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3. Name op the Small-billed Water-Thrush. — It is to bo 
noted that Motacilla noveboracensis of Gmelin, 1788, is precisely the 
same as Motacilla ncevia of Boddaert, 1783, both being based upon 
Planch e Enluminee 752, fig. 1, which is the Fauvette tachetee de la 
Louisiane of Buffon, afterward the New York Warbler of Pennant 
and Latham. G. It. Gray seems to have observed this fact, but 
neither he nor any other author, according to my recollection, has 
acted upon the obvious requirement of the case, namely, that we 
must say Siuru$ ruevius (Bodd.), instead of S. noveboracensis (Gm.). 
Very curiously, Gmelin in another place made this species out to be 
a variety of the Cape May Warbler, Perissoglossa tigrina; for, 
Gmelin’s Motacilla tigrina var. 0 (and so, also, Latham’s Sylvia 
tigrina var. 0) is based exclusively upon the Ficedula dominicensis 
fusca of Brisson, Ornith., iii, 513, which is the Small-billed Water- 
Thrush. Vieillot, in 1807, noticed this curious circumstance, which 
authors have generally overlooked, and correctly allocated the 
synonymy. The name ncevius is unobjectionable, has priority, and 
must obtain. 
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2. Siurus nsevius. 
Motacilla ncevia, Bodd., Tabl. 1783, 47 ; based on PI. Enlum. 752, f. 1. 
Siurus ncevius, Coues, Birds Colorado Valley, 187-, (MSS. inecL). 
Motacilla noveboracensis, Gmel., Syst. Nat. 13th ed. 1788, 958, No. 09 
(based primarily on P. E. 752, f. 1 = ncevia Bodd.). 
Sylvia noveboracensis, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 518, No. 33. 
Turdus noveboracensis, I — Peabody, Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 306. 
Turdus ( Seiurus ) noveboracensis, Nutt., Man. Orn. orig. ed. i, 1832, 353. 
Seinrus noveboracensis, Bonap., Comp, and Geog. List. 1838, 21. 
Siurus noveboracensis, Scl. & Sal v., Ibis, i, 1859, 10. — A. & E. Newt., 
ibid. 142. 
Seinrus noveboracensis, Henshaw, App. LL. Ann. Rep. Chf. Engr. U. S. 
Army, for 1875, p. — (p. 59 of sep. paged pamph. List B. Arizona). 
Enicodchla noveboracensis, “ Gray.” (Ref. not at hand ; probably Gen. 
of B.) 
Henicocichla noveboracensis, Caban., “ Schoinb. Guiana, iii, 1848, 66”; 
Mus. Hein, i, 1850, 16. 
Motacilla novceboracensis, Turton, Syst. Nat., English mal-version, i, 1806, 
589. 
Turdus ( Seiurus ) novceboracensis, Nutt., Man. 2d ed. i, 1840, 402 (in part ; 
includes another species). 
Seiurus novceboracensis, ? — Pratten, Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. i, 
1855, 601. 
Seiurus novceboracensis, Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst, i, 1856, 209. 
Motacilla tigrina var. 0, Gm., Syst. Nat. 13th ed. i, 1788, 985, No. 153 0 
(= Briss. iii, 513, No. 62, pi. 28, f. 5). 
Motacilla tigrina, 2, Turton, op. loc. cit. 
Srjlvia tigrina var. 0, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 537, No. 110 0 (= Gm. 
No. 153 0). 
Motacilla fluviatilis, Bartr., Trav. Fla. 1st Am. ed. 1791, 291. 
Turdus aquations, Wils., Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 66, pi. 23, f. 5. 
Seiurus aquaticus, Sw. and Rich., Fn. Bor. Am. ii, 1831, 229, pi. 43. 
Turdus aquatius, Bonap., Jotirn. Phila. Acad, iv, 1824, 34. 
Srjlvia anthoides, Vieill., “ Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. 1817, 208.” (Not 
verified by me.) 
Turdus motacilla, Bonap., Joum. Phila. Acad, iv, 1824, 35 (not of Vieill.). 
Seiurus tenuirostris, Swains., Philos. Mag. i, 1827, 369. 
Seiurus tenuirostris, Gamb., Proc. Phila. Acad, i, 1843, 261. 
Seiurus sul/urascens, D’Orb., Ois. Cuba, 1839, 57, pi. 6. 
Enicodchla sulphumscens, “ Gray.” 
Seiurus sulphurascens, Bonap., Consp. Av. i, 1850, 306. 
Henicocichla sulphurascens, Gundl., Joum. fur Orn. 1855, 471. 
Anthus I’herminieri, Lesson, “ Rev. Zoologique 1839, 101.” (Not verified 
by me.) 
Seiurus gossii, Bonap., Consp. Av. i, 1850, 306. 
Fauvette tachete'e de la Louisiane, Buff., “ Hist. Nat. Ois. v, 161 ” ; PI. 
Enlum. No. 752, f. 1 (is the basis of Bodd.’s and Gm.’s names). 
Figuier brun de S. Domingue, Briss., Orn. iii, 1760, 513, No. 62, pi. 28, 
f. 5 (obviously this sp. ; sole basis of Mot. tigrina var. 0, Gm.). 
Ficedula dominicensis fusca, Briss., op. loc. dt. 
New York Warbler, Lath., Syn. ii, pt. ii, 1783, 436, No. 29 (— Mol. nove- 
boracensis Gm.). 
Spotted Yellow Warbler, var. A, Lath., Syn. ii, pt. ii, 1783, 483, var. A 
(= Sylvia tigrina var. 0, Lath.). 
Fauvette brune, V., O. A. S., 1. s. c. 
Bessy Kick-up, River Pink, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 151 (basis of S. gossii Bp.). 
drive de rouisseaux, ou Hochequeue, Le Moine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 173. 
Water Thrush, New York Water Thrush, Aquatic Wagtail, Aquatic Wood- 
II agtail, Aquatic Accentor, of q_q > April, 1877 . p, 
