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App. p. 449, No. 15. Alter to — 



Lalage leucopyga leucopyga. 



The species-name used was based on Muscicapa 

 naevia Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 994, 1789 ; New Caledonia : 

 but Oberholser (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1899, p. 214) 

 has pointed out that this is preoccupied by Boddaert, 

 Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 34, 1783, and that Lalage 

 montrosieri Verreaux et Des Murs, Rev. Mag. de Zool. 

 1860, p. 431, would replace it for the New Caledonian 

 bird. This leaves Gould's leucopygus as the oldest 

 name in the group, and this consequently becomes the 

 species-name. 



Extra-hmital species-name. 



While compiling the preceding, I noted that for a New 

 Caledonian bird the name Eopsaltria flavigasterYevTesiux 

 would appear to be in common use. In the Handlist, 

 Sharpe amended this to E. flaviventris for the sake of 

 purism only. I have examined the species and it seems 

 to be a true Eopsaltria, using that genus-name in its 

 most restricted sense. The type of Eopsaltria is Motacilla 

 australis White, which name is given priority over 

 Todus flavigaster Latham, though both appeared in the 

 same year. Latham afterwards named this bird Sylvia 

 flavigastra and also Muscicapa flavigastra, all inde- 

 pendently given. It is quite possible that Latham's 

 name might come into use, but in any case Verreaux's 

 name would appear to be untenable. I would therefore 

 propose that Eopsaltria flavigaster Verreaux (not Latham) 

 be re-named as — 



Eopsaltria verreauxi, nom. nov. 



Sharpe's emendation, given for purist reasons only, 

 cannot be considered, as Latham's name is open to the 

 same kind of emendation. 



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