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SECOND APPENDIX. 



tus suhvirgatus, the Acadian Sharp-tailed 

 Sparrow, is described as a new subspecies 

 by D wight, Auk, July, 1887, p. 233, and the 

 Committee give its range as the coast of 

 southern New Brunswick, Prince Edward 

 Island, probably Nova Scotia, and south- 

 ward at least to Long Island. It is said 

 to be " similar in size and coloring to A. 

 caudacutus, but paler and much less conspicu- 

 ously sti-eaked beneath with pale greenish 

 gray instead of black or deep brown. Bill 

 averages smaller. Compared with nelsoni it 

 is much paler and grayer, generally larger 

 and with a longer bill." 



No. 242 bis, p. 370. Add: Melospiza lincolni 

 striata. Forbush's Sparrow. Similar to 

 M. lincolni; superciliary stripe and whole 

 upper parts more strongly olivaceous, with 

 the dark streaks coarser, blacker, and more 

 numerous, especially on the pileum, back, 

 and upper tail-coverts. British Columbia. 

 Brewster, Auk, April, 1889, p. 89. 



No. 247 a, p. 372. Melospiza fasciata rivu- 

 laris, Bryant, Proc. Cala. Acad. Sci., Sept. 

 1888, p. 197, is a new subspecies of Song 

 Sparrow described from Lower California, 

 and recognized by the Committee. 



No. 261a, p. 874, note. Junco hiemalis caro- 

 linensis, Brewster, Auk, Jan. 1888, p. 108, is 

 now recognized by the Committee as a valid 

 species under the name /. carolinensis. It is 

 that form of eastern Snowbird which breeds 

 in the southern Alleghanies. 



No. 267 quaier, p. 379. Junco hiemalis 

 toTvnsendi. Anthony, Proc. Cala. Acad. Sci., 

 2d ser., Oct. 1S89, p. 76, describes a new Snow- 

 bird from the San Pedro Mountains as /. 

 townsendi, the full specific rank of which is 

 allowed by the Committee in the Second Sup- 

 plement, 18S9. 



No. 271 bis, p. 875. This subspecies, ad- 

 mitted to the Key in 1887, is confirmed by 

 the Committee, under the name Spizella pusilla 

 arenacea, Western Field-Sparrow. 



No. 291 bis, p. 390. Add : Guiraca coerulea 

 eurhyncha, described by me in Amer. Nat., 

 Sept. 1874, p. 573, but never taken into the 

 Key, through deference to the opinion of the 

 Committee, is now recognized by them as a 

 valid subspecies inhabiting Mexico, north to 



Colorado and California. It is somewhat 

 larger than the common Blue Grosbeak, of a 

 rather paler blue, and has a disproportionately 

 larger bill, as implied in the name. 



No. 293 a, p. 391. Passerina versicolor pul- 

 chra, the "Beautiful Bunting," is described 

 as a new subspecies from Lower California 

 and northwestern Mexico by Ridgway, Man. 

 N. A. Birds, 1887, p. 448. The length as- 

 signed (5.50 inches) is identical with that 

 ascribed to P. versicolor ; the wings and tail 

 are said to be shorter; the male is said to 

 have the " red on occiput brighter, purple on 

 throat less reddish (never decidedly red?), 

 flanks brighter plum-purple, and rump more 

 purplish-blue or lavender." 



No. 296, p. 392. Spermophila moreleti be- 

 comes Sporophila morelleti sharpei, Law- 

 rence, Auk, Jan. 1889, p. 53. 



No. 277, p. 383. Zonotrichia leucophri/s in- 

 termedia. The Committee now revert to this 

 nomenclature, which the Key has preserved 

 in its 2d and 3d editions, 1884 and 1887, 

 against the Union List of 1886. 



No. 278, p. 383. Zonotrichia gambeli. The 

 Committee now revert to Z. leucophrys gam- 

 heli of the orig. ed. of the Key, 1872, p. 145. 



No. 297 his, p. 392. Add: Euetheia 

 canora. Melodious Grassquit. A small 

 West Indian Grassquit, originally named 

 Loxia canora by Gmelin in the 13th edition 

 of the Systema Naturae, 1788, p. 858, and 

 referred to its proper genus by Dr. John 

 Gundlach in Cabanis' Journal fiir Ornithol- 

 ogie, 1874, p. 123, has been found on Som- 

 brero Key in southern Florida. See Merriam, ' 

 Auk, July, 1888, p. 322. So far as known 

 it is only a straggler to our fauna. 



No. 298 a, p. 393. Pi/rrhuloxia sinuata 

 bcckhami, Ridgway, Auk, Oct. 1887, p. 347, is 

 a new subspecies described from western 

 Texas to southern Arizona and south into 

 northwestern Mexico. 



No. 298 b, p. 393. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata pen- 

 insulce, Ridgway, Auk, Oct. 1887, p. 347, is a 

 new subspecies described from Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



No. 315, p. 403. Molothrus ceneus becomes 

 Callothrus robustus, Ridgway, Man. N. A. 

 Birds, 1887, p. 589. (See Cabanis, Mus. 



