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1911, Dr. Van Oort reports the recognition of a copy of 

 Vroeg's Catalogue* in the Library of the Royal Zoological 

 Society of Amsterdam, and, pointing out that the same 

 names usually appear in the body of the Catalogue as are 

 used in the Adumbratiuncula, suggests the rejection of 

 the whole on the ground of anonymity. Moreover, he 

 indicates that the names used in the Adumbratiuncula, 

 and which have been exploited by Sherborn and Richmond 

 (Smithsonian Miscell. Collect. (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 47, 

 pp. 332-347, 1905), are preoccupied by the names in the 

 body of the Catalogue. I have had a copy of Vroeg's 

 Catalogue in my possession for the last eighteen months, 

 and I find that the majority of the names in the body are 

 nude, so that they do not preoccupy the names in the 

 Adumbratiuncula, and they cannot be rejected on the score 

 of anonymity, as Vroeg's name appears on the title-page. 



132a. Pterodroma macroptera albani, subsp. n. 

 Western Great- winged Petrel. 



Differs from P. m. gouldi in its smaller wing, about 

 310 mm. 



Type, Rabbit Island, South-west Australia, No. 9,031. 

 Range, South-west Australia. 



177A. LARUS NOViE-HOLLANDlJE ETHELiE, Subsp. n. 



Southern Silver Gull. 



Differs from L. n. novce-hollandice in its longer wing 

 (312 mm.). Typical birds have a wing 300 mm. 

 Type, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, No. 10,186. 

 Range, South Australia. e„ ■ ? ". Vj 



4- 209a. Charadrius cttcullatus torbayi, subsp. n. 

 Allied Hooded Dottrel. 

 Differs from C. c. tregellasi in having the back and 

 scapulars black. 



Type, Torbay, South-west Australia, No. 10,465. 

 Range, South-west Australia. 



* Three copies of this work are known, one in the library of the 

 Linnean Society, London, one in the Leyden Museum, and a third in 

 my library at Watford. 



