( 2 ) 

 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE 



HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BY 



THE AUTHOES. 



As promised in the last issue of British Birds (Vol. VIII., 

 p. 279) we now give a list of the corrections and additions 

 to our Hand-Ldst \vith short explanations and references. 

 The names of the Hand-List thus revised will be used until 

 further notice in British Birds. It should be mentioned 

 that we intend so far as possible to adopt any necessary 

 change of name only at the beginning of a volume of British 

 Birds in order to avoid the confusion which might arise 

 by the use of two different names for the same bird in one 

 volume. As an additional safeguard a note referring to 

 the nomenclature used will be foimd at the head of the 

 Index of each volume. 



24. Carduelis hornemanni hornemanni 



25. Carduelis hornemanni exilipes 



instead of C. horneinannii. The name is incorrectly quoted 

 in the Hand-List, the original spelling being with only one " i." 



54. Emberiza palustris palustris 



instead of E. pyrrhuloides 'palustris. For full explanation 



see Brit. B., VI., p. 153. 



Add— 



54A. Emberiza palustris tschusii Reiser and Almasy. — 



THE EASTERN LARGE-BILLED REED-BUNTING. 



See Brit. B., VI., p. 154. 

 Add— 



59A. Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis (Evers- 

 manu).— THE EASTERN SHORT-TOED LARK. 



Alauda longipennis Evcrsnianii, Bull. »>oc'. Imp. Nat. 

 Moscou, XXI, p. 21 'J (1848— Songaria). 



Calandrella brachydactyla longipennis W. E. Clarke, Scot. Xal., 

 1915, p. 100. 



In the Hand-List (p. 29) we stated that it was desirable 

 that s])ecimcns of the Short-toed Lark should be examined 

 as they luight belong to the Eastern form. In the Scottish 

 Naturalist, 1915, pp. 100-1, Mr. W. E. Clarke states that a 

 recent comi)arison * of the bird obtained at Fair Isle ou 

 November 11th, 1907, with the series at Tring shows it to 

 be an cxam])lo of C. h. Innr/ipcnnis. This fonn. which a]ipears 



