34 NOVITATBS ZOOIOGIOAB XXV. 1918. 



171. Petxocossyphns Gourcyi Brehm = Monticola saxatilis* 

 Petrocossyphus Gourcyi Brehm, Handb. Nat. Vog. DeutscM. p. 370 (1831—" Lebt in Italien und 

 Osterreich." Described from cage-bird). 



Type : <? ad. Died in cage in possession of Count Gourcy-Droitaumont in 

 Vienna, 20. vi. 1826. Caught near Triest. 



172. Vitifiora paradoxa Brehm == Oenanthe deserti deserti. 

 Vitiflora paradoxa Brehm, Vogelfang,- p. 224 (1855—" Verirrfc sich aus Aegypten nach Sudeuropa." 

 Terra typica Egypt. Brohm only saw specimens from Upper Egypt and Nubia, and its occur- 

 rence iia Europe was, as in many cases, only his imagination, mentioned in order to justify liis 

 introduction of the species into the Voi/elfang). 

 Type : c? ad., Assuan, Upper Egypt, March 1850. Oskar Brehm leg. 



*173. Vitiflora leucopyga Brehm = Oenanthe leucopyga kucopyga. 

 Vitiflora leucopyga Brehm, p. 225 (1856— Egypt and South Europe— the latter imagination. Ex 

 Paul de Wiirttemberg MS.). 

 Type : <? ad., Nubia, 30. iii. 1850. 



174. Dromolaea leucocephala A. E. Brehm = Oenanthe leucopyga leucopyga. 



Dromolaea leucocephala A. E. Brehm, Journ. /. Orn. 1858. p. 62 (" Ober-Agypten. Nubien, Sinaihalb- 

 insel "). 

 Types : S ? ad., pair, Assuan, Upper Egypt, 21. ii. 1852, A. E. Brehm leg. 



175. Luscinia eximia Brehm = Luscinia luscinia (L.)"j" 



Lus-inia eximia Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 14-1 (1855 — Ungarn). 

 Type c ^ Budapest, 13. ix. 1838. 



176. Luscinia hybrida Brehm = Luscinia luscinia (L.). 

 Luscinia hybrida Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 145 (1855 — Polen). 



Type : <J Poland, killed in captivity, 11. viii. 1838. 



177. Accentor major Brehm = Prunella collaris collaris. 



Accentor major Brehm, Handb. Nat. Vog. Deutschl. p. 1008 (1831 — " Nordseite der deutschen 

 Alpen "). 



Type : 3 ad., cage- bird from North Tyrol, died in Vienna 1829. 



*178. Accentor subalpinus Brehm = Prunella collaris subalpina. 

 Accentor subalpinus Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 1009 (1831 — Dalmatia). 

 Type : S ad., Dalmatia, 30. iv. 1828. 



* To the synonyms of Monticola solitarius soUtariue ( Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 674) must be added : 



Petrocossyphus MichahelUa Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 1007 (1831 — Dalmatia). 

 This is another of the hitherto overlooked Brehmian names, showing how carelessly his works have 

 been regarded. 



f This is the pMlomela of former and obstinate recent authors. To the synonyms of L. mega- 

 rhynchos must be added : Luscinia Itala Brehm and Gourcy-Droitaumont, Handb. Stuben-und 

 Hausvog. p. 74 (1832— Italy). 



To the synonyms of Phoeniourus ochruros gibraltariensia add : Phaeca Nilssoni Billberg, Syn. 

 Faun. Scand. p, 64 (1838 — J^^ew name for fitye auct.). 



