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Zonotrichia coronata (Pallas). 



Zonoirichia aurocapilla Niitt. 



24,067. (^ Sept. 22, 1836. Columbia river. Ti/2)e. 

 Melospiza fasciata guttata (Nutt.). 



Melospizn guttata Nutt. 



This species is based upon Audubon's descriptiou of Fringilla 

 einerea (Orn. Blog., v, p. 22), which Nuttall rightly determined 

 was not Fringilla cinereo, of Gmelin. Audubon's description was 

 based upon one of Townsend's specimens, which subsequently 

 came into the Academy's possession through Edward Harris, and 

 must of course be regarded as the type of Nuttall's M. guttata. 



24,028. (J* Columbia river. J. K. Townsend. From E. Harris. Type. 



A female and an unsexed specimen are in the National Museum, 



also from Townsend. 



Zonotrichia leuoophrys gambeli (Nutt.). 

 Fringilla garnhdi Nutt. 



Also based on a Townsend specimen in the Academy collection, 

 but the type cannot now be found. 

 Turdus ustulatus (Nutt.). 



Turdus ustulatus Nutt. 



Based on a Townsend specimen in the Academy collection which 

 I have identified as 



23,644. Columbia river. J. K. Towu.seml. Type. 



William Gambel. 

 Gambel's new species were based mainly upon collections made 

 by him in California and presented to the Academy , where most of 

 the specimens are still preserved, though several have found their 

 way into the National ^Museum. 



Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pall.). 



Mergulus cassinii Gambel. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xx, 184.">, p. 

 266. 



30,073. California. "W. Gambel. Type. 

 Sterna antillarum (Less.) 



Sterna frenata Gambel. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, p. 128. 



24,499. Atlantic ocean. Dr. Heermanu. Type. 

 Sterna maxima (Bodd). 



Sterna regia Gambel. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, p. 128. 



30,071. Florida. Dr. Heermanu. Type. 

 Sterna elegans (Gambel). 



Sterna elegans Gambel. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, p. 128. 



30,070. " Mazatlan, California. " W. Gambel. Type. 



