The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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hirundo

L. hirundo, hirundinis  swallow.
● "70. STERNA.  ...  Hirundo.  2. S. cauda forficata: rectricibus duabus extimis albo nigroque dimidiatis. Fn. svec. 127.  Sterna. Gesn. av. 53. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 7. Jonst. av. 130. t. 46.  Hirundo marina. Will. orn. 268. t. 68. Raj. av. 131. Alb. av. 2. p. 79. t. 90.  Habitat in Europa.  Mas & Femina indissolubiles socii monogami." (Linnaeus 1758); “Prof. Einar Lönnberg (Ibis, 1913, p. 301) has gone carefully into the question whether S. hirundo Linn. should be applied to the Common or to the Arctic Tern. He has given good reasons for referring it to the former species, and the Committee have accepted his decision” (BOU 1915) (Sterna).


HIRUNDO

(Hirundinidae; Ϯ Barn Swallow H. rustica) L. hirundo, hirundinis  swallow; "101. HIRUNDO.  Rostrum minimum, incurvum, subulatum, basi depressum.  Rictus capite amplius." (Linnaeus 1758). “The type of this Linnean genus has always been a somewhat difficult question to decide. The genus contains eight species, of which the first-named is “rustica,” the Swallow, and this was made the type of the genus by Gray [1840] ...  Stejneger (Proc. U. S. National Mus. v. 1883, p. 31) first drew attention to the fact that Forster [1817] ...  used urbica (House-Martin) in conjunction with Hirundo, and rustica (Swallow) with Chelidon, a genus there first named, and he considered this to constitute a designation of the type by Forster ...  After careful consideration of the matter, the Committee are of opinion that Forster’s use of Hirundo in conjunction with urbica hardly constitutes designation as understood under the code of International Rules, and that Hirundo rustica is the correct type of the Linnean genus” (BOU 1915); "Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 191. Type, by subsequent designation, Hirundo rustica Linnaeus (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 8.)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 104). Linnaeus's Hirundo comprised eight species (H. rustica, H. esculenta, H. urbica, H. riparia, H. Apus, H. Subis, H. pelagica, H. Melba).
Var. HirondoHirunda, Hirunde, Hirurdo.
Synon. Charitochelidon, Chelidon, Hemicecrops, Herse, Hersepis, Hypurolepis, Natalornis, Setirundo, Uromitus, Waldenia.


Hirundolanius

(Coraciidaesyn. Eurystomus Ϯ Pacific Dollarbird E. pacificus ) Compound of genera Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758, swallow, and Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "Eurystomus pacificus. Lath.  AUSTRALIAN ROLLER. DOLLAR-BIRD.  ...  This species is included on the authority of a communication from Mr. F. E. Clarke to the Westland Institute on the 18th February, 1881, describing it under the name of Hirundolanius cœruleus" (Buller 1882); ""Hirundolanius Clarke."  This name is referred to by Count Salvadori as having been omitted from Waterhouse's "Index."  It, however, appears to have no standing; it was not printed in the Trans. N. Z. Inst., XIII, 1881, p. 454, and was quoted by Buller (Birds New Zealand, ed. 2, 1, 1888, p. 119) only to be discredited." (Richmond 1902).


PSEUDHIRUNDO

(Hirundinidae; Grey-rumped Swallow P. griseopyga) Gr. ψευδος pseudos  false; L. hirundo, hirundinis  swallow; "Similar disregard for structural characters has led astray the allocation of the Grey-rumped Swallow, Hirundo griseopyga Sundevall, which differs entirely in its weak and very small bill, the nostrils slit-like and wider open than in Hirundo, the forking of the tail much the same as in Hirundo, but the "streamer" shorter, and in size and colour more nearly approaching the Sand Martins; its nest is also said to be situated in a hole in the ground (cf. Sheppard, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Un. v. 35, 1918), and doubtless its eggs will prove to be white, the species seeming to have an affinity to Hemicecrops.  No generic name being available, I propose to place the species in a new genus under the name of PSEUDHIRUNDO, type Hirundo griseopyga Sundevall." (A. Roberts 1922); "Pseudhirundo A. Roberts, 1922, Annals Transvaal Mus., VIII (4), p. 223.  Type, by original designation, Hirundo griseopyga Sundevall, 1850." (JAJ 2020).


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