No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 3 



No. 103, p. 138, April 29, 1835: New Holland (locality 

 designated Victoria.) 



Check List, p. 50, 



Add to synonymy of Spatherodia regia 



Plat ALE A melanorhynchus " Reichenbach " Pompper, 

 Die Saugethiere Vogel und Amphibien . . . geog. Verb. p. 33 

 (pref. Mch.) 1841, nom nud. 



(This suggests Reichenbach pubHshed his name still earlier, 

 so that it may yet prove to have priority over Grould's name. ) 



H. Pompper in his work " Die Saugethiere, Vogel und 

 Amphibien nach ihrer geographischen Verbreitung tabellarisch 

 zusammengesteUt," published in 1841, the preface dated 

 March, deahng with Austrahan birds, quoted p. 33, Platalea 

 melanorhynchus Reichenbach, Anas poecilothorax Reichenb. 

 and Pedionomus ocellatus Gould. The last named seems to be 

 due to a confusion of the two new genera Pedionomus and 

 Leipoa which had just been pubUshed by Gould, and using the 

 specific name of the last named with the first named genus 

 name omitted Leipoa altogether from his Essay. 



The quotation of Reichenbach in 1841 suggested the early 

 pubUcation by Reichenbach of the above names. There is a 

 tract in the Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) entitled " Praktisch- 

 gemeinnutzige Naturgeschichte der Vogel des In-und Auslandes 

 von H. G. L. Reichenbach." This is dated 1836 and is a 

 16-page list of pages, referring to published " Kupfersammlung, 

 erster Theil mit 408 Abbildungen der Schwimm vogel. " 



On the last page and the last numbers is noted 



" 407, 408. Die scheckbrustige Schopf-Ente. Anas pcecilo- 

 thorax Rchb. Canard morillon a poitiine tachetee." 



I have not yet seen the Kupfersammlung but the name is 

 here recorded so that we must look for it as apparently some 

 alteration will be necessary. 



Reichenbach also used his own Platalea melanorhynchus for 

 the Gouldian regia, and as he was a prioritarian it suggests the 

 earlier publication of Reichenbach's name in this case ako. 



