48 NOVITATBS ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



265. Clypeata brachyrhynchos Brehm = Spatula clypeata. 



Cly-peata hrachyrhynchos Brehm, Handh. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 879 (1831 — " Briitet ganz einzelri 

 im mittleren Deutschland , namentlich in der Gegend von Altenburg "). 



Type : 3 ad. in full eclipse, Oberlod near Altenburg, 5. vii. 1830. 



256. Callichen subru&ius Brehm = Netta rufina. 



Callichen snbrufinus Brehm, Handb. Nat. Vog. DeuiscM. p. 92i (1831 — " Auch sie bewohnt die 

 ungarischen Seen, Isommt mitten im Sommer bei Wien, im Herbste und Winter auf den sohweizer 

 Seen vor "). 



Type : S ad., Seefeld near Vienna, 10. vii. 1824. 



257. Aethya Islandica Brehm = Nyroca marila marila. 



Aethya Islandica Brehm, Isis, 1830. p. 998 (nomen nudum !) ; id., Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 911 (1831— Iceland). 



Type : S ad., Iceland, 4. v. 1822. 



258. Aethya leuconotos Brehm = Nyroca marila marila. 



Aethya leuconotos Brehm, Isis, 1830. p. 998 (nomen nudum .') ; id., Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 913 (1831 — Pommeranian coasts). 



Type : 3 ad., Riigen, iv. 1822. Schilling coll. 



259. Clangula scapularis Brehm = Bucephala islandica. 



Clangula scapularis Brehm, Isis, 1830. p. 999 (nomen nudum !) ; Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 932 (1831— "Island"). 



Type : o ad., Iceland, 2. v. 1828. 



260. Platypus Faberi Brehm = Clangula hyemalis. 

 Platypus Faberi Brehm, Lehrb. Naturg. eur. Vog. ii. p. 1004 (1824 — Greenland, Iceland). 

 Type : S ad., Iceland, 20. ii. 1820. (Probably collected by Faber.) 



261. Clangula megauros Brehm = Clangula hyemalis. 



Clangula megauros Brehm, Isis, 1830. p. 999 (nomen nudum !) ; id., Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 936 (1831 — Described as rare on the coasts of Pommerania). 



Type : S ad., Riigen, 10. xii. 1819. SchilUng leg. 



Brehm described the tail as very long and with 16 rectrices, instead of 14. 

 Unfortunately the tail of the type is now so much datnaged, that one cannot 

 see its length nor count the rectrices. 



262. Clangula musica Brehm = Clangula hyemalis. 



Clangula musica Brehm, Isis, 1830. p. 999 (nomen nudum I) id., Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 p. 937 (1831— December 1819, near Rugen). 



Type : <? ad., Riigen, November 1819. Schilling coll. Brehm, I.e., said 

 December 1819, but the label says November 1819 ; such contradictions are 

 however, not rare ; they were either caused by absent-mindedness when the 



