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The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1, 80.2. and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the in-use spellings leucorynchus Linnaeus, 1771 and mascarinus Linnaeus, 1771 as respective justified emendations of the specific names for the woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus (Linnaeus, 1771), type species of the avian genus Artamus (Artamidae), and the parrot, Mascarinus mascarinus (Linnaeus, 1771), type species of the avian genus Mascarinus (Psittacidae). In an Appendix for animal species in his Mantissa Plantarum Altera (1771), Linnaeus originally published these names as 'mascarin.' and 'leucoryn.' in the binomina Lanius leucoryn. and Psittacus mascarin., with punctuation marks. Because of punctuation, they have been treated as abbreviated and spelled out almost universally since the late 18th century. Their spelling-out is now being challenged by reinterpretation and reintroduction of mascarin and leucoryn as unabbreviated. Evidence from the formatting and punctuation of species names in the Mantissa Plantarum Altera is presented to show that leucoryn. and mascarin. are, in fact, abbreviated; and the ruling of Official Correction 82 of the Commission in an associated case is cited in support. In the interests of nomenclatural stability, and to accord with the ruling of Official Correction 82, it is proposed that leucoryn. Linnaeus, 1771 and mascarin. Linnaeus, 1771 be determined as incorrect original spellings, and that all spelling-outs of leucoryn. and mascarin. other than leucorynchus and mascarinus respectively be ruled as unjustified emendations. An appended table lists all 20 punctuated animal names in the Mantissa Plantarum Altera, recording those that are abbreviated and those that are not, and identifying the nominal species to which they apply today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses an application under Articles 78.1, 80.2.2 and 81.2.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature which aims to conserve current usage of the genus-group name Touit G.R. Gray, 1855 for a genus of South American parrotlets by suppression of the earlier but little-utilized, taxonomically equivocal name Pyrrhulopsis Reichenbach, 1850. It discusses how it can confirm the validity of the genus-group name Prosopeia Bonaparte, 1854 for the Fijian shining parrots.

The article discusses the use of the family-group name Psittaculinae Vigors, 1825 for Indo-Australian long-tailed parrots. Psittacula Cuvier, 1800, Tanygnathus Wagler, 1842 and Polytelis Wagler, 1832 are some of those included in the family group name Psittaculinae Vigors, 1825. In Opinion 39 and Direction 32 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, it made available the Latin names identified by Mathews in Cuvier's "Lecons d'Anatomie Comparée." The authors recommend suppressing the use of family-group name Palaeornithinae Vigors, 1825 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 80.2.2 of the Code, is to conserve current usage of the family-group name psittaculinae Vigors, 1825 as valid for the Indo-Australasian long-tailed parrots. This would be effected by designation of the generic name Psittacula Cuvier, 1800 as its type genus. Suppression of the junior homonym Psittacula Kuhl, 1820, upon which psittaculinae Vigors was originally based, will maintain stability in nomenclature. Suppression of the simultaneously published family-group name palaeornithinae Vigors, 1825, which was originally applied to the Indo-Australasian long-tailed parrots, is desirable as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a proposal to conserve the generic name Paradisaea Linnaeus, 1758 and the family name Paradisaeidae Swainson, 1825 for the birds of paradise. It references the designation of the species under Article 81.1 of the Code of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). It argues that curtailing the competing spellings Paradisea Linnaeus, 1758 and, as a result, Paradiseidae Swainson, 1825, will uphold stability in nomenclature. It lists the spellings that have been applied globally in the post 1920 scientific literature and ornithological manuals and checklists.

The article presents the case for the proposed conservation of the generic names Anthochaera and Philesturnus. These names refer to the Australian wattlebirds and the New Zealand saddleback. The proposal aims to suppress the generic name Creadion because it may be applied to the Australian wattlebirds, long known as Anthochaera, and becomes a source of confusion and threat to stability. The genus Creadion was used to describe Australasian passerine birds with wattled bills and included in it the species Sturnus carunculatus, Merops carunculatus, and Corvus paradoxus.

The article offers information on an application under Articles 23.9.3 and 81. 1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature created to conserve the long- and widely-accepted spelling Aplonis for the Indo-Australasian glossy starlings (Sturnidae). The generic name Aplonis has been used for the various species of the west Pacific glossy starlings, since John Gould described the genus in 1836. The spelling controversies surrounding Aplornis and Aplonis are explored. The application proposes the suppression of the Aplornis spelling and rather use the Aplonis spelling.