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) 292 Bulletin ofZoological Nomenclature 53(4) December 1996 OPINION 1859 Nine specific names of southern Afrotropical birds conserved Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Aves; Ccinuiroptera hnuhyiinr. Galerida nuignirostris: Lamprolornis nitensphoenicoplerus: Minifra apiiiltr. MuUicilhi iigiiimp; Oenanihe mimlicola: Oriolus larvulus; Prinia fiavkans; ZosteropspaUidus; Africa. Ruling (1 Under the plenary powers the following specific names are hereby suppressed for the purposes ofthe Principle ofPriority but not for those ofthe Principle ofHomonymy: (a) luihirop Temminck, 1807. as published in the binomen Siurmis mihirup; (h) roslrocrasso Wilkes, [1796], as published in the binomen Alatida rustro- crasso; (c) percutiens Wilkes, [1796], as published in the binomen Alaudapenuiiens; (d) citrinus Wilkes, 1817, as published in the binomen Motacilla citriims; (e) viridis Wilkes, 1817, as published in the binomen Moiacillti riridis: (f) aremirea Wilkes, 1817, as published in the binomen Mohicilla arenarea: (g) monluna Wilkes. 1817, as published in the binomen Motacilla moiUana; (h) icheric Wilkes, 1817, as published in the binomen Muiacilla icherir, (i) africamis Wilkes, 1820, as published in the binomen Oriolus africamis. (2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List ofSpecific Names in Zoology: (a) phoenicoptenisSwainson, [1837], aspublished inthebinomen Lamprolornis phoenicoplerus; (b)magnirostrisStephens, 1826, as published in thebinomen Alaudamagniros- tris; (c) apiata Vieillot, 1816, as published in the binomen Alauda apiata; (d)fltiviccins Vieillot, [1820], as published in the binomen Sylviaflavicans; (e) hrachyura Vieillot, [1820], as published in the binomen Sylvia hracliyura; (0 aguimp Temminck. [1820], as published in the binomen Motacilla aguimp; (g) nwnticola Vieillot, 1818, as published in the binomen Oeruvxthe monticola; (h)pallidus Swainson, [1837], as published in the binomen Zosteropspallidus; (i) larvatus Lichtenstein, 1823, as published in the binomen Oriolus larvatus. (3) The following names are hereby placed on the Official Index ofRejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology: (a) nahiropTemminck, 1807, as published in the binomen Sturnusnahiropand as suppressed in (l)(a) above; (b) rostrocrasso Wilkes, [1796] as published in the binomen Alauda rostro-crasso and as suppressed in (l)(b) above; (c) percutiens Wilkes, [1796], as published in the binomen Alauda percutiens and as suppressed in (l)(c) above; (d) citrinusWilkes, 1817,aspublished in the binomen Motacillacitrinusand as suppressed in (l){d) above; (e) viridis Wilkes, 1817, as published in the binomen Motacilla viridis and as suppressed in (l)(e) above; Bulletin ofZoological Nomenclature 53(4) December 19% 293 (0 arciuirea Wilkes, 1817. aspublished inthebinomen Molacillaaienureaand as suppressed in (l)(f) above; (g) monlanaWilkes, 1817. as published in the binomen Molacillamontana and as suppressed in (l)(g) above; (h) icheric Wilkes. 1817. as published in the binomen MuiaciUa iclicric and as suppressed in (l)(h) above; (i) africanusWilkes. 1820aspublishedinthebinomen Oriohisafrkanusandas suppressed in (l)(i) above. History ofCase 2931 An application for the conservation ofnine specific names ofsouthern Afrotropi- cal birds was received from Dr P.A. Clancey (Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban, South Africa) and Dr R.K. Brooke {Percy FitzPalrick Institute of African Ornithology. University ofCape Town. Rondebosch. South Africa) on 22 February 1994. Aftercorrespondence the case was published in BZN 52: 61-64 (March 1995). Notice ofthe case was sent to appropriatejournals. Decision ofthe Commission On I March 1996 the members of the Commission were invited to vote on the proposals published in BZN 52: 63. At theclose ofthe voting period on I June 1996 the votes were as fol—lows: Affirmative votes 23: Bayer, Bock, Bouchet, Cocks, Corliss, Dupuis, Hahn, Heppell. Holthuis. Kabata, Kraus, Lehtinen. Macpherson. Mahnert. Martins de Souza. Minelli. Ni—elsen, Nye. Savage. Schuster. Starobogatov, Stys, Trjapitzin Negative votes none. No vote was received from Halvorsen. Cogger and Ride were on leave ofabsence. Original references The following are the original references to the names placed on an Official List and an Official Index by the ruling given in the present Opinion: africamis. Oriolus. Wilkes. 1820. Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 17. p. 740. aguimp. Molacilla. Temminck. [1820]. Manuald'ornilhologie. Ed. 2. part 1. p. Ixviii. apiala. Alaiida. Vieillot. 1816. Nouveau dicliomiaire d'hisloirenalurelle. Ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 342. arcnarea. Molacilla. Wilkes. 1817. Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 16. p. 85. hrachywa. Sylvia. Vieillot. [1820]. in Bonnaterre. J.P. & Vieillot, L.J.P.. Tableau encyclopae- dique el melhodiipie. irois regnesde la nature, ornilhologie. vol. 2, p. 459. citrinus, Molacilla. Wilkes, 1817. Encyclopaedia Londinensis. vol. 16, p. 78. JIavicans.Sylvia.Vieillot.[1820].inBonnaterre.J.P.&Vieillot.L.J.P.. Tableauencyclopaedique et melhodiipie. Irois regnes de la nature, ornilhologie, vol. 2. p. 438. larvalus, Oriolus, Lichtenstein. 1823, VerzeiclmissderDouhleliendesZoologischenMuseumder Konigl. Universitdl :u Berlin .... p. 20. magniroslris, Alaiida. Stephens. 1826. in Shaw. G.. General zoology (Aves), vol. 14. part 1. p. 26. monlana, Molacilla. Wilkes, 1817. Encyclopaedia Londinensis, vol. 16. p. 89. monticola, Oenanthe. Vieillot. 1818, Nouveaudiclionnaired'hisloirenalurelle, Ed. 2. vol. 21. p. 434. nabirop, Sturnus, Temminck. 1807. Catalogue systemalique du cabinet d'ornilhologie el de la collection detpiadrwnanes de Crd. Jh. Temminck. p. 85. pallida, Zoslerops. Swainson. [1837]. Animals in Menageries, part 3. In Lardner, D.. Cabinet Cyclopaedia, vol. 98. p. 294. 294 BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature53(4) December 1996 percutiens, Ahiiida, Wilkes, [1796], Encyclopaedia Loiidinensis. vol. 1, p. 236. phoenkoplcnis. Lamprotornis, Swainson, [18.37], Animals in Menageries, part 3. In Lardner, D., Cabinet Cyclopaedia, vol. 98, p. 360. rostrocrasso. Alauda, Wilkes, [1796], Encyclopaedia Londinensis. vol. 1, p. 235. icheric, Mohicilla, Wilkes, 1817, Encyclopaedia Londinensis. vol. 16, p. 94. vin'dis, Molacilla. Wilkes, 1817, Encyclopaedia Londinensis. vol. 16, p. 80. i