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233. Circus aquaticus Brfehm = Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus. 

 Circus aquaticus Brehm, Isis, 1832. p. 838 (Siebleber Teioh bei Gotha). 

 Type : S ad., Siebleber Teioh near Gotha, 20. iv. 1830. 



234. Circus nigripennis Brehm = Circus cyaneus cyaneus. 

 Circus nigripennis Brehm, Vogdfang, p. 33 (1855 — Greece). 



Type : (J ad., Greece, 29. xii. 1845. Probably collected by A. Lindermayer. 



1 235. Circus pallens Brehm = Circus cyaneus cyaneus. 

 Circus pallens Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 33 (1865 — Described as migratory in Germany). 



Type: <? ad., Roda, 4. iv. 1844. C. L. Brehm leg. 



(It may be remarked that the name Circus cinereus Brehm [nee Vieillot 

 1816 !] was first published in Ornis, iii. p. 16. 1827, not 1831.) 



236. Haliaetos funereus Brehm 1856 = Haliaetus albicilla* 

 Haliaetos funereus A. E. Brehm, Naumannia, 1856. p. 206 (Egypt). 



Type : <J ad., Lake Menzaleh, 2. vi. 1849. (A. E. Brehm leg. ?) 



237. Falco vesparum Brehm = Pernis apivorus afivorus. 

 Falco vesparum Brehm, Ornis, ii. p. 25 (1826 — " Wandert im August durch Deutsohland "). 



Type : (J ad., Renthendorf, August. C. L. Brehm leg. 



(This is one of the specimens, on which the original, more detailed, label has 

 been replaced by a new one in more general terms, by a person unknown, but 

 doubtless of an almost criminal ornithological ignorance.) 



238. Circaetus orientalis Brehm = Cir cactus gdllicus gallicus. 



Circaetus orientalis Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 11 (1865), Allg. D. Naturh. Zeit. 1856. p.5 (1. i. 1857 on the 

 Blue Nile). 



Type : " (J ad." (teste E. A. Brehm, altered to $ by 0. L. Brehm), Sennaar 

 on Blue Nile, 1. i. 1857, A. E. Brehm leg. Wing 515 mm. 



(Among the specimens of Otogyps auricularis (rectius Torgos tracheliotus !) 

 collected by A. E. Brehm near Khartum are probably the types of Otogyps 

 pennatus, but the specimens which are named pennatus on their labels do not 

 agree with the description. Otogyps pennatus Brehm is not a nomen nudum, but 

 fiilly described, from specimen shot by A. E. Brehm near Khartum, in the 

 Allg. D. Naturh. Zeit. 1856. p. 2.) 



* The following alterations of dates are necessary : 



Faho gaUinarum Brehm, Orrns, iii. p. 2 (1827 — Germany) is earlier than Astur gallinarum, 1831. 



Falco fringillarum Brehm, Ornis, iii. p. 3 (1827 — Germany) antedates Nisus fringillarum of 1831. 



Aquila Islandica Brehm, Ornis, iii. p. 17 (1826 — "Island, wandert durch Danemark") is to 

 be quoted instead of Haliaetos lalandicus, 1831, also Aqwila Groenlandica Brehm, Ornis, ii. p. 18 

 (1826) instead of Hal. Groenl. 1831. 



Falco vesparum Brehm, Ornis, ii. p. 25 (1826 — " Wandert durch Deutschland ") is to be added 

 to the synonyms of Pernis apivovus apivorus. 



Falco longipes Nilsson, Orn. Svec. i. p. 18, pi. i. (1817 — Lapland; teste Boie, who examined 

 the ty^e specimen), is a further synonym of Circaetus gallicus. 



Aquila fluviatilis Brehm, Ornis, ii. p. 20 (1826 — Germany), Pandion fasciatum, id., Isis, 1842. 

 pp. 425. 435 (5 juv. caught on board ship at 17° lat. and 71° long.), Pandion medium Brehm, Isis, 

 1842. pp. 425. 430, Pandion albigulare, id;. I.e., p. 425, P. albicolle, p. 433 (Egypt and Nubia), must 

 be added to the synonyms of Pandion haliaetus haliaetua. 



