, Subsp. 11. 



Differs from A. a. derbyi in being more blue-grey above 

 and also in being larger. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, 3rd June, 1912. 



