6 NOMENCLATURE OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



tlie nomeuclatuie of the species, and so numerous bave been the acces- 

 sions to the fauna, tliat the wants of ornithologists require a new list 

 which shall bring the subject fully up to date. It also appears desirable 

 that an analysis should be given of the principal points of variance, nu- 

 merical and otherwise, between the list which is herewith presented and 

 that which has for so many years been the standard of reference ; while, 

 in order to further increase the utility of the list, a brief review of the 

 revisions of nomenclature which have been adopted, the species added 

 to the fauna, and other matters of like interest, is given under appro- 

 priate headings on pages 59-84. 



h. Specific names changed. 

 No. 5-5 1). "unalashkse" changed to unalascce. 

 No. 29. "melaiiTira Lawr." changed to calif ornica Brewst. 

 No. 137. "caridris" (a purely typographical error) changed to calidris. 

 No. 235 a. " unalashkensis " changed to M«a?asc<!«sis. 

 No. 346, "yucatanensis (Cabot) Gould" changed to cerviniventris Gould. 

 No. 351. "pelagica" changed to pelasgica. 



No. 377. "formicivorus (Sw.) Bp." changed to formicivorus hairdi Ridgw. 

 No. .543. "fedoa" changed to /cerfa. 



No. 698. "parasiticus (Linn.) Schaeff," changed to crepidatus (Banks) Vieill, 

 No. 699. "hnffoni (Boie) Coues" changed to parasiticus (Linn.) Saunders. 

 No. 724. "melanai" changed to we/ajno. 



No. 732. "cornutus (Gm.) Kaup" changed to auritus (Linn.) Ridgw. 

 No. [733]. "auritus (Linn.)" changed to nigricollis (Suud.). 

 No. 733a. "auritus" changed to nigricollis. 



c. Corrections of authorities. 

 No. 77. "(Gmel.) Bp." changed to Salv. & Godm. 

 No. 124. "Bp." changed to Aud. 

 No. 120. "Ridgw." changed to Baird. 

 No. 127. " Coues " changed to And. 

 No. 183. "Bp." changed to Coues. 

 No. 230a. "B. B. & R." changed to Ridgw. 

 No. 231. "Forst." changed to Gmel. 

 No. 354. "Bp." and parentheses canceled. 

 No. 406. "Linn." changed to (Linn.) Newt. 

 No. 517. "(Bonap.) Caban." changed to Bonap. 

 No. 594 a. "Woodh." changed to Ridgw. 

 No. 644. "Ridgw." changed to Sel. & Salv. 

 No. 733a. "Lawr." changed to Heerm. 



d. English names changed. 



No. 17. Bed-rented Thrasher changed to Eiifoiis-vented Thrasher. 



No. 29. "BUck-capped Gnatcatcher" changed to Black-tailed Guatcatcher. 



No. 133. Brasier's W.arbler changed to Brasher' a Warbler, 



No. 175a. aray-headed Rosy Finch changed to Hephurn's Rosy Finch. 



No. 602. Black Duck changed to Black Mallard. 



No. 603. Florida Black Duck changed to Florida Dusky Duck. 



No. 626. Fischer's Eider changed to Spectacled Eider. 



Other corrections are chietly of typographical errors. Those made in the appendix 

 correspond in the main with those of the catalogue, but some important alterations 

 have been made on pages 222, 224, 229, 233, 235, 237, and 238. 



