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GENEEA AND SPECIKS OF BIIIDS. 



LXXIX. TISA, Clarh. 



(Clark, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mns. xsxii. p. 467, 1907.) 



1. variabilis (7V;n»(.). (p. 5G6.) E.Siberia. 



(Hartert, t. c. p. 191.) Kamtchatka. 



Japan. 

 Kuril Is. 



LXXX. MELOPHUS, Swains. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 568, 1888.) 



1. melanicterus {Gm.). (p. 568.) 



Himalaya Mts. 

 Indian Peninsula. 

 Burmese Provinces. 

 S. Oliina. 



LXXXI. PLECTROPHENAX, Stejneger. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 572, 1888.) 

 Passenna (7iec Vieill.), auct. recent. 

 [Cf. Eidgway, Auk, 1898, p. 324 ; id. Birds X. & M. 



America, i. p. 146 (1901); Hartert, Yog. Pal. 



Fauna, i. p. 202 (1904).] 

 ICf. Witmer Stone, Auk, 1907, p. 199.] 



1. nivalis {Linn.), (p. 572.) 



(Kidgway, i. c. p. 148 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 202.) 



Northern Countinps 

 of both Hemispheres, 

 migrating south in 

 wiuier. 



2. townsendi, Bidgway. 



(Eidgway, t. c. p. 152 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 202, 

 note.) 



Siberian coast of 



Bering Sea. 

 Commander Is. 

 Aleutian Is. 



2. hyperboreus, Eidgway. (p. 577.) 



(Ridgway, i. c. p. 153; Hartert, t. c. p. 202, 

 note.) 



Hall Isl., S. Mathew's Isl., 



Bering Sea. 

 W. Alaska {winter). 



