234 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



i. Supposed valid species descrihed by Aiiduhon and Wilson, which, have not since been met 



with, and of which no specimens are known to exist in collections. 

 Catalogue No. 

 32. Regulus cuvieri, Atid. Orn. Biog. i. 1832, 288, pi. 55 ("Banks of Schuylkill 



River, Pa., Juue, 1812").— Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 228; Review, i. 1864, 66.— 



B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 75, pi. 5, fig. 7. 

 91. Perissoglossa carbonata (And.) Ridgw. — Sijlvia carhonata, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



i. 1831, 308, pi. 60 (Kentucky). — Dendroica carhonata, Baird, B. N. Am, 1858, 



287 ; Review, i. 1885, 207. — Perissoglossa carbonata, B. B. &, R. Hist. N. Am. 



B. i. 1874, 214, pi. 12, fig. 3. 

 112. Dendrceca MONTANA (Wils.) Baird. — Sylvia montana, WiLS. Am. Orn. v. 1812, 



113, pi. xliv. fig. 2 ("Blue Mts. of Pennsylvania "). — Aud. Orn. Biog. v. 294 



("California"). — Dendroica montana, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 279; Review, i. 



1865, \m.—Dendroeca montana, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 271, 

 126. WiLSONiA MiNUTA (Wils.) Bp. — Muscicapa minuta, Wii^s. Am. Orn. vJ, 1812, 62, 



pi. 1. fig. 5. — Aud. Orn. Biog. v, pi. 434, fig. 3; B. Am. i, pi, 67.- Myiodioctes 



minutus, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 293; Review, 1865, 241.— B. B. «& R. Hist, N. 



Am, B, i, 1874, 316, pi, 16, fig, 2. 



I. List of untenable species and races of North American birds described since 1858, 



1, Helminthophaga ruficapiUa var, ocularis, B. B, & R, Hist, N, Am, B, i, 1874, 191, 



(Chicago, 111.) = No. 85, 

 (?) 2, Helminthophaga ruficapiUa var, gutturalis, B. B, & R, Hist, N, Am. B, i, 1874, 



191, (East Humboldt Mts,, Nevada; Ft, Tejon, Cal,) =No, 85? 



3. Helminthophaga celata var. obscura, B, B, & R, Hist. N, Am, B, 1.1874, 192, (Geor- 



gia and Florida,) =No, 86. 



4. Hirundo bicolor var, vespertina, Cooper, Am, Nat, x, Feb, 1876, 91, (California.) 



= No. 155. 



5. Co??)/rio c/ic??i« n(/ensis, Gregg, Proc. Elmira Acad, i, 1870, 9, (New York.) =No. 



148, juv. 



6. Hesperiphona vespertina var. montana, Ridgw. in B, B, & R, Hist, N. Am, B, i. 



1874, 449, pi, 22, fig, 4, (Southern Rocky Mts. and mountain regions of Mex- 

 ico.) = No. 165. 



(?) 7. Loxia atrata, von Homeyer, Jour, fiir Orn. 1879, 179, (North America,) 

 = No, 173 ?? * 



8. Leucosticte campestris, Baird, Orn, Cal, i, 1870, 163, (Colorado,) =No, 175a 

 (individual variation), 



(?) 9, Linaria brunnescens, von Homeyer, .Jour, fiir Orn. 1879, 184. ("Lapland, Gron- 

 land, Schweden.")t =No. 179a? 



* "Somewhat smaller than L. leucoptera, but with about the same length of wing, the tail at least 

 IQmm shorter. Distinguished by its coloration. The red in ground tone is nearest rhat of the "Haken- 

 gimpel" [Pinicola envcleator] but every wliere darker, and saturated, as it were, with black, this color 

 extending indefinitely both on the back as well as on the middle of the belly to the breast, as also on 

 the lower tail-coverts. The feet are even darker colored than in leucoptera. The wing-bands are un- 

 affected for the most part, although not quite so broad. This is especially seen in the first or terminal 

 band, which begins, scarcely visible, at the edge of the wing, and remains very inconsiderable to the 

 middle, then quickly expands to a great rounded spot. The extent of the second band is everywhere 

 much more limited than in leucoptera." 



" This is decidedly not a melanism, as is shown, not alone by the character of the coloration, but by 

 the ocurrence of two old males exactly alike." 



"My two birds came from North America." — [Translation.'] 



t "The dark Linnet is nearest to this species in size, but it is easily distinguished by many features. 

 The whole upper jiarts are blackish brown, with very narrow margins to the feathers of whitish and 

 rusty yellow, which, on the rump, return to the ground color ; on the sides of the head the feathers .also 

 have very fine, rusty white margins ; the throat-spot is very large ; the entire under parts to the mid- 

 dle of the belly are densely covered with many large, dark brown longitudinal streaks. Two birds 

 killed in Lapland, June-July (sexes not detenuined), show a tender red on the side of the head. The 



