BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 709 



Nephoecetes nrger, var. borealis Coues, Check-list, 1873, no. 270. — Ridgway, Bull. 

 Essex Inst., vii, 1875, 17 (Pyramid Lake Reservation). 



[Nephoecetes niger var. borealis] b. borealis Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 269. 



Nephacetes niger, ^. borealis Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 565 (Pyi-amid 

 Lake Reservation and near Fort Churchill, Nevada). 



Cypseloidcs niger borealis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 188; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 350.— Drew% Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 

 182 (Howardsville, Colorado, up to 13,000 ft., breeding up to 11,000 ft.; meas- 

 urements; descr. young; remarks on plumages, etc.); Auk, ii, 1885, 17 (ver- 

 tical range in Colorado). — Henshaw, Auk, iii, 1886, 78 (upper Pecos R., New 

 Mexico, migrant). — Gormley, Auk, v, 1888, 424 (Seattle, Washington; descr. 

 nest and eggs). — American Ornithologists' Union, Auk, xiv, 1897, 126; 

 xvi, 1899, 111; Check-list, 3d ed., 1910, 200.— Dawson, Auk, xiv, 1897, 175 

 (Okanogan Co., Washington.)— Cooke, Bull. Col. Agr. Coll., no. 37, 1897, 86 

 (Colorado; breeds from 10,000-12,000 ft., and ranges much above 13,000 ft.); 

 Auk, xxvi, 1909, 413 (Denver, Colorado, June). — Grinnell (J.), Pub. 2, 

 Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 27 (Los Angeles Co., California, rare migi-ant). 

 Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 40 (California range); Univ. Cal. Pub. 

 Zool., V, 1908, 69 (San Bernardino Mts., s. California, July). — Chapman, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 34 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz).— Bailey (Florence M.), 

 Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 229.— Vrooman, Auk, xviii, 1901, 394 (near 

 Santa Cruz, California, breeding; descr. nest and eggs); Condor, vii, 1905, 

 176 (breeding on cliffs of seashore, near Santa Cruz, California; descr. nest 

 and eggs). — Rathbun, Auk, xix, 1902, 135 (Seattle, Washington, summer 

 res.; habits). — Bowles, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 144 (Tacoma, Washington). — 

 Kermode, Prov. Mus. Victoria, 1909, 51 (Victoria, Chilliwack, Okanogan, 

 and Comox, Brit. Columbia). — Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vii, 1911, 

 71 (Revillagigedo I. and Boca de Quadra, s. Alaska; crit.; habits). 



C[ypseloi(les] niger borealis Hartert. Das Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 

 1897, 79. 



[Cypseloides niger.] Subsp. a. Cypseloides borealis Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xvi, 1892, 495 (Brit. Columbia; San Miguel Molino, Puebla; Sieira Madre, 

 Tepic, etc.). 



[Cypseloides niger] a. borealis Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, p. xiv. 



[Cypseloides] borealis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 93, part. 



Nephocaetes niger (not Hirundo nigra Gmelin) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Siirv., 

 ix, 1858, 142, part.— Elliot, Illustr. N. Am. Birds, i, 1869, pi. 20. 



Nephoecetes niger Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, pp. xxix, 922, part; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 108. 



Nephocctes niger Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 562 (Vera Cruz, 

 breeding) . 



Nephoecetes niger Cooper, Orn. Calif., 1870, 349. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 429, part, pi. 45, fig. 4; iii, 1874, 521 (San Fran- 

 cisco, California). 



Cypseloides niger American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, no. 422. — 

 Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, 1889, 288 (San Quintin and San 

 Carlos Landing, Lower California; migrant). — Fannin, Check-list Birds 

 Brit. Col., 1891, 29 (Victoria, B. C.).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1893, 43 (Lula Island, Clinton, Lake La Hache, Ashcroft, Kamloops, and 

 Vernon, Brit. Columbia; habits). — Fisher (A. K.), North Am. Fauna, 

 no. 7, 1893, 54 (Owens Lake, near Keeler, Independence, etc., s. e. Cali- 

 fornia, May, June). — Anthony, Zoe, iv, 1893, 236 (San Telmo and San Pedro 

 Martir Mts., Lower California): Auk, xii, 1895, 139 (San Fernando, Lower 

 California, May). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1894, 



