THE AUSTRAL AYIAIS 

 RECORD. 



A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL DEVOTED PRIMARILY 

 TO THE STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AVIFAUNA. 



Vol. II., No. 5. 



September 24th, 1914, 



CONTENTS. 



The Genus-name Mathewsia 



Additions to my List 



Geopelia shoetridgei 



New Genera 



Notes on Kermadec Island Birds 

 Plumage Changes ... 



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ON THE GENUS-NAME MATHEWSIA. 



By Tom Iredale. 



Some three years ago I proposed the above genus name 

 for the group commonly called. Antigone Reichenbach, 

 arguing that that name was preoccupied. I searched 

 the Nomenclators, and accepting the International 

 Rules and Recommendations, considered my name 

 unassailable, as no prior use was indicated. 



Recently I have noted that a genus of Coleoptera 

 had been named Matthewsia by Saulcy (Catal. Coleop., 

 Vol. II., p. 745, 1868) and a Matthewsium (Flach, Verh. 

 Zool. bot. Wien, Vol. XXXIX., p. 494) also existed. 



Though there can be no argument that these names 

 are different, having been introduced to honour different 

 workers, the differences are too slight for practical 

 purposes. Therefore, abrogating the recommendation as 

 suggested by the American Ornithologists' Union 



