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MOLINiEA. 



Jarocki separated four genera of Penguins, but got the 

 types confused, thus Spheniscus was used for patachonicus 

 GL., Aptenodytes for demersus GL., Catarrhactes for chrysocome 

 GL., and the new name Molincea for Aptenodytes chilensis GL. 

 It is probable that this name will later come into use, though 

 at the present time it is a doubtful number. Gmelin's species 

 was simply that of Molina, and this was classed by Ogilvie- 

 Grant in the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. 

 XXVI., p. 625, note, 1895, as a doubtful species, with the 

 explanation that Coues had determined it as the description 

 of the young of demersus, but that it might have referred to 

 humboldti, both of which were classed under Spheniscus Brisson. 

 It is possible that the South American " Spheniscus " are 

 separable from the South African form which is typical, in 

 which case Molincea would need consideration. 



Vestiaria. 



This name was proposed by Fleming, Phil. Zool., Vol. II. , 

 p. 246, 1822, for the same species as it was used by Jarocki. 

 It is recognised in the Catalogue of Birds in the British 

 Museum, Vol. X., p. 6, 1885, and the only alteration is that of 

 the authority, as Jarocki's name is a year earlier than Fleming's 

 usage. In this Journal, Vol. III., p. 123, 1917, we mentioned 

 under Melanitta Boie, a matter of chronology which was 

 unsettled. We here record a further item in our search for 

 exactitude and accuracy in this connection, viz. : in Froriep's 

 Notizen, No. 43 (No. 21 of Vol. II.), p. 335, for July, 1822, the 

 Philosophy of Zoology by J. Fleming is noticed. Until we 

 get definite evidence of its publication before May, Boie's name 

 must claim precedence. 



Remiz. 



In this Journal, Vol. III., p. 124, 1917, we recorded that 

 Taczanowski in 1862 used this name. Our conclusion is that 

 he used it as of Jarocki without explanation, as this name is 



