No. 5.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 87 



S. s. melanorhyncha, wing 272, culmen 41, tarsus 21. 

 S. s. yorki, wing 260, culmen 35, tarsus 18. 



Type, Cape York, North Queensland. 



p. 58. Pagoa leschenafltii 

 must replace 

 Pagoa geoffroyi. 



The latter name has been preferred on the score of 

 priority, as Charadrius geoffroyi Wagler, 1827, was 

 one year earHer than Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 

 1828. The tables are now turned, as I find that Lesson 

 monographed the Plovers in the Diet. Sci. Nat. 

 (Levrault), Vol. XLIL, pubhshed in 1826. Conse- 

 quently the earhest reference to Charadrius sanguineus 

 Lesson should read Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XLIL, 

 p. 35, 1826 : this name appears in the synonymy of 

 Cirrepidesmus m. mongolus in my List (p. 58) ; the 

 earliest reference to Charadrius taitensis Lesson should 

 read Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XLIL, p. 35, 1826 : 

 this name is a synonym of Pluvialis dominicus fulvus of 

 my List (p. 57) ; while Charadrius marginatus Lesson 

 (a synonym of Leucopolius ruficapillus ruficapillus of 

 my List, p. 59) must also be quoted. Diet. Sci. Nat. 

 (Levrault), Vol. XLIL, p. 25, 1826. 



The prime reference in the present case reads — 



Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, Diet. Sci. Nat. 

 (Levrault), Vol. XLII;, p. 36, 1826. Pondicherry, India. 



An extra hmital correction would seem to be the 

 acceptance of Charadrius duvaucelii Lesson, Diet. Sci. 

 Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XLIL, p. 38, 1826 ; Calcutta, in 

 place of the commonly preferred Charadrius ventralis 

 Wagler, Syst. Avium. Charad., p. 59, 1827 ; a member 

 of the genus Hoplopoterus of the Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 Vol. XXIV. 



p. 60. Elseyornis, nom. no v. 

 must replace 

 Elseya Mathews, 



