New Name for Nyctala. — The generic name of Richardson’s and the 
Saw-whet Owls, Nyctala Brehm, 1828, is preoccupied by Nyctalus 
Bowdish, 1825, for a genus of mammals, and as no other term appears to 
be available I will propose Cryptoglaux (kpvtttos, hidden, and ■yXavl, an 
owl), with Strix tengmalmi Gmelin as the type. The species in our list 
will thus stand as Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni { Bonap.), and Cry^p- 
toglaux acadica (Gmelin). — Charles W. Richmond, U. S. National 
Museum, Washington , D. C. Auk, XVIII, April., 1901, p. I 
