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legitimately introduced. In order to justify our views we 

 quote the extract: " D'un autre cote, Moehring a applique 

 le nom de chenalopex, comnie terme generique, au grand 

 pingouin, alia impennis, Linn." We still maintain the name 

 has no validity at this point, as Moehring was a pre-Linnean 

 writer. The name .was, however, quite correctly introduced 

 by Vieillot in the Nouv. Diet, d'Hist, Nat,, Vol. I., p. 381, 

 1816, and Vol. XXIV., p. 132, 1818, as also given by 

 Richmond, and can be accepted from these quotations. 



Regultjs. 



This name is accepted as of Bartram, 1791, when it was 

 used in connection with the American Rubycrest, and must 

 be restricted to that species, which is certainly not congeneric 

 with the European Goldcrest. Richmond has recognised 

 this, confirming Miller's criticism (Auk, Vol. 32, p. 234, 1915). 

 The latter used Corthylis Cabanis for the American species, 

 leaving Regulus to the European species. The latter must 

 now be renamed, and Richmond has quoted Macgillivray's 

 citation of thirteen alternatives, also noting the earlier Orchilus 

 Morris. The latter has been rejected as a nomen nudum, so 

 that we select the first valid name mentioned by Macgillivray, 

 viz. Regillus. This seems a very good alternative. We 

 designate as type of Regillus the form Regulus regulus britannicus 

 Hartert, as this was the one handled by Macgillivray though 

 under the name Regulus auricapillus. Hence Regillus regulus 

 and Regillus regulus britannicus. 



We note, however, that Regillus was correctly introduced 

 in another connection in 1884, so that there may be discussion 

 regarding its validity. We therefore indicate as an apparently 

 valid substitute the next name in Macgillivray's list, viz. 

 Rex, and designate as type the same form Regulus regulus 

 britannicus Hartert, so that the names might then be Rex 

 regulus and Rex regulus britannicus. 



Pyrrhocorax. 



On p. 7 of the B.O.U. List this genus name is accredited to 

 Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 36, with type P. graculus Linn. • The 



