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Genus TOTANUS. Type by tautonymy : 7'. totanus Linn. 



Totamis totanus. The Redshank is described under tliis 

 name in the 10th edition oE Linnseus but not in the 

 12tb, in which it appears as Tringa calidris. 



Totanus fuscus. The Spotted Eedshank was named Scolopa.v 

 fusca by Linnaeus in the 12tb edition, but in the lOtli 

 edition Scolopax fusca is an Ibis, Tantalus fuscits. Tlie 

 Spotted Redshank appears as Scolopa.v erythropus in 

 Vroeg's Catalogue, 17G4, p. 6, but as this work is not 

 accepted, Scolopax maculaia Tunstall (Orn. Brit. 1771, 

 p. 3), is the oldest name. T. fuscus is, therefore, a 

 " nomen conservandum." 



Tetanus nebularius. The Greenshank has had manv names 

 assigned to it, but that given by Bisho[) Gunnerus 

 appears to be the oldest and most satisfactory. Other 

 well-known names are Scolopax glottis Latham, 1787, and 

 S. canescens Gmel., 1789, both oE wliich are subsequent 

 to that yiven by Gunnerus, which dates from 1767. 



Totanus ochropus. That Linnseus' spelling ocroplius is a 

 misprint can be ensily proved by refering to the older 

 authors Ray and Willuj^hby quoted by him. 



Genus MACEOEHAMPHITS. Type by monotypy : M. griseus 

 (Gmel.). Gotthelf Fischer, in ' Zoognosia,' 3rd ed. 

 'vol. i. 1813, p. 91, gives Macrorliamplms Lacepede for 

 a genus of fishes. Lacepede's original spelling is 

 Macroliavipliosus. The Commiitee have decided that 

 they would regard Fischer's quotation of Lacepede as 

 a misprint and not an emendation, so that Forster's 

 usage for the Red-breasted Snipe may stand. 



Genus LIMOSA. Type by tautonymy : L. limosa (Linn.). 



Limosa limosa. Linnaeus gave two names to the Black- 

 tailed God wit — Scolopax limosa and S. cegocephala ; 

 the former is the first one printed, and has priority. 



