390 APPENDIX. 



Tringa maritima. Tringa striata Linn., 17G6, used in the 

 former edition of the List, has been shown to refer to 

 the Redshank and not to tlie Purple Sandpiper ; also 

 T. maritima Brlinn. is earlier, dating from 1764. 



Tringa ferruginea. Briinnich's name for the Curlew-Sand- 

 piper has ten years' precedence over Giildenstadt's 

 Scolopax subarquata, which dates from 1774. 



Genus TRYNGITES. Type by original designation : T. ru- 

 fescens (Vieill.)= T. suhruficollis (VieilL). 



Tryngites subniflcollis. This bird was described by Vieillot 

 under two separate names on p. 465 and p. 470 of the 

 same volume. The former, T. subnificoUis, has, there- 

 fore, priority over the latter, 2\ rufescens, used in the 

 1st edition of the List. 



Genus CALIDRIS. Type by monotj-py : C. arenaria {Linn.). 



Calidris arenaria. Hartert (Hand-list of British Birds, 

 p. 173) has Tringa leucnj)luea, quoted from Vroeg's 

 Catalogue for the Sanderling. As mentioned already, 

 the Committee do not accept these names. 



Genus MACHETES. Type by originjil designation : M. pug- 

 nax (Linn.). Pavoncella is a generic name often used 

 for the Ruff. It was fir.'^t introduced by Leach (Syst. 

 Cat. Mamm. & B. Brit. Mus. 1816, p. 29), but is, as 

 there used, a "nomen nudum." Machetes Cuvier dates 

 from the following year. 



Genus EREUNETES. Type by monotypy : E. pusillus 

 (Linn.). 



Genus BARTRAMIA. Type by monotypy : B. longicauda 

 (Bechst.). This name has priority over Actituriis Bp., 

 which is known to date from 1832 (see Chlamydotis, 



p. 388). 



