12 NOVTTATBS ZOOLOGICAB XXV. 1918. 



Renthendorf in the winters of 1816, 1819, and 1827. There are now only three 

 with the name ''subpytiopsittacus" on the labels, from 1817 and 1834, and 

 even if the name should have been altered there could not be eight, and no 

 adult male that could be called " type." 



22. Crucirostra brachyrhynchos Brehm = Loxia pytyopsittacus. 

 Crucirostra brachyrhynchos Brehm, Naumannia, 1853. p. 185 (" Er besucht nur zuweilen, wie im 

 Winter 1818-19, die hiesige Gegend "). 



Type : S ad., Renthendorf, ii. 1819. C. L. Brehm leg. 

 23. Crucirostra pseudopytiopsittacus Brehm = Loxia curvirostra curvirostra. 



Crucirostra pseudopytiopsittacus Brehm, Naumannia, 1853. p. 187. (Description of two specimens, 

 " die einzigen welche ich erhalten konnte,'' a male and a female). 



Type : <? ad., Rodatal, 18. ii. 1834. C. L. Brehm leg. 



In Naumannia, 1853, the author says that he possesses only two, a male 

 shot 17. ii. 1817, and a female from 20. x. 1834. I think there can be no doubt 

 that the first date is a mistake and that the date on the label, 18. ii. 1834, is 

 correct. This male agrees very well with the description. The name pseudo- 

 pytiopsittacus is very descriptive, as it is a real giant of Loxia curvir. curvirostra, 

 though it does not come up to L. pytyopsittacus ; the bill is not so wide, more 

 elongated, especially the under mandible is less broad ; the wing measures 

 100-7 mm. 



24. Curvirostra (!) macrorhynchos Brehm = Loxia curv. curvirostra. 



Curvirostra macrorhynchos Brehm, Naumannia, 1853. p. 192 ("Ich erhielt ihn im November 1819, 

 im Februar 1830, im Junius 1844, im Mai 1845, etc.") * 



Type : 3 media aetate, Rodatal, 10. v. 1845, C. L. Brehm leg. This is the 

 only specimen with the name macrorhynchos, and must be the type, as it agrees 

 excellently with the description. 



25. Crucirostra intercedens Brehm = Loxia curv. curvirostra. 

 Crucirostra intercedens Brehm, Naumannia, 1853. p. 187 (Mitunter in den " hiesigen Waldern "). 



Type: <? ad., Rodatal, 10. v. 1819. C. L. Brehm leg. 



This is the only adult male in the collection, and it agrees excellently with 

 the description. 



The specimen mentioned by the author, shot on the 12. ii. 1847, and chang- 

 ing directly from the striped juvenile plumage into the red nature one, is also 

 in the collection. 



These intercedens have large and stumpy beaks for Loxia curvirostra curvi- 

 rostra, but they are still considerably less than bills of pytyopsittacus. 



26. Crucirostra rubrifasciata Brehm = Loxia curv. curvirostra. 

 Crucirostra rubrifasciata Brehm, Isis, 1845. p. 245-250 (Renthendorf). f 



Type : <? ad., Renthendorf, caught 2. ii. 1844, died 14. ii. 1844 (according to 

 label), or 2. iii. 1844 (according to Isis, 1845. p. 250. 



* In my synonymy, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. p. 117, the dates of publication of the names media 

 and pinetorum must be altered : Crucirostra media Brohm, Isis, 1827. p. 710. 



Curvirostra pinetorum (neo Meyer, 1815!) Brehm, Beitr. zur Vogelkunde, i. p. 640 (1820 — 

 " Europa, Asien, Amerika.") 



t This quotation must be substituted for the one given on p. 1 1 7 of Vdg. pal. Fauna. 



