Short A'otu. [Ibis, To this description in ' British Zoology,' vol. ii. 1776, fourth edition, quarto, Appendix, p. 644, Pennant gave the name Tetrao l'ridactyla. This is sufficient description to carry the name. In this case the three toes are diagnostic ; and as there is only one three-toed Quail in these parts this name mnst be used. Peters in vol. ii. of his ' Check-list.' 1934, p. 143, use5 Tclrno sylzaticus Desfontaiues, 1787, but we now have for the yecies name 7'urni.c trid~cfyltr (Pennant).-GREc;oRt RI. XLTHEW,. [It serms \ ery doubtful If any of thr naiiws 111 Pennant's Appendix I an he used. The names girrti there m'c mostly quoted from authors, ai~l many of tlirm\rere not hrioniial. hut 011 13. 647 he names a new bird -J),/ta L70 (dir Bdgcctr. sho\r in4 tliat lit, hiinsclf did not consistently UiP ~ ~ l l ~ ~ l l l l ~ ~ lllllllfb -ED.] On the Spitsbergen Phalarope. there srenis to be some prospect of the birds froni the s;chiQkr Collection bring available for comparison, it, seeins tiardly worth ivhile to discuss this matter at length. In t'he nieantiiiie an es;tmination of the Xlaslinn birds cannot) decide \\-lirther the East Xtl:inf ic birds differ from those froin tlw West Atlantic, as the)' may belong to either raw. The Alrchangel bird. on which Jlajor Brooks lays suc~li stress, ivw bought hy Seebohni from lIiischler, the Moravian dealer. It h;ts no original ticket or collector's nitme, no date. and the Ioc~~lity, together with the state of plumage, is highly improb- able. Archangel is not on the niigation route of Spitsbergen liircls. Pleske records this species from the 1-aranger Fjord only from Augiist to October in his n-ork on the birds of t'lie Kolw Prninsula.-F. C. K. Jo~RI);\Is. The Forms of Brent Goose, Branta bernicla (L.). ln ;I rewilt paper by Messrs. C. G. and E. G. Bird on the '. Birds of Jan JIi~?.eri Island '' in ' The Ibis,' 1936, p. 844. the surprising statement is made tlmt, the Light-breasted Ihnt Goose. Broitfo bPrniclrr lirofrr (Miiller) is not now regarded

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Short A'otu. [Ibis,

To this description in ' British Zoology,' vol. ii. 1776, fourth edition, quarto, Appendix, p. 644, Pennant gave the name Tetrao l 'ridactyla.

This is sufficient description to carry the name. In this case the three toes are diagnostic ; and as there is only one three-toed Quail in these parts this name mnst be used.

Peters in vol. ii. of his ' Check-list.' 1934, p. 143, use5 Tclrno sylzaticus Desfontaiues, 1787, but we now have for the yecies name 7'urni.c t r id~c fy l t r (Pennant).-GREc;oRt RI. XLTHEW,.

[It serms \ ery doubtful I f any of thr naiiws 111 Pennant's Appendix I an he used. The names girrti there m'c mostly quoted from authors, a i ~ l many of tlirm\rere not hrioniial. hut 011 13. 647 he names a new bird -J) , / ta L 7 0 ( d i r Bdgcctr. sho\r in4 tliat lit, hiinsclf did not consistently U i P ~ ~ l l ~ ~ l l l l ~ ~ l l l l l l l fb -ED. ]

On the Spitsbergen Phalarope. there srenis to be some prospect of the birds froni the

s;chiQkr Collection bring available for comparison, it, seeins tiardly worth ivhile to discuss this matter at length. In t'he nieantiiiie an es;tmination of the Xlaslinn birds cannot) decide \\-lirther the East Xtl:inf ic birds differ from those froin t lw West Atlantic, as the)' may belong to either raw.

The Alrchangel bird. on which Jlajor Brooks lays suc~li stress, i v w bought hy Seebohni from lIiischler, the Moravian dealer. I t h;ts no original ticket or collector's nitme, no date. and the I o c ~ ~ l i t y , together with the state of plumage, is highly improb- able. Archangel is not on the niigation route of Spitsbergen liircls. Pleske records this species from the 1-aranger Fjord only from Augiist to October in his n-ork on the birds of t'lie Kolw Prninsula.-F. C . K. Jo~RI); \ Is .

The Forms of Brent Goose, Branta bernicla (L.). ln ;I rewilt paper by Messrs. C. G. and E. G. Bird on the

'. Birds of J a n JIi~?.eri Island '' in ' The Ibis,' 1936, p. 844. the surprising statement is made tlmt, the Light-breasted I h n t Goose. Broitfo bPrniclrr lirofrr (Miiller) i s not now regarded