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I introduced the latter name in the Birds of Australia, 

 Vol. II., pp. 125, 135, 1913, for Charadrius melanops 

 Vieillot, but through an unfortunate oversight did not 

 recognise its invalidity by its prior use by Grandidier, 

 Revue de Zool., p. 232, 1867. The species name must 

 read Elseyornis melanops, the two subspecies admitted 

 being Elseyornis m. melanops and E. m. russatus. 



p. 76. To the synonymy of Austrotis a. australis add 



Otis novcehollandice Leichhardt, Journ. Overl. Exp. 

 Austr., p. 260, 1847 ; nomen nudum. 



p. 77. Mathewsena Iredale. This Vol. ante, p. 82, 

 must replace 

 Mathewsia of the same writer. 



The species name will be Mathewsena ruhicunda and 

 the subspecies Mathewsena r. rubicunda and M. r. argentea. 



To the synonymy of the former add — ^o.^ 



Grus antarctica IlHger, Abhandl. Ak. Wissen Munch., 

 p. 230, 1816 : New South Wales. 



p. 78. Under the species Plegadis falcinellus add 

 brackets to the reference given and then add — 



Plegadis falcinellus peregrinus. Australian 

 Glossy Ibis. 



Ibis peregrina Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., 

 p. 159, 1855 : Celebes. 



Range, Australia and Tasmania. Extra Hmital. 



p. 80. To the synonymy of the genus Egretta add — 



Herodias Boie, Isis 1822, p. 559. Type, A. garzetta 

 Linne. 



p. 81. Casmeroditjs Gloger 

 must replace 

 Herodias Boie. 



The reviewer in the Auk, Vol. XXXI., p. 410, July, 

 1914, has pointed out that prior to Gray's designation 

 in 1855 of Ardea egretta as type of Herodias the same 



