Appendix I 



Page 103. After 266 add: 268. Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitien- 

 sis). Somewhat like N. hudsonicus, but thighs with long bristle-like leathers; 

 tail pale rusty, barred with black; markings of back and wings pale rusty. 



Range.— "Alaska and Pacific Islands. Breeding range unknown; has been 

 taken in summer in western Alaska from Kowak River to Kenai Peninsula; also 

 on Laysan and Phoenix Islands; winters in inlands of the South Pacific from 

 Hawaii to New Caledonia" (A. O. U.). Classed with Accidental Visitants in first 

 edition of 'Color Key.' 



Page 112. Cancel No. 277a, Belted Piping Plover, which proves to be the 

 same as No. 277, Piping Plover. 



Page 117. After No. 297b add: 297c. Sierra Grouse (D. o. sierrce). Male 

 resembles male of No. 297, but back less black and more heavily vermiculated 

 with brown and gray; terminal tail-band narrower and more speckled with 

 blackish;, median tail-feathers more heavily marked with gray or brownish; 

 white neck-tufts practically absent; feathers of sides, flanks and under tail- 

 coverts with less white. Much paler and more heavily vermiculated above than 

 No. 297b. 



Range. — Ft. Klamath, Oregon south through the Sierras to Mount Pinos in 

 South California. 



Page 117. The ranges of the races of this bird (now known as Spruce 

 Partridge, rather than Spruce Grouse) are given in the A. O. U. 'Check-List' as 

 follows : 



298. Hudsonian Spruce Partridge (Canachites canadensis canadensis). 



Range.- — "Boreal forest region from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains 

 west of Edmonton, Alberta, east to Labrador Peninsula; also a disconnected area 

 in Alaska from Bristol Bay to Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound." 



298b. Alaska Spruce Partridge (C. c. osgoodi). 



Range. — "Mt. McKinley and the Yukon region east to Great Slave and Atha- 

 baska lakes." 



298c. Canada Spruce Partridge {C. c. canace). 



Range. — 'Manitoba, southern Ontario, and New Brunswick south to northern 

 parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England." 



Page 119. After No. 301a add: 301b. Alexander's Ptarmigan (L. I. alexan- 

 drm). Similar to L. I lagopus in corresponding plumage, "but coloration darker 

 throughout, especially dorsally; bill smaller and relatively much narrower." 

 (Grinnell). 



Range. — Baranof and adjacent islands west to Shumagin Islands (A. O: U.). 



Page 119. After No. 301b. add: 301c. Ungava Ptarmigan (L. I. ungavus). 

 Like No. 301 but with a heavier bill. Culmen, .82; depth of bill at base, 57 

 (Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 233). 



Range. — Ungava and probably the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. 



Page 120. Remove the interrogation points from before Nos. 304 and 30-ia, 

 the distinctions between which there presented having been accepted by the 



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