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of these names are discussed by Hellmayr when he 

 made use of MuUer's name for a subspecies of Lalage 

 nigra (Forster). 



CEnanifie gutturalis Vieillot, according to Pucheran, 

 might have come from Timor, but its identity was not 

 determined by him. Hellmayr does not mention it in 

 any connection. 



Platyrhynchos rufiventris Vieillot was identified by 

 Pucheran, and as he gave a coloured figure it came into 

 use and is included by Hellmayr. 



(Enanthe pyrrhonota Vieillot, Nouv. Diet., Vol. XXI., 

 p. 428, was described from " Nouvelle HoUande." It 

 was omitted by me from my Appendix, but Pucheran 

 stated it came from Timor and was a female of Motacilla 

 caprata Linne. Hellmayr, however, does not use this 

 name for the Timor bird, and as no discussion is given, 

 I do not know whether he doubts Pucheran's determina- 

 tion. On p. 27 he uses Saxicola pyrrhonota MuUer, 1843, 

 for a different bird, but that usage seems to be barred 

 by Vieillot's name. 



(Enanthe melanoleuca Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat., Vol. XXL, p. 435, 1818 : Timor was identified 

 by Pucheran as Certhionyx variegatus Lesson ; but this 

 error was soon rectified and Hellmayr has used it as 

 the basis of his Oreicola melanoleuca. 



Hellmayr also on p. 41 has used Artamus perspicillatus 

 Bonaparte for a Timor Wood-Swallow. For an Australian 

 species, Artamus cinereus Vieillot was commonly used 

 until I rejected it on account of its description from 

 Timor and my inability to separate from the descriptions 

 Vieillot's and Bonaparte's species. Hellmayr does not 

 discuss my action, so I can only conjecture that he has 

 overlooked this also. 



On p. 80 Hellmayr has included as a Timor bird 

 Geoffroyus personatus personatus Shaw. He does not 

 include in his synonymy Psittacus geoffroyi Bechstein 

 which I have recently shown to be the correct name, 

 as Bechstein's name was published in 1811, whereas 

 Shaw's did not appear until 1812. It is unfortunate 



