<I>Ptychozoon kuhli</I>, a new name for <I>P. homalocephalum</I>

General

Notes. 37

The

_generic

name _Coccystes

untenable.

The

Old

World

_genusof cuckoos hitherto

known

as Coccystes Gloger (Handb. Naturg. Vog. Europ., 1834, p. 449) mvistinthe futurestandas Clamator Kaup, ¹⁸²⁹ (Entwicklungs-Geschichte ^der Europaischen Thierwelt, p. 53),

which

antedates Gloger's

name

by^fiveyears.

That

Kaup's

name

is

unimpeachable

^{is clearfrom}the following quotation^of hisremarks: "Cuculus _glandarius

....

scheint . . . gar nichtⁱⁿ die Gattung

Kuckuk

zu _gehoren, sonderneine eigenezubilden,welcheich Strauszkuckuk Clamatornenne,

und

die

durch

diestarken Fuszwurzeln

und

die Bildung ^der Nasenlocheretc. sich characterisirt."

The

nine recognized species^{of this}genus^{are then:}

1. Clamator_glandarius(Linnfeus).

2. Clamator coromandns(Linnaeus).

3. Clamatoi'jacobimis (Boddaert).

4. Clamatorhypopinarius (CabanisandHeine).

5. Clamatorcaroli(Norman).

6. Clam,ator brazzce (Oustalet).

7. Clamator_cafer(Lichtenstein).

8. Clamatorserratus(Sparrmann).

9. Clamatoralbonotatus _(Shelley).

—

Leonhard_Stejneger.

Gerrhonotus

casruleus

versus Qerrhonotus

burnettii.

Through

^the courtesy^of Dr. G. Tornier, Curator of Reptiles ⁱⁿthe Natural History

Museum

at Berlin, ^I have been enabled to

examine

the type ^of

Wiegmann's

Qerrhonotus caruleiis(Isis, 1828, p. 380).

The

specimen,

though

greatly blackened, ^{is in} good condition

and

proves tobelong^tothn species

which

has hitherto been

known

as Qerrhonotus burnettii

Gray

1831, or Elgariaformosa Baird and Girard 1852.

The

typelocality^isgiven^as "Brasilien"and the collector as A. von

Cham-

isso, the celebrated

German

_poet

and

naturalist. Needless to say

no

Qerrhonotus occurs in Brazil, but as von

Chamisso

^{on his} expedition aroundtheworldalsocollectedat SanFrancisco, California,

where

this species^is particularly plentiful, ^it

may

^beregarded ^as certain that the type^isfromthelatter locality.

The number

of the type specimen ⁱⁿ the Berlin

Musevim

is1163.

—

Leonhard _Stejneger.

Ptychozoon

^{kuhli a}

new name

for P.

homalocephalum.

The

remarkable gecko ^hitherto

known

asPtychozoonhomalocephalum requires a

new

_name,

inasmuch

as Creveld's Lacerta homalocephala 1809 is preoccupied

by

^Lacerta homalocephala

Suckow

1798 (Natur- geschichte der Thiere, HI,p. 138).

As

asuitable

new name

Ipropose Ptychozoon kuhli in

memory

^{of the}ori^<iiiatorofthe genericname. It

may

^be

^remarked

^that Gray's Ptychozoon horsjleldii ^is a very^distinct species.

—

Leonhard_Stejneger.