486 ADDENDA. 



ADDENDA. 



Page 70. To Order Herodiones add, at beginning- : — 



FAMILY PLATALEIDiE : SPOONBILLS. 

 GENUS AJAIA. 



183. Ajaia ajaja (Linn.). Roseate Spoonbill. 



Bill wide and flat, head naked, neck scantily feathered, toes long and 

 slightly webbed at base, a slight crest on lower neck. Plumage of a delicate 

 pink, becoming- white on shoulders and neck, and with glossy red lesser 

 wing- coverts and upper tail coverts. Skin of head black, with orange 

 around eyes and on chin. Length: 28-85, wing 14.10-15.30, bill 6.20-7.15, 

 greatest width of bill, 2.00-2.20. 



Distribution. — Coast of Gulf and southern Atlantic states, and south- 

 ward through tropical America. 



The roseate spoonbill has been reported from Brownsville, and is 

 said to be fairly common along the Texas coast. 



Page 458. Before 737. Parus slateri, add : — 



736a. Parus carolinensis agilis Senn. Plumbeous Chickadee, 

 Top of head and throat black ; wings and tail edged with white ; rest of 



upper parts pale plumbeous ; under parts white with only a trace of buff 



on sides and flanks. Wing: 2.43, tail 2.35, bill .38. 



Distribution. — Texas, west to Victoria, Bee, and Concho counties. 



CHANGES MADE IN THE WESTERN BIRDS OF THE 

 CHECK-LIST BY THE NOMENCLATURE COMMIT- 

 TEE OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UN- 

 ION, APRIL, 1903. 



GENERIC CHANGES. 



Page 75. Subgenus Garzetta has been chang-ed to Genus Egretta. 



Page 168. Subgenus y^salon has been changed to Tinnunculus. 



Page 170. Subgenus Tinnunculus has been changed to Cerchneis. 



Page 331. The genus Ammodramus has been subdivided. Subgenus Pas- 

 serculus has been made Genus Passerculus, including numbers 542-544 

 (pp. 331-333); Subgenus Centronyx has been put under Genus Coturniculus, 

 which includes 545, bairdi, and 546a, bimaculatus (pp. 333, 334) ; and 

 Genus Ammodramus has been restricted to 547a-550b, occidentalis to 

 sennetti (pp. 334-336). 



