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5. The quotations from Beckstein under Calidris arenaria, p. 526, are 

 incorrect. Instead of Arenaria vulgaris, Orn. Tasckenb., p. 464a, it should be 

 462a, and it is better to add " vol. ii." Instead of Arenaria grisea Bechst., Naturg. 

 Deutschi, iii., it should be iv. (see above). 



Calidris tringoides Vieillot, Gal. Ois. p. 95, appears in vol. ii., not vol. iii. 

 as quoted by Sharpe — and Reicheuow. 



6. Under Limonites minutilla we find Tringa nana Lichtenstein, and " Tringa 

 georgica " ; the former should be Pelidna nana, while the latter does not appear at 

 all in the page and work quoted. 



7. Under Limonites damacensis we find " Tringa damacensis Taczanowski nee 

 Horsf." This happens to be correct, as Horsfield's damacensis is not Midclendorff's 

 subminuta, and not the bird described by Sharpe, I.e. ; but since the latter accepted 

 the name damacensis, the words " nee Horsf." are senseless. 



8. Under Ancylochilus subarquatus (p. 586) the following corrections must be 

 made : Scolopax subarquata appears in Gmelin's work on page 658, not 568. 

 Latham's " Cape Curlew " is found in the Gen. Syn. iii. 1, p. 126, not vol. i. 



9. Under Tringa canutus (p. 593) we find " Tringa cinerea nee Linn.," but 

 Linne never described a Tringa cinerea, as far as I am able to find out. Tringa 

 australis should in my opinion not be quoted as a synonym of T. canutus, as the 

 description of the tail does not agree, the latter not being of the same colour as 

 the wings. ■-„.. 



10. The first quotation of Pelidna sckinzii Brehm is not " Vog. Deutschl." 

 1831, but " Beiträge zur Vogelkunde,"^. 355, 1822 ! 77T 



11. Numenius pusillus Beckstein, Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschi. iv. p. 152, 

 appears twice, on p. 586 as a synonym of Ancylochilus subarquatus, and on 

 p. 612 as a synonym of Limicola platyrhyncha. There is no doubt that Bechstein 

 did not understand very well all the plumages of the various Sandpipers, etc., and 

 on p. 153 he says himself that in his Orn. Taschenb. he mixed N. pusillus up 

 with " Numenius pygmeus " of p. 148, which is Erolia alpina, though the quotations 

 refer to E. ferrugineal (Latham's " Numenius pygmaeus" is certainly E. ferru- 

 ginea, being based on his "Pygmy Curlew.") 



The description of Bechstein's Numenius p>usillus — mark among others the first 

 words " Der breitgedrückte Schnabel " — refers to the Limicola platyrhyncha auct., 

 and the figure which he quotes, i.e. Job. Andr. Naumann's Tab. x., Nachträge, 

 depicts that species beautifully, and by no means Erolia ferruginea. Bechstein 

 also says that the same kind was meant by his figure in the Orn. Taschenb. ii. 

 pi. 21 ; and for that we have to accept his statement, as the plate is not at all good, 

 and quite discoloured, the white having become pinkish brown-grey, in consequence 

 of lead being used in its manufacture. 



The name N. pusillus must therefore be quoted under the " Broad-billed 

 Sandpiper," and not under the " Curlew Sandpiper." In fact it would have the 

 priority, according to the Code by which the nomenclature in the Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. was regulated. It is true that Sharpe added " nee Linn.," but the name 

 Numenius pusillus does not occur in the works of Linnaeus ! The still earlier 

 name Numenius pygmaeus Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 277, pi. 21 (1802) is, 

 as I have said above, partially referable to Limicola ; and Bechstein, in 1809, tells 

 us that his figure was meant for the latter, but the description suits Erolia alpina, 

 best. This name is antedated by Numenius pygmaeus Latham, as correctly stated 

 by Sharpe, who, nevertheless, failed to quote the latter ! Numenius Pygmaeus 



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