flO Prince of Musignano's Supplement 



301. Rallus noveboracensis. (Rallus Jlavicollis, Vieill, Gal, 

 des Ois,* pi. 266.) A male and female from the same locality, 

 whilst the species had hitherto been found in the immediate 

 vicinity of New York only. 



The above four species are enumerated in my Synopsis, or in 

 my Catalogue of the Birds of the United States; but the four 

 following being completely new additions, we shall characterize 

 them, pointing out the place they ought to occupy in our 

 Synopsis, &c. 



GENUS XI. CORVUS. 



SUBGENUS III. GARRULUS. 



63. bis. CoRTus Stelleri, Gm. Crested, blue; head and 

 neck blackish; secondaries and tail-feathers, slightly banded 

 with black, tail rounded. 



Synonymes. 



Corvus Stelleri^ Gm, Syst, i. p. 370. Lath, Ind.'i. ^. 158. 

 sp. 20. 



Steller's Crow. Perm, Art. Zool. ii. sp. 139. Lath. Syn.'i. 

 p. 387. sp. 21. Lath. Gen. Hist. 'in. p. bQ. sp. 58.+ 



Inhabits the western coasts of North America, especially the 



* I shall take this opportunity to state, that in the above quoted most ex- 

 cellent work, only lately fallen under my notice, I find the Phalaropus Wilsonii 

 of Captain Sabine (See my remarks on that genus, in my " Observations 

 on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology," and in the second volume of the 

 *' Annals of the New York Lyceum of Natural History,") accurately figured 

 plate 271, under the name of Ph. frenatus, M. Vieillot received his specimen 

 from New York; and having probably referred as well as ourselves to the 

 Albany Museum, he perceived that it was the supposed Ph. lobatus o(Mr. Ord ; 

 but at the same time overlooked Captain Sabine's description of this truly un- 

 fortunate species, among the numerous synonymes of which his name will 

 be condemned to figure. 



f Latham in this late work, erroneously quotes under this species, the 

 Corvus Floridanus ofBartram, (Garrulus cyaneus Bind ccerulescens, Vieill.) which 

 is a distinct species, Sp. 64, of my Synopsis. 



