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whicli Billberg classed in the Otidides. It is not 

 included in Richmond's list, though it might have been 

 on account of the strange spelling, though only as a 

 nomen nudum. A pencilled note (probably by Richmond) 

 suggests that it is a misprint for (Edicnemus. 



Another interesting nomen nudum not mentioned by 

 Richmond, is the genus Peristera, ex Aristoteles, in the 

 family Columbceides. This is earlier than Selby's intro- 

 duction which has comparatively recently been shown to 

 be anticipated by Peristera Rafinesque for a mollusc. 



Ortyx, ex Xenocrates, is preferred to Ortygis Illiger, 

 but that name had been previously used by Oken, so 

 it is doubly invalid. 



Classical emendations which vary little from the 

 original names, but which nevertheless should be care- 

 fully noted, are Penelophe, Urax, Craxa, Trynga, Poly- 

 plectrus, Neomenius, and Psopha. 



A few names were introduced for definite species 

 or groups, with vernaculars only known to Billberg. 

 Such are Ancistroa for Columba curvirostra Gmelin, 

 Aegyps for Temia Vaillant, JEgithalus for Les Moustaches 

 Cuv,, Struthus for Les Remiz Cuv., and Conopoderas 

 for Turdus longirostris Gmel. The last named is avail- 

 able, antedating Tatare Lesson ; Struthus would have 

 been, but it is preoccupied : the others are invalid on 

 account of earlier proposals. Bremus for Argus Temm. 

 is preoccupied, otherwise it would come into use through 

 the fact that Argus Temm. is also preoccupied. 



Two names are now commonly in use : N annus, 

 proposed for " Troglodytes Cuv.," as it has been shown 

 that Cuvier's genus is not the same as the one named 

 earlier by VieiUot ; Tyto for 8trix Savigny is also accepted, 

 as Savigny's restriction of Strix was unavailable owing 

 to the fact that the species selected by Savigny was 

 not one of the Linnean species of Strix. 



When the text of Billberg's book is consulted, we find 

 that his work was most carefully done, as there (p. 116) 

 Billberg uses Strix fiammea for the Short-eared Oivl, and 



