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spinoletta Linn6, as that species does not occur at the places 

 quoted. The lumping of all the species under Anthus, in the 

 B.O.U. List, is illogical and indefensible, especially as the 

 Larks are divided into genera upon smaller differences. 

 Lullula seems to be a very indeterminate genus from the 

 viewpoint of a genus lumper, yet it is admitted by Hartert. 



Motacilla nisoria Bechstein, Kurzgefasste Gemeinpriitz. 

 Naturgesch. des In-und Austandes fur Schulen, Vol. I., 

 Abth. 1, 1792, p. 537 {fide Richmond, Proc. United 

 States Nat. Mus., 53, p. 614. 1917). (B.O.U. List, 

 p. 69.) 



Squatarola Cuvier, Regne Animal, Vol. I., p. 467, 181-6. 



Type (by tautonymy) : Tringa squatarola Linne. At the 

 reference given in the B.O.U. List this is a nomen nudum. 



