When a player is slain by a Wither Skeleton, the chat will display "<player> was slain by Skeleton", instead of "<player> was slain by Wither Skeleton".
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a new Creative World.
2. Contruct a Nether Portal and enter it.
3. Spawn a Wither Skeleton and change your gamemode to survival.
4. When the Wither Skeleton kills you, notice the chat says "<player> was slain by Skeleton".
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This could be related to the fact that the spawn routine for Wither Skeletons re-uses some of the same code as normal skeletons - i.e. Wither Skeletons can spawn in a two block high area even though they're three blocks high and will start to suffocate if their head isn't in a translucent block.
Make a spawning platform in a Nether Fortress boundary area with a two block high gap with a glass ceiling to see this in action.
It's not a bug--Wither skeletons share the same mob ID as skeletons, explaining why skeletons with swords run much faster, and wither skeletons with bows move much slower. It's not a bug, they just need a seperate mob ID of their own.
Confirmed.