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hundred certainly would suffice, to eliminate the factor of “contempo- 
raneous courtesy,” and the shades of a few departed greatnesses might 
not be offended by being invited to yield a point now and then for the 
benefit of the many whom natural selection has not yet eliminated from 
the struggle for existence. 
Stejneger’s points seem to be well taken in the main ; and though we 
have not yet had opportunity of verifying them, we presume the restitutions 
and substitutions he proposes are available if not indeed necessary under 
the priority statute. But has he in all cases taken up names which rest 
upon diagnosis? Does indication of a type-species make a generic name 
valid? Some other objections might also be raised. We pass no judg- 
ment, 'pendente lite , but simply note the following propositions advanced : 
— Phcenicurus Forst. , 1817, for Ruti cilia Naum., 1822. — Cinclus merula 
S chaff. , 1789, for C. aquaticus Bechst. — Regains cris talus V., 1807, for 
R. satrapa Licht., 1823. — Ck el id on Forst., 1817, for Hirundo L. et auct. 
(rustica, etc.). — Hirundo L. , 1758, for Chelidon Boie, 1822. — Clivicola 
sive Rip aria Forst, 1817, for Cotile Boie, 1822. — Calcarius Bechst. , 1803, 
for the birds now commonly called Centrophanes, and Plectrophenax , g. 
n., for “ Plectrophanes ” nivalis. — O toco r is Bp., 1839, f° r Ereniophila , 
preocc. in botany, and by Eremophilus in ichthyology.— A rchibuteo nor- 
vegicus Gunnerus, 1767, for A. lagopus Gm. (but there is A. lagopus 
Briinn, 1764). — Morinella M. & W., 1810, for Strepsilas 111 ., 1811. — 
Vanellus capella Schaff. , 1789, for V. cristatus M. & W., 1803. — PEgia- 
litis alexandrinus , L. , 1758, for PE. cantianus Lath., 1790. — Gal linago 
ccelestis Freuzel, 1801, for G. media Leach, 1816. — Totanus nebularius 
Gunnerus, 1767, for the Greenshank. — Pavoncella Leach, 1816, for 
Machetes Cuv. , 1817. — Tadorna dameatica Hasselq. , 1762, for T. cornuta 
Gm., 1788. — Harelda hy emails L. , 1758, for H. glacialis L. , 1766. — 
Eniconetta Gray, 1840, for Polysticta Eyt., 1836, preocc. by Polysticte 
Smith, 1835, and for Stella rid’’’ ! Bp., 1838, preocc. in botany. — Gavia Boie, 
1822, for Pagophila Kaup, 1829, and the species G. alba (Gunn., 1767, for P. 
eburnea Phipps, 1774. — ( Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767, for L. glaucus 
Briinn, 1764.) — Hydrochelidon nigra (L. , 1758, p. 137) for H. lariformis 
(Ibid., p. 153). — The short and long-tailed Jagers to be respectively Ster- 
corarius parasiticus (L. , 1758, p. 136), and S', longica udatus (V., 1819). — 
Ur mat or Cuv., 1799, for Coly inbus auct., nec Briss., 1760; U. i miner 
(Briinn, 1764, p. 38) instead of U. torquatus (id., ibid., p. 41)1 and U. lu mine. 
Briinn, 1764, for C. septen trio n alls L. , 1766. — E. C. 
Ingersoll’s Birds’-Nesting.* — This little book is intended for a guide 
to the beginner, and as such it will no doubt be of service. The book may 
be summarized as a readable account of the various modes of collecting 
birds’ eggs and nests. There are, however, a few poihts which we regard 
with suspicion, as the contrivances for descending cliffs ; such things in 
* Ingersoll, Ernest. Birds’-Nesting: A Handbook of Instruction in Gathering and 
Preserving the Nests and Eggs of Birds for the Purposes of Study. Salem, 1882. 
