No. 5.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 113 



AVIAN NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES. 

 By Gregory M. Mathews and Tom Iredale. 



The publication by Dr. C. W. Richmond of his Third List 

 of Generic Names applied to Birds has once again indicated 

 emendations in current acceptances, and we here put 

 forward the apparent alterations in connection with Australian, 

 Neozelanic and British names. We take this course as we 

 find many workers do not study Richmond's excellent Lists, 

 though they may accept corrections thrust before their eyes. 

 Our friend has dealt with some problems we put forward, and 

 which we did not feel competent to definitely determine. 

 Nevertheless, he has left for our disposal certain names he 

 has recorded, which we herewith discuss. We also note 

 other items not due to Richmond's paper, but which come 

 under the heading given above, but are of even more general 

 interest. We hope this article will receive better attention 

 than our friend's list, as we emphasize the alterations which 

 appear necessary. As instance, Richmond in 1908 pointed 

 out that Torgos of Kaup should replace Otogyps Gray, and 

 that the species name tracheliotus Forster was older than 

 auricularis Daudin. Yet in 1912 Hartert, monographing 

 the Palsearctic birds, utilised Otogyps auricularis Daudin, 

 without any reference to Richmond's advice. It is quite 

 possible that other alterations shown to be necessary by 

 Richmond in the 1902 and 1908 papers have not been made 

 use of, but we here deal only with those suggested to us by 

 the 1917 paper. 



We would emphasize the fact that these are simply notes 

 that have cropped up during other investigations, and that 

 we here propose no detailed criticism of the B.O.U. List, 

 but as we are more or less interested in the acceptance of a 

 uniform nomenclature we record these for consideration. 



