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sea eagles from eastern Asia prove to be subspecifically different from 

 the European Haliaeetus alhicilla and should be called Haliaeetus 

 alhicilla brooksi Hume. The birds of this species occurring on the 

 Aleutian Islands belong, of course, to this race, and Haliaeetus alhicilla 

 brooksi is thus added to the North American list. The American bird 

 now called Larus brachyrhynchus proves to be only subspecifically dif- 

 ferent from Larus canus of Europe, and its name, therefore, should be 

 Larus canus brachyrhynchus. Although Corvus caurinus Baird has 

 been commonly considered a distinct species, there is apparently nothing 

 in either size or color to warrant its status as other than a subspecies. 

 It, therefore, should hereafter be called Corvus brachyrhynchus caurinus 

 Baird. The golden warbler commonly known as Dendroica bryanti 

 castaneiceps Ridgway proves now to be a subspecies of Dendroica 

 erithachorides Baird, since Dendroica bryanti is found to intergrade with 

 the latter. Its name, therefore, should be Dendroica erithachorides 

 castaneiceps Ridgway. H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— M«/aMc?a ornithologica. V. Harry C. Oberhol- 

 SER. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 32: 7-8. Feb. 14, 1919. 



The woodpecker now known as lyngipicus auritus (Eyton) has an 

 earlier name, and should therefore be known as Yungipicus moluccensis 

 (Gmelin). The names of four other woodpeckers are preoccupied and 

 they, therefore, require changing as follows: lyngipicus pygmaeus 

 (Vigors) becomes Yungipicus mitchellii (Malherbe) ; Dendropicos 

 minutus (Temminck) is here renamed Dendropicos elachus. Campethera 

 punctata (Valenciennes) will now stand as Campethera punctuligera 

 (Wagler) ; and Gecinus striolatus (Blyth) becomes Picus xanthopygius 

 (Bonaparte). H. C. O. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— MMtowda ' orw?Y/io/ogica. VI. Harry C. Ober- 

 HOLSER. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 32: 21-22. Apr. 11, 19 19. 



The changes in the names of birds on account of preoccupation or 

 overlooked earlier names here made concern five species. The bird 

 commonly known as Francolinus chinensis (Miiller) must now stand as 

 Francolinus pintadeanus (Scopoli) ; Totanus maculatus (Tunstall) be- 

 comes Totanus erythropus (Pallas) ; Cuculus canorus minor Brehm 

 is named Cuculus canorus bangsi; Monasa nigra (Miiller) becomes 

 Monasa atra (Boddaert) ; and Alcedo grandis Blyth is now to be called 

 Alcedo megalia, nom. nov. H. C. O. 



