Vol. XVI, pp. 105-112 September 30, 1903 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA SPECIES AND 

 SUBSPECIES OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAY. 



[By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] 



The following new forms are included in Part III of "Birds 

 of North and Middle America,"* now mostly in print, the 

 further printing and publication of which has been postponed 

 until after June, 1904. In consequence of this long delay it is 

 obviously desirable that these novelties be published in advance. 



Budytes flavus alascensis, new subspecies. 



Similar to B.f. leucostriatus but slightly smaller, especially the bill; 

 coloration duller, the yellow of underparts paler and less pure, the chest 

 more distinctly clouded or blotched with grayish, the olive-green of 

 rump, etc., less pronounced. 



Western Alaska. 



Type, No. 73,231, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, St. Michael, 

 Alaska, June 1, 1877; L. M. Turner. 



*Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum, No. 50. 



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