published part of the list, _antea_, p. 12, under this species
heading I made an unfortunate slip of the pen when I said that
Horsbrough ascribes this “probably incorrectly to the western
race, _M. g. scolopaceus_.” It should have read “the eastern
race, _M. g. griseus_”, which makes my implied criticism more
intelligible. Fleming sends me measurements of a Buffalo Lake
bird, August 1915, which he refers to _griseus_ though he says
the color characters tend towards _scolopaceus_. I infer from
his remarks that this is an adult and not a juvenile bird.
190.★ =Pisobia bairdi.= BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.—We have a specimen
taken by Anderson, Many Island Lake, September 18, 1918.
191. =Pelidna alpina.= RED-BACKED SANDPIPER.—Mr. Farley reports
“Black-heart Plover” May 11, 1899 at Red Deer. This is an old
South Ontario name for this species.
(47). =Bartramia longicauda.= UPLAND PLOVER.—Farley notes
that this species is rapidly disappearing from this section,
a condition he called attention to in the Ottawa Naturalist
XXVII, 1913, p. 63. He now lays the blame upon the boys who
find it a too easy object of sport through the summer.
(50). =Numenius longicauda.= LONG-BILLED CURLEW.—Farley
substantiates the hypothetical identity of this species
reported by Horsbrough and Sternberg, recording it from both
Red Deer and Camrose.
(51). =Squatarola squatarola.= BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.
—=Charadrius dominicus.= GOLDEN PLOVER.—J. H. Fleming writes
me that he has the specimens that Horsbrough records as Golden
Plover and that they prove to be Black-bellies. Thus the Golden
should be replaced by the Black-bellied in the authenticated
list.
192. =Buteo platypterus.= BROAD-WINGED HAWK.—Fleming informs
me he has a specimen, Little Hay Lake, (near Camrose) September
2, 1918.
=Falco rusticolus.= GYRFALCON.—J. H. Fleming tells me he has
the specimen reported under this head by Horsbrough which he
regards as _rusticolus_.
193. =Aquila chrysaëtos.= GOLDEN EAGLE.—Farley reports,—“seen
nearly every November at Red Deer.”
(78). =Bubo virginianus.= GREAT HORNED OWL.—Sonema, 5th line
second paragraph should be “Lousana.”
194. =Nyctea nyctea.= SNOWY OWL.—Farley remarks in letter
of November 18, 1918, from Camrose,—“A friend saw a Snowy Owl
yesterday,” thus giving evidence for the inclusion of this
species of undoubted occurrence.
FOURTH ANNUAL LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE A. O. U. CHECK LIST OF
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.
BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER.
This is the Fourth Annual List of proposed A. O. U. Check-List
additions and changes in the names of North American birds. Like
the First, Second, and Third,[26] the present list comprises only
ornithological cases—_i. e._, such as require specimens or the
identification of descriptions for their determination—and consists
of additions, eliminations, rejections, and changes of names due
to various causes. However, only changes known to be the result of
revisionary work are included; therefore no mention is here made of
changes involved in names in local lists or elsewhere, used without
sufficient explanation or not known to be based on original research,
of changes or additions queried or but tentatively made, or of the
elimination of subspecies by authors who, on general principles,
recognize no subspecies.
This list is intended to include everything pertinent up to December
31, 1918, and nothing after that date has been taken. In view of
the volume and widely scattered character of current ornithological
literature, it is not at all unlikely that some names or changes have
been overlooked, and the writer would be very thankful for reference
to any omissions, in order that such may be duly given a place in next
year’s list.
ADDITIONS[27] AND CHANGES IN NAMES.
=Gavia arctica= (Linnæus) becomes, so far as North American
specimens are concerned, =Gavia viridigularis= Dwight, ‘The
Auk,’ XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918, p. 198 (Gichega, northeastern
Siberia). (_Cf._ Dwight, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918,
pp. 196-199.)
=Gavia pacifica= (Lawrence) becomes =Gavia arctica pacifica=
(Lawrence). (_Cf._ Dwight, ‘The Auk.’ XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918,
pp. 198-199.)
†=Larus hyperboreus barrovianus= Ridgway. _Larus barrovianus_
Ridgway, ‘The Auk,’ III, No. 3, July, 1886, p. 330 (Point
Barrow, Alaska). Reinstated as a subspecies. (_Cf._ Oberholser,
‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 472.) Range:
northwestern North America, south in winter to California.
=Thalassogeron= Ridgway becomes =Thalassarche= Reichenbach
(Natürl. Syst. Vögel, 1852, p. V), because not considered
generically separable. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.,
ser. 4, II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, p. 44.)
=Thalassogeron chrysostomus culminatus= (Gould) becomes
=Thalassarche culminata culminata= (Gould), because _Diomedea
chrysostoma_ Forster is considered not with certainty
identifiable. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4,
II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, p. 85.)
=Fulmarus rodgersi= Cassin becomes =Fulmarus glacialis
rodgersii= Cassin, because not specifically distinct from
_Fulmarus glacialis_. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.,
ser. 4, II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, pp. 88-90.)
=Thyellodroma cuneata= (Salvin) becomes =Thyellodroma
chlororhyncha= (Lesson) (_Puffinus chlororhynchus_ Lesson,
Traité d’Ornith., 1831, p. 613, no locality), because it is
only a light color phase of the latter. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc.
Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918,
pp. 141-145.)
†=Priofinus= Hombron and Jacquinot. Recognized as a genus.
(_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, II, pt. II, No.
12, April 22, 1918, pp. 59, 108.) The only species therefore
should be called =Priofinus cinereus= (Gmelin).
†=Pterodroma gularis= (Peale). _Procellaria gularis_ Peale, U.
S. Explor. Exped., VIII, 1848, p. 299 (Atlantic Ocean, lat.
68° S., long. 95° W.). Recorded from Alaska. (_Cf._ Bent, ‘The
Auk,’ XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918, p. 221.)
=Æstrelata gularis= Peale becomes =Pterodroma inexpectata=
(Forster) (_Procellaria inexpectata_ Forster, Descript. Anim.,
1844, p. 204, Antarctic Ocean), because the latter is identical
and of earlier date. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.,
ser. 4, II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, pp. 104-105.)
=Pelecanus californicus= Ridgway becomes =Pelecanus
occidentalis californicus= Ridgway. (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The
Auk,’ XXXV, No. 1, Jan., 1918, p. 62.)
=Aristonetta= Baird, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858,
p. 793 (type, _Anas valisineria_ Wilson). Raised to generic
rank. (_Cf._ Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, June 29,
1918, p. 98.) The only species therefore becomes =Aristonetta
valisineria= (Wilson).
=Creciscus coturniculus= (Ridgway) becomes =Creciscus
jamaicensis coturniculus= (Ridgway). (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The
Auk,’ XXXV, No. 1, Jan., 1918, p. 63.)
†=Numenius americanus occidentalis= Woodhouse. _Numenius
occidentalis_ Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, p.
194 (near Albuquerque, New Mexico). Revived as a subspecies.
(_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918, p.
191.) Range: southwestern Canada and the northwestern United
States, south in winter to Mexico and Jamaica.
=Ectopistes migratorius= (Linnæus) becomes =Ectopistes
canadensis= (Linnæus) (_Columba canadensis_ Linnæus, Syst.
Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 284, Canada), because the latter
has been identified as the same species, and has anteriority.
(_Cf._ Oberholser, Science, N. S., XLVIII, No. 1244, Nov. 1,
1918, p. 445.)
=Polyborus cheriway= (Jacquin) becomes =Polyborus cheriway
auduboni= Cassin (_Polyborus auduboni_ Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila., 1865, p. 2; Florida), because the North American
bird is subspecifically distinct. (_Cf._ Bangs and Noble, ‘The
Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 443.)
=Streptoceryle= Bonaparte becomes =Megaceryle= Kaup, because
not regarded as generically distinct. (_Megaceryle_ Kaup, Verh.
Naturhist. Vereins Hessen, II, 1848, p. 68; type, _Alcedo
guttatus_ Vigors = _Alcedo lugubris_ Temminck). (_Cf._ Miller,
‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 3, July, 1918, p. 352.)
†=Cyanolæmus clemenciæ bessophilus= Oberholser. New subspecies.
Oberholser, Condor, XX, No. 5, Sept. 27, 1918, p. 181 (Fly
Park, Chiricahua Mts., Arizona). Range: southwestern border of
United States to northern Mexico; in winter to southeastern
Mexico.
=Empidonax traillii traillii= (Audubon) becomes =Empidonax
traillii brewsteri= Oberholser, Ohio Journ. Sci., XVIII, No. 3,
January, 1918, (published, Feb. 8, 1918), p. 93 (Cloverdale,
Nye Co., Nevada). (_Cf._ Oberholser, Ohio Journ. Sci., XVIII,
No. 3, Jan., 1918, pp. 93-98.)
=Empidonax traillii alnorum= Brewster becomes =Empidonax
traillii traillii= (Audubon). (_Cf._ Oberholser, Ohio Journ.
Sci., XVIII, No. 3, January, 1918 [published, Feb. 8, 1918],
pp. 85-92.)
†=Otocoris alpestris enertera= Oberholser, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Wash., XX, March 27, 1907, p. 41 (Llano de Yrais,
Lower California, Mexico). Revived as a subspecies. (_Cf._
Oberholser, Bird-Lore, XX, No. 5, pp. 346-347.) Range: central
and southern Lower California.
†=Otocoris alpestris ammophila= Oberholser, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., XXIV, June 9, 1902, pp. 806, 849 (Coso Valley,
southeastern California). Revived as a subspecies. (_Cf._
Oberholser, Bird-Lore, XX, No. 5, Oct. 1, 1918, pp. 346-347.)
Range: Mojave Desert to Owens Valley, southern California.
†=Otocoris alpestris leucansiptila= Oberholser, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., XXIV, June 9, 1902, pp. 806, 864 (Yuma, Arizona).
Revived as a subspecies. (_Cf._ Oberholser, Bird-Lore, XX, No.
5, Oct. 1, 1918, pp. 346-347.) Range: western edge of Arizona,
southeastern border of California, southern Nevada, and
northeastern Lower California.
†=Otocoris alpestris aphrasta= Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., XXIV, June 9, 1902, pp. 806, 860 (Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua, Mexico). Revived as a subspecies. (_Cf._ Oberholser,
Bird-Lore, XX, No. 5, Oct. 1, 1918, pp. 346-347.) Range:
central northern Mexico, north to southeastern Arizona and
southwestern New Mexico.
†=Otocoris alpestris enthymia= Oberholser, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., XXIV, June 9, 1902, pp. 807, 817 (St. Louis,
Saskatchewan, Canada). Revived as a subspecies. (_Cf._
Oberholser, Bird-Lore, XX, No. 5, Oct. 1, 1918, pp. 345-346.)
Range: Great Plains region from northwestern Texas to
Saskatchewan.
†=Aphelocoma californica oöcleptica= Swarth. New subspecies.
Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918,
p. 413 (Nicasio, Calif.). Range: coast region of northern
California.
†=Sieberocitta= Coues, Key to North Amer. Birds, 5th ed.,
I, 1903, pp. 497, 499 (type, _Cyanocitta ultramarina_ var.
_arizonæ_ Ridgway). Recognized as a subgenus. (_Cf._ Swarth,
Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918, pp.
406-407.) Includes the following North American forms:
=Aphelocoma sieberi arizonæ= (Ridgway).
=Aphelocoma sieberi couchii= (Baird).
†=Corvus corax europhilus= Oberholser. New subspecies.
Oberholser, Ohio Journ. Sci., XVIII, No. 6, April, 1918
(published, May 6, 1918), p. 215 (Ardell, Alabama). Range:
eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
†=Agelaius phœniceus arctolegus= Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXIV,
No. 3, July, 1907, p. 332 (Fort Simpson, Mackenzie, Canada).
Reinstated as a subspecies. (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV,
No. 1, Jan., 1918, p. 64.) Range: middle Canada and central
northern United States, wintering in the southeastern United
States.
†=Icterus icterus= (Linnæus). _Oriolus icterus_ Linnæus, Syst.
Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 161 (warmer parts of America).
Recorded from a specimen taken at Santa Barbara, Calif. (_Cf._
Bowles, ‘The Auk,’ XXVIII, No. 3, July, 1911, pp. 368-369.)
=Quiscalus quiscula quiscula= (Linnæus) becomes =Quiscalus
quiscula versicolor= Vieillot (_Quiscalus versicolor_ Vieillot,
Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXVIII, 1819, p. 488, North America),
because _Quiscalus quiscula quiscula_ is applicable only to
_Quiscalus quiscula aglæus_ Baird. (_Cf._ Wayne, ‘The Auk,’
XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 440.)
=Quiscalus quiscula aglæus= Baird becomes =Quiscalus quiscula
quiscula= (Linnæus) because the latter is based on the same
bird. (_Cf._ Wayne, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 440.)
†=Passerculus sandwichensis bradburyi= Figgins. New
subspecies. Figgins, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., April,
1918, p. 2 (James Island, South Carolina).
†=Nemospiza henslowii susurrans= (Brewster). New subspecies.
_Passerherbulus henslowi susurrans_ Brewster, Proc. New Engl.
Zoöl. Club, VI, Feb. 6, 1918, p. 78 (Falls Church, Va,). Range:
United States east of the Allegheny Mountains.
=Junco oreganus shufeldti= Coale becomes =Junco oreganus
couesi= Dwight (_Junco oreganus couesi_ Dwight, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, p. 291; Okanagan,
British Columbia), because _Junco oreganus shufeldti_ Coale is
regarded as a synonym of _Junco oreganus oreganus_ (Townsend).
(_Cf._ Dwight, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1,
1918, pp. 289-295.)
=Junco oreganus mearnsi= Ridgway becomes =Junco mearnsi
mearnsi= Ridgway, because a distinct species. (_Cf._ Dwight,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat, Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, pp.
296-298.)
=Junco oreganus townsendi= Anthony becomes =Junco mearnsi
townsendi= Anthony, because regarded a subspecies of _Junco
mearnsi_ instead of _Junco oreganus_. (_Cf._ Dwight, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat, Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, pp. 296-297.)
=Junco insularis= Ridgway becomes =Junco mearnsi insularis=
Ridgway, because regarded as a subspecies. (_Cf._ Dwight, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, pp. 296-297.)
†=Passerella iliaca canescens= Swarth. New subspecies. Swarth,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, Dec. 30, 1918, p. 163 (Wyman
Creek, White Mts., Inyo Co., Calif.). Range: White Mountains,
California, south in winter to southern California.
†=Passerella iliaca fulva= Swarth. New subspecies. Swarth,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, Dec. 30, 1918, p. 162 (Warner
Mts., Calif.). Range: Warner Mountains, California.
†=Passerella iliaca mariposæ= Swarth. New subspecies. Swarth,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, Dec. 30, 1918, p. 161 (near
Chinquapin, Yosemite Park, Calif.). Range: central and northern
Sierra Nevada, California; south in winter to southwestern
California.
†=Passerella iliaca brevicauda= Mailliard. New subspecies.
Mailliard, Condor, XX, No. 4, July 22, 1918, p. 139 (one-half
mile south of South Yolla Bolly Mountain, Trinity Co., Calif.).
Range: Yolla Bolly Mountains, California; south in winter to
southern California.
†=Lanius ludovicianus nelsoni= Oberholser. New subspecies.
Oberholser, Condor, XX, No. 6, December 12, 1918, p. 209 (Todos
Santos, Lower Calif., Mexico). Range: southern two-thirds of
Lower California, including adjacent islands.
†=Dendroica æstiva amnicola= Batchelder. New subspecies.
Batchelder, Proc. New Engl. Zoöl. Club, VI, Feb. 6, 1918, p. 82
(Curslet, Newfoundland). Range: Newfoundland.
†=Dendroica virens waynei= Bangs. New subspecies. Bangs, Proc.
New Engl. Zoöl. Club, VI, Oct. 31, 1918, p. 94 (near Mount
Pleasant, South Carolina). Range: eastern South Carolina.
†=Seiurus aurocapillus furvior= Batchelder. New subspecies.
Batchelder, Proc. New Engl. Zoöl. Club, VI, Feb. 6, 1918, p. 81
(Deer Pond, Newfoundland). Range: Newfoundland.
†=Toxostoma redivivum helvum= Thayer and Bangs. _Toxostoma
rediviva helva_ Thayer and Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zoöl. Club,
IV, April 30, 1907, p. 17 (Rosario, Lower Calif.). Revived as
a subspecies. (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 1, Jan.,
1918, p. 60.) Range: northwestern Lower California.
†=Sitta carolinensis tenuissima= Grinnell. New subspecies.
Grinnell, Condor, XX, No. 2, March 20, 1918, p. 88 (Hanaupah
Canyon, Panamint Mts., Inyo Co., Calif.). Range: Panamint
Mountains and White Mountains, California.
†=Penthestes gambeli abbreviatus= Grinnell. New subspecies.
Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., XVII, No. 17, May 4, 1918,
p. 510 (Horse Creek, Siskiyou Mts., Calif.). Range: central
California to southern Oregon and northwestern Nevada.
†=Penthestes gambeli inyoensis= Grinnell. New subspecies.
Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool, XVII, No. 17, May 4, 1918,
p. 509 (three miles east of Jackass Spring, Panamint Mts., Inyo
Co., Calif.) Range: mountains of southeastern California, from
Mono County to Inyo County.
†=Hylocichla guttata polionota= Grinnell. New subspecies.
Grinnell, Condor, XX, No. 2, March 20, 1918, p. 89 (Wyman
Creek, White Mts., Inyo Co., Calif.). Range: White Mountains,
California.
REJECTIONS AND ELIMINATIONS.[28]
=Gavia arctica= (Linnæus) vs. =Gavia arctica suschkini= Sarudny
(cf. Hersey, ‘The Auk,’ XXXIV, No. 3, July, 1917, pp. 289-290).
Change of name rejected. (_Cf._ Dwight, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 2,
April, 1918, pp. 196-199.)
★=Fulmarus glacialis glupischa= Stejneger = =Fulmarus glacialis
rodgersii= Cassin, because the latter is merely a color phase
of the species. (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4,
II, pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, pp. 87-90.)
★=Æstrelata scalaris= Brewster = =Pterodroma inexpectata=
(Forster). (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, II,
pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, p. 106.)
★=Æstrelata fisheri= Ridgway = =Pterodroma inexpectata=
(Forster). (_Cf._ Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, II,
pt. II, No. 12, April 22, 1918, p. 106.)
★=Buteo platypterus iowensis= Bailey = _Buteo platypterus
platypterus_ (Vieillot). (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV,
No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 478.)
=Thrasaetos harpyia= (Linnæus). The recent Colorado record
(_cf._ Lowe, ‘The Auk,’ XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 1917, p. 454)
proves to be a misidentification of _Haliæetus leucocephalus_.
(_Cf._ Lincoln, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 1, Jan., 1918, pp. 78-79.)
=Tyto alba pratincola= (Bonaparte) vs. =Tyto perlata
pratincola= (Bonaparte). Proposed change (_cf._ Ridgway, Bull.
U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, pt. VI, 1914, pp. 601, 605) rejected.
(_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 464.)
=Streptoceryle alcyon caurina= (Grinnell) vs. =Streptoceryle
alcyon= (Linnæus). Proposed elimination (_cf._ Taverner,
Summary Rep. Geol. Surv. Dept. Mines Canada for 1916 (1917), p.
361) rejected. (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct.,
1918, p. 463.)
=Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii= (Baird) vs. =Aphelocoma
woodhouseii= (Baird). Proposed change to full species (_cf._
Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918,
pp. 406-408, 416-418) rejected. (_Cf._ Oberholser, Science, N.
S., XLVIII, No. 1233, Aug. 16, 1918, pp. 165-167).
=Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca= Ridgway vs. =Aphelocoma
hypoleuca= Ridgway (_cf._ Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool.,
XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918, pp. 420-421). Change rejected.
(_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 481.)
=Aphelocoma californica obscura= Anthony vs. =Aphelocoma
californica californica= (Vigors). (_Cf._ Swarth, Univ. Calif.
Publ. Zool., XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918, p. 412.) Proposed
elimination rejected. (_Cf._ Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No.
4, Oct., 1918, p. 481.)
=Acanthis hornemanni exilipes= (Coues) vs. =Acanthis linaria
exilipes= (Coues). Proposed change (_cf._ Brooks, ‘The Auk,’
XXXIV, No. 1, Jan., 1917, p. 44) rejected. (_Cf._ Oberholser,
‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, pp. 466-467.)
=Spizella monticola= (Gmelin) vs. =Spizella canadensis=
(Boddaert). Proposed change of name (_cf._ Mathews and Iredale,
Austral Avian Record, III, No. 2, Nov. 19, 1915, p. 41)
rejected because _Spizella canadensis_ (Boddaert) (_Fringilla
canadensis_ Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., 783, p. 13) is a
synonym of _Zonotrichia leucophrys_. (_Cf._ Oberholser, Proc.
Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, June 29, 1918, p. 98.)
★=Junco oreganus montanus= Ridgway. Regarded as a hybrid
between _Junco oreganus_ and _Junco mearnsi_. (_Cf._ Dwight,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, p. 295;
297-298.)
★=Junco oreganus annectens= Baird. Regarded as a hybrid between
_Junco mearnsi_ and _Junco caniceps_. (_Cf._ Dwight, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, p. 298.)
★=Junco phæonotus dorsalis= Henry. Regarded as a hybrid between
_Junco caniceps_ and _Junco phæonotus_. (_Cf._ Dwight, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, pp. 299-300.)
=Dendroica coronata hooveri= McGregor vs. =Dendroica coronata
coronata= (Linnæus). Proposed elimination as a subspecies
(_cf._ Riley, Canadian Alpine Journal, Special Number, 1912
[February 17, 1913] pp. 70-71) rejected. (_Cf._ Oberholser,
‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, pp. 465-466.)
=Certhia familiaris americana= Bonaparte vs. =Certhia
brachydactyla americana= Bonaparte. Change of status (_cf._
Hellmayr, Genera Avium, XV, 1911, p. 8) rejected. (_Cf._
Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, pp. 464-465.)
=Penthestes carolinensis= (Audubon) vs. =Penthestes
atricapillus carolinensis= (Audubon). Proposed change (_cf._
Hellmayr, Genera Avium, XVIII, 1911, p. 34) rejected. (_Cf._
Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 465.)
FOOTNOTES:
[26] For the three previous lists see, ‘The Auk,’ XXXIII, October,
1916, pp. 425-431; XXXIV, April, 1917, pp. 198-205; XXXV, April, 1918,
pp. 200-217.
[27] Additions to the A. O. U. Check-List, the Sixteenth Supplement,
and the First, Second, and Third Annual Lists, are marked with a dagger
(†).
[28] Eliminations of forms already in the A. O. U. Check-List, the
Sixteenth Supplement, the First, Second or Third Annual Lists, are
designated by a star (★).
NEW FORMS OF SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS AND PROPOSED NEW SUBGENERA.[29]
BY CHARLES B. CORY.
=Xenicopsoides= subgenus nov.
_Characters._—Similar to _Xenicopsis_ Cabanis, but with much less
graduated and relatively shorter tail (tail less than ⅚ of wing),
relatively shorter tarsus and plain under parts. (Type _Anabazenops
variegaticeps_ Sclater).
This new subgenus includes the following: _Anabazenops variegaticeps_
Sclater; _Anabales temporalis_ Sclater; _Philydor montanus_ Tschudi;
_Anabates striaticollis_ Sclater; _Xenicopsis anxius_ Bangs and
_Philydor venezuelensis_ Hellmayr.
=Euphilydor= subgenus nov.
Characters.—Similar to _Philydor_ Spix, but shape of bill different,
the terminal half of under mandible (gonys) being decidedly elevated
(nearly as in _Xenicopsis_) and the end of the culmen more curved.
(Type _Philydor lichtensteini_ Cabanis and Heine).
This group comprises the following forms: _Philydor lichtensteini_
Cabanis and Heine; _Anabates amaurotis_ Temminck and _Anabates
dimidiatus_ Pelzeln.
=Synallaxis frontalis juæ= subsp. nov.
_Type_ from Jua, near Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil. Adult male, No. 45618,
Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by R. H. Becker, September
2, 1913.
_Characters._—Similar to _S. f. frontalis_ Pelzeln, but differs chiefly
in the brighter and more cinnamon rufous coloration of the crown, wings
and tail. The primaries have the outer webs bright cinnamon rufous
nearly to the tips, quite different than in _S. f. frontalis_.
_Measurements._—Wing, 55; tail, 80 mm.
=Synallaxis gujanensis huallagæ= subsp. nov.
_Type_ from Lagunas, Lower Huallaga River, Peru. Adult male, No. 50561,
Field Museum of Natural History. Collected by M. P. Anderson, October
12, 1912.
_Characters._—Similar to _S. gujanensis inornata_ Pelzeln from the
Rio Madeira region, Brazil, but differs in having the upper parts and
most of under parts (chest and sides) darker (less buffy brown and
more grayish brown), and sides of head and sides of throat brownish
gray (not pale buffy as in allied forms); coloration of wings and tail
darker and more chestnut brown, wing averaging longer.
_Measurements._—Wing, 65; tail, 70; culmen, 14 mm.
=Synallaxis peruviana= sp. nov.
_Type_ from Moyobamba, northern Peru. Female, No. 50564, Field Museum
of Natural History. Collected by W. H. Osgood and M. P. Anderson, July
15, 1912.