Great Basin, south in winter to the Colorado Desert and Los Angeles
Co., California" (A.O.U.).
Page 228, after No. 574b (which, as shown in the Systematic Table, now
becomes 574.1a) add: =574.1b. California Sage Sparrow= (_Amphispiza
nevadensis canescens_). Similar to _Amphispiza belli_ but size
somewhat greater, and coloration throughout very much paler; resembles
_Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis_, but size very much less, and
coloration slightly darker. [Male] W. 2.79; T. 3.03. [Female]
W. 2.63; T. 2.87 (Grinnell).
Range.--"Upper Sonoran Zone in Owens Valley and adjacent areas in
eastern California and extreme western Nevada" (A.O.U.).
Page 229. After No. 581c. add =581s. Suisun Song Sparrow= (_M. m.
maxillaris_). Size of _M. m. heermanni_; but black streakings
everywhere broader, and the general tone of coloration darker; larger
than _M. m. samuelis_ and with brown more extended and deeper in tone
(bay rather than hazel); unique in having the base of the maxilla
inflated or swollen with "lateral bulbosities" (Grinnell).
Range.--Marshes bordering Suisun Bay, Solano Co., California.
Page 230. After No. 581d. add: =581p. Mendocino Song Sparrow= (_M. m.
cleonsis_). Size of _M. m. samuelis_ but lighter and more rusty; black
markings of back more restricted; spots of breast broadly edged with
rusty; black on side of head and neck almost entirely replaced by
rusty or reddish brown" (McGregor).
Range.--"Coast strip of southern Oregon and northern California from
Yaquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, California" (A.O.U.).
Page 231. After No. 585d. add: =585e. Sooty Fox Sparrow= (_P. i.
fuliginosa_). "Similar to _P. i. townsendi_ but darker and less
rufescent, the upperparts, sides of head and neck and lateral
underparts sepia or sooty brown, the upper tail-coverts and tail
slightly more castaneous; spots on underparts dark sooty brown, larger
and more confluent than in other forms" (Ridgway).
Range.--"Northwest coast strip. Breeds on the coast of British
Columbia, Vancouver Island and northwestern Washington; winters south
along the coast to San Francisco, California" (A.O.U.).
=No. 585f. Kadiak Fox Sparrow= (_P. i. insularis_). "Similar to
_P. i. unalaschensis_ but much browner and more uniform above (back
warm sepia), spots on chest, etc., larger and much deeper brown and
under tail-coverts more strongly tinged with buff" (Ridgway).
Range.--"Alaska coast strip. Breeds on Kadiak Island and on the coast
from Prince William Sound south to Cross Sound; winters along the
coast to southern California" (A.O.U.).
Page 234. After No. 715 add: =715a. San Nicolas Rock Wren= (_S. o.
pulverius_). Similar to _S. o. obsoletus_ "but entire plumage,
especially the upperparts, suffused with ochraceous or dust color,
almost identical with the tint of the soil on San Nicholas Island"
(Grinnell).
Range.--San Nicholas Island, California.
Page 236. Cancel No. 821b, _Troglodytes aA"don aztecus_, which proves
to be the same as No. 721a, _T. a. parkmani_. The common name, Western
House Wren, however, is retained in place of the common name Parkman's
Wren.
Page 237. After No. 725c add: =725d. Prairie Marsh Wren= (_T. p.
iliacus_). "Similar to _T. p. palustris_, but slightly larger and with
the coloration more rufescent, the brown of the upperparts
russet-brown to cinnamon-brown or russet, the flanks conspicuously
deep cinnamon-buff or cinnamon" (Ridgway).
Range.--Plains and prairies of central North America. Breeds from
central Alberta and southwestern Keewatin south to central Mississippi
Valley and east to Indiana; winters southward into Mexico and along
the Gulf coast to western Florida (A.O.U.).
Page 238. After No. 759c add: =759d. Monterey Hermit Thrush= (_H. g.
slevini_). General color extremely pale and ashy, nearly as much so as
in _H. g. sequoiensis_; above hair-brown, slightly browner on top of
head; upper tail-coverts and tail isabella color; spots on breast
sepia, small in size and few in numbers. (Grinnell).
Range.--"Breeds in Transition Zone of the coast belt in California
from northern Trinity County to southern Monterey County; south in
migration to Lower California and Sonora" (A.O.U.).
=759e. Sierra Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. sequoiensis_). Similar in
coloration to _H. g. slevini_, but decidedly larger and slightly
darker or browner; similar to _H. g. guttata_, but larger, paler, and
grayer; decidedly smaller." W. 3.65; T. 2.82. (Ridgway).
Range.--"Breeds in Boreal Zones from southern British Columbia to high
mountains in southern California; south in migration and in winter to
Lower California, western Texas, and northern Mexico" (A.O.U.).
Page 239. Cancel 758b, Monterey Thrush, and No. 758c, Alma Thrush,
which are now considered to be the same as No. 758, Russet-backed
Thrush.
Pages 240 and 241. The decisions of the A.O.U. Committee on numerous
proposed changes in the standing of our Juncos were not published
until after the first edition of the Color Key appeared. One new form
(No. 567h) has been added to those therein given one (_J. o.
shufeldti_) has been omitted and the following changes have been made
in nomenclature:
No. 568. _Junco mearnsi_, becomes No. 567g, Junco hyemalis mearnsi,
and the Range of this form is now given as "Rocky Mountain region.
Breeds from southwestern Saskatchewan to southern Idaho and northern
Wyoming and Colorado to southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and
northeastern Sonora" (A.O.U.).
No. 567.1 _Junco montanus_, becomes No. 567f. _Junco hyemalis
montanus_.
No. 571.1 _Junco townsendi_, becomes No. 567i, _Junco hyemalis
townsendi_.
No. 569 _Junco caniceps_, becomes No. 570b. _Junco phA|onotus
caniceps_.
No. 570a. _Junco dorsalis_, becomes _Junco phA|onotus dorsalis_.
No. 567a. _Junco oreganus_, becomes _Junco hyemalis oreganus_.
No. 567c. _Junco oreganus thurberi_, becomes _Junco hyemalis
thurberi_.
No. 567d. _Junco oreganus pinosus_, becomes _Junco hyemalis pinosus_.
The common names of all the preceding species remain unchanged.
No. 567b. Coues' Junco (_Junco oreganus connectens_) becomes
Shufeldt's Junco (_Junco hyemalis connectens_), and this form also
includes _J. o. shufeldti_ of the 'Color Key,' which is therefore
cancelled. The Range of 567b, thus stands as follows:
Rocky Mountain region. Breeds from the coast of southern British
Columbia east to west, central Alberta and south to northern Oregon;
winters over entire Rocky Mountain tableland to eastern Colorado,
Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Chihuahua, and Sonora; casual
in northern Lower California" (A.O.U.).
The one new form added follows No. 568. after which insert =567h,
Ridgway's Junco= (_J. h. annectens_). Back with a reddish brown patch
as in _J. p. caniceps_, but sides washed with pinkish brown, as in
_J. h. mearnsi_.
Range.--"Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico" (A.O.U.).
Page 242. Cancel No. 744.1, Santa Rita Bush-Tit, which proves to be
the same as No. 745, Lloyd's Bush-Tit.
Page 243. Cancel No. 731a, Texan Tufted Titmouse, which proves to be
the same as No. 731, Tufted Titmouse.
Page 243. After No. 732 add: =732a. Sennett's Titmouse= (_B. a.
sennetti_). "Similar to _B. a. atricistatus_, but decidedly larger;
upper parts much clearer gray, with little, if any olive tinge; adult
female with crest feathers more often and more extensively tipped with
gray, and both sexes with the forehead more often tinged with brown or
rusty, sometimes deeply so" (Ridgway).
Range.--Central Texas, "from Tom Green and Concho Counties east to the
Brazos River, and from Young County south to Nueces and Bee Counties"
(A.O.U.).
Page 244. After No. 741b. add: =741c. Valdez Chestnut-sided Chickadee=
(_P. r. vivax_). Like _P. r. rufescens_ in coloration but larger, tail
proportionately longer and bill bulkier. W. 2.48; T. 2.32 (Grinnell).
Range.--Prince William Sound Region, Alaska.
Page 244. Cancel 740a. Kowak Chickadee, and No. 740b, Columbian
Chickadee, which prove to be the same as No. 740, Hudsonian Chickadee.
_Parus h. littoralis_ becomes No. 740a, Acadian Chickadee.
Page 244. After No. 738 add: =738a. Bailey's Mountain Chickadee=
(_P. g. baileyA|_). Similar to _P. g. gambeli_, "but coloration dorsally
and laterally more plumbeous, less brownish, and bill larger." B. 41
(Grinnell).
Range.--"Mountains of Great Basin region and northern Lower
California. Breeds in Canadian and Transition Zones from the Maury
Mountains, Oregon, south over Nevada and eastern California to the San
Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California" (A.O.U.).
Page 245. After No. 736a add: =736b. Florida Chickadee= (_P. c.
impiger_). Similar to _P. c. carolinensis_ but darker and decidedly
smaller (except bill). W. 2.08; T. 1.81; B. .31 (Ridgway).
Range.--East central Florida.
Page 245. After No. 735b add: =735c. Yukon Chickadee= (_P. a.
turneri_). "Similar to _P. a. septentrionalis_ but slightly smaller,
coloration grayer above and more extensively or purely white beneath,
and white edgings of greater wing-coverts, secondaries, and outermost
rectrices broader, more purely white" (Ridgway).
Range.--Alaska, north and west of Cook Inlet.
Page 248. After No. 622c add the northeastern form of the Loggerhead
Shrike, which is intermediate between _L. l. ludovicianus_ and _L. l.
excubitorides_ and has been separated as =622e. Migrant Shrike= (_L.
l. migrans_). Similar to _L. l. ludovicianus_ but bill smaller and
colors averaging paler. Not so pale as, and lacking the whitish upper
tail-coverts of _L. l. excubitorides_.
Range.--"Eastern North America. Breeds chiefly in Transition and Upper
Austral Zones from northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, southern
Ontario, southern Quebec, Maine, and New Brunswick, south to eastern
Kansas, southern Illinois, Kentucky, western North Carolina and
interior of Virginia (locally in the east); winters from Middle States
and southern New England to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi"
(A.O.U.).
The Range of the Loggerhead Shrike (No. 622) is therefore restricted
to the South Atlantic and Gulf States from southern North Carolina
south through Florida and west to Louisiana.
Page 250. After No. 612 add: =612a. Lesser Cliff Swallow= (_P. l.
tachina_). Similar to _P. l. lunifrons_ but decidedly smaller, the
forehead ochraceous instead of cream color. W. 4.08; T. 1.77
(Oberholser).
Range.--"Texas and Mexico. Breeds in western Texas, the Rio Grande
Valley, and through eastern Mexico to Vera Cruz" (A.O.U.).
Page 250. No. 612.2. _Petrochelidon melanogastra_, becomes No. 612b,
_Petrochelidon lunifrons melanogastra_.
Page 250. After No. 611.1 (which is now believed to be of only
occasional occurrence in southern Florida) add: =611.2. Gray-breasted
Martin= (_Progne chalybea_). Male much like the female of _P. subis_
but brighter, more uniformly steel-blue above. Female like female of
_P. subis_ but brighter, more uniformly gray, the belly whiter,
without black shaft streaks; the nape without sign of a collar in
either sex. W. 5.2.
Range.--Breeds from Lower Rio Grande in Texas south to southern
Brazil.
Page 253. After No. 496 (which has become _Tangavius A|neus
involucratus_) add: =496a. Bronzed Cowbird= (_T. w. A|neus_). Similar
to _T. A|. involucratus_ but plumage of the male _smoother_ and more
glossy; the female much grayer, more like female of _M. ater_.
Range.--"San Antonio, Texas, south through eastern Mexico, Yucatan and
central America to Panama" (A.O.U.).
The Range of No. 496 is hence restricted to the region from
northwestern Mexico to southern Arizona.
Page 255. After No. 488a. add: =488b. Western Crow= (_C. b.
hesperis_). Similar to No. 488 "but decidedly smaller, with bill
relatively smaller and more slender." [Male] W. 11.88; T. 6.72;
B. 1.87; depth of B. at nostril .62 (Ridgway).
Range.--"Western North America, from east central British Columbia and
Montana south to southern California, Arizona, and western Texas" (A.
O. U.).
APPENDIX II.
FAUNAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
When one is engaged in a study of the birds of a certain region or
locality it is of the first importance to learn what has been
published about them by previous workers. Such information may appear
in general works on the bird-life of a large area, but more frequently
it is found in 'local lists' of the birds of a limited district. These
lists constitute one of the most characteristic and numerous types of
ornithological publication. They are of value to the student of
distribution and migration, in the broader phases of these subjects,
and they are of especial interest and assistance to students living in
the region to which they relate.
The appended titles of works of this nature have been selected from a
card catalogue of faunal publications which the author began to
prepare some twenty years ago, in part with regard to their historic
importance, but mainly on the basis of their present working value.
Unfortunately many of these papers are now out of print or are hidden
in scientific publications of but limited circulation and are
therefore correspondingly inaccessible. When, however, other means to
secure them fail, the Librarian of the American Museum of Natural
History, in New York City, may be consulted with a view to securing,
at cost, a type written copy of any list desired.
THE WORLD
1875-1895. SHARPE, B., and others. Catalogue of Birds in the British
Museum. 27 vols. with descriptions of the birds of the world,
ills.--1885. STEJNEGER, L., and others. Riverside Natural History.
Vol. IV, Birds, 4to, 558 pp., ills. (Houghton, Mifflin).
Classification, structure, habits, distribution.--1893-1836. NEWTON,
A., and others. A Dictionary of Birds. Pop. Ed., 8vo, 1088 pp., ills.
(Macmillan).--1894-95. LYDEKKER, R., and others. Royal Nat. Hist.,
Birds, 4to, Vols. III, 584 pp., and IV, 576 pp., ills., General
account.--1899. EVANS, A. H., Birds. Vol. IX, Cambridge Natural
History (Macmillan). 8vo, 635 pp. ills. Classification, habits,
distribution.--1899-1909. SHARPE, B. A Hand-List of the Genera and
Species of Birds. 8vo, 5 vols. Published by British Museum. Names and
Ranges.--1909. KNOWLTON, F. H., and others. Birds of the World, sm.
4to, 873 pp., ills. (Holt). Habits, distribution.
NORTH AMERICA
1804-14, WILSON, A. American Ornithology. 9 vols., 4to Many subsequent
editions, the last, in one volume, by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia,
is crude, but at least places Wilson's text within reach of every
one.--1831-39. AUDUBON, J. J. Ornithological Biography. 5 vols., 8vo
of text to accompany the 4 elephant folios of plates (1827-38).
Republished in 8 vols., 8vo, 1840-44 and later editions. The elephant
folios with the 5 volumes of text sell for $2500-$3000; the text can
sometimes be purchased at $5 per volume; the first 8vo edition brings
about $350.--1832-34. NUTTALL, T. Manual of the Ornithology of the
United States and Canada. 2 vols. Several later editions, the last
revised by Montague Chamberlain (Little, Brown & Co.), 1903, 2 vols.
in one, 473 and 431 pp.--1858. BAIRD, S. F., CASSIN, J., and LAWRENCE,
G. N. Pacific R. R. Reports. Vol. IX. Birds (of North America). 4to.
pp. LVI+1005--1872. COUES, E. Key to North American Birds. 1903, 5th
and last ed., 2 vols., roy. 8vo. 1152 pp. The introduction, of 233
pages, treats of general ornithology and the anatomy of
birds.--1874-1884. BAIRD, S. F., BREWER, T. M., and RIDGWAY, R.
History of North American Birds. Land birds, 3 vols.: water birds,
2 vols., 4to. The volumes on land birds republished in 8vo size but
from same plates, 1905, 596, 590, 560 pp. (Little, Brown & Co).--1886.
American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. New
York, Rev. Ed. 1910, 8vo, 430 pp.--1887. RIDGWAY, R. A Manual of North
American Birds. 2d Ed. 1896, 653 pp. (Lippincott).--1892-5. BENDIRE,
C. Life Histories of North American Birds. I, 414 pp., Gallinaceous
birds, Pigeons, Hawks, and Owls; II, 1895, 508 pp., Parrots, Cuckoos,
Trogons, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds,
Cotingas, Flycatchers, Larks, Crows and Jays, Blackbirds and Orioles.
(Pub. by U. S. Nat. Mus.)--1893. NEHRLING, H. Our Native Birds
of Song and Beauty. Vol. I, 371 pp.; Vol. II, 1896, 452 pp.
Biographical.--1898. DAVIE, O. Nests and Eggs of North American
Birds. 5th Ed., 8vo, 509 pp. (Columbus, Ohio).--1901-1911. RIDGWAY, R.
The Birds of North and Middle America. Bull. 50, U. S. Nat. Mus. Part
I, 1901, FringillidA|; Part II, 1902, TanagridA|, IcteridA|, CA"rebidA|,
MniotiltidA|; Part III, 1904, MotacillidA|, HirundinidA|, AmpelidA|,
PtilogonatidA|, DulidA|, VireonidA|, LaniidA|, CorvidA|, ParidA|, SittidA|,
CerthiidA|, TroglodytidA|, CinclidA|, ChameidA|, SylviidA|; Part IV, 1907,
TurdidA|, ZeledoniidA|e, MimidA|e, SturnidA|, PloceidA|, AlaudidaA|,
OxyruncidA|, TyrannidA|, PipridA|, CotingidA|. Part V, 1912,
PteroptochidA|, FormicariidA|, FurnariidA|, DendrocolaptidA|, TrochilidA|,
MicropodidA|, TrogonidA|. Other volumes to follow. The standard
work.--1903. CHAPMAN, F. M. Color Key to North American Birds. 312
pp., upward 800 col. ills.--1904. REED, C. S. North American Birds'
Eggs. 355 pp., many ills.--1910. American Ornithologists' Union
Abridged Check-List of North American Birds. Pocket Edition,
77 printed + 77 blank pp. (New York).
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.
1872-1881. MAYNARD, C. J. Birds of Eastern North America; 1896, Rev.
Ed., 4to, 721 pp., ills. (West Newton, Mass.).--1884. LANGILLE, J.
H.... Our Birds in Their Haunts. 12mo, 624 pp. (Cassino).--1889.
MERRIAM, F. A. Birds Through an Opera-glass. 12mo, 223 pp.
(Houghton).--1895. WRIGHT, M. O. Birdcraft, 12mo, 317 pp., ills.
(Macmillan).--1895. CHAPMAN, F. M. Handbook of the Birds of Eastern
North America, 421 pp., ills.; 1912. Rev. Ed. (Appleton's).--1897.
CHAPMAN, F. M. Bird-Life. A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds.
12mo. 269 pp. 75 plls.; 1901, Rev. Ed., with col. plls.
(Appleton's).--1897. WRIGHT, M. O., and COUES, E. Citizen Bird, 12mo,
430 pp. ills. (Macmillan).--1898. BLANCHAN, N. Bird Neighbors, 234
pp., col. Plls. (Doubleday).--1898. MERRIAM, F. A. Birds of Village
and Field. 12mo. 406 pp., ills. (Houghton).--1898. SCOTT, W. E. D. Bird
Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern North America. 4to,
363 pp. Many half-tones (Putnam's).--1898. APGAR, A. C. Birds of the
United States East of the Rockies. 12mo, 415 pp. ills. (Am. Book
Co.).--1899. CORY, C. B. The Birds of Eastern North America. 8vo,
387 pp., ills. (Field Museum).--1905-6. REED, C. A. Bird-Guide.
Oblong, 32mo, Part I, 254 pp.; Part II, 197 pp.; many ills. (Doubleday).
GREENLAND
1861. REINHARDT, J. List of Birds Hitherto Observed in Greenland;
Ibis, III, pp. 1-19, 118 species.--1875. NEWTON, A. Notes on Birds
Which Have Been Found in Greenland, ... London, 8vo pamphlet,
pp. 94-115 (Author's extra from Man. Nat. Hist. Greenland). 63+62
species; bibliography.--1889. HAGERUP, A. Some Account of the Birds
of Southern Greenland, from the MSS.. of A. Hagerup, edited by Montague
Chamberlain. Auk, VI, pp. 211-218, 219-297, 39 species.--1891.
HAGERUP, A. T. The Birds of Greenland, translated from the Danish by
Fremann B. Arngrimson, edited by Montague Chamberlain, Boston (Little,
Brown & Co.), 8vo, 62 pp.; 139 species.--1892. STONE, W. Birds
Collected by the West Greenland Expedition. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
Phila., 1892, pp. 145-152; 147 species.--1895. STONE, W. List of Birds
Collected by the Peary Expd. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1895, pp.
502-505; 28 species.--1895. SCHALOW, H. VON. Ueber eine Voglesammlung
aus WestgrA¶nland. Jour. fA1/4r Orn., 1895, pp. 457-481; 35 species.--1899.
CHAPMAN, F. M. Report on Birds Received Through the Peary Expeditions
to Greenland. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XII, pp. 219-244; 48
pages.--1904. SCHALOW, H. Die VA¶gel der Arktis, Band IV, Leiferung, I,
pp. 81-288; Gustav Fischer, Jena. A detailed synopsis of Arctic
bird-life.
ALASKA