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gins of wiiig-covcrts much more extended. Ilab. Arid districts of southwestern 

 United States, north to the Sacramento Valley, California, south (in winter) to 

 Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



(15.) Page 137, under Rallus longirostris crepitans : 



211c'. Rallus longirostris caribaeus Eidow. Caribbaean Clapper Rail.' 

 Similar to Ji. I. crepitans, but coloration rather deeiJcr, with the liack, etc., 

 more distinctly striped with duskj^; wing 5.55-5.90 (5.7G), culmen 2.12-2.55 

 (2.38), least depth of bill .25-.30 (.27), tarsus 1.95-2.12 (2.02), middle toe, 1.70- 

 1.95 (1.85). Sab. Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, and coast of southern Texas 

 (Corpus Christi and Galveston). 



(16.) Page 137, under Rallus longirostris saturatus : 



2116. Rallus longirostris scottii Senn. Scott's Rail.' 

 Similar to E. I. saturatus, but much darker above (the back, etc., brownish 

 black streaked with olive-grayish), the foi'eneck and sides of chest shaded with 

 olive-grayish. Hab. Western Florida. 



(17.) Page 166, under Totanus solitarius: 



25Ga. Totanus solitarius cinnamomeus Brewster. 

 Western Solitary Sandpiper.' 

 "Similar to T. solitarius, but larger, the wings grayer, the light spots on 

 the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts brownish cinnamon instead of white or 

 buffy whitish ; the sides of the head with more whitish, especially on the lores. 

 !No well-defined loral stripe." Hab. Western North America, from Lower Cali- 

 fornia and Arizona to British Columbia. 



The range of true T. solitarius does not include the area inhabited by 

 T. solitarius cinnamomeus. 



(18.) Page 167, Genus SYMPHEMIA Eafinesqce. 



Mr. Brewster has recently separated the western birds of this species as a 

 geographical race, the main distinctive characters of which are as follows: 



a}. Smaller, with relatively shorter and thicker bill ; summer adults with ground- 

 color of upper parts darker, more olive-grayish, more heavily spotted or 

 barred with dusky, the anterior and lateral lower parts aKso more heavily 

 marked with dusky ; wing 7.0G-7.75 (7.36), tail 2.71-3.30 (2.91), exposed 

 culmen 2.02-2.31 (2.19), tarsus 2.08-2.42 (2.29). Hab. Atlantic coast of 

 United States 258. S. semipalmata (Gmel.). Willet. 



a}. Larger, with relatively longer and slenderer bill ; summer adults with ground- 

 color of upper parts paler, more ashy, gray, less heavily marked with 



> Ilalltu tongirotlria carib<Tuii RinowAY, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, v. July, ISSO, 140.— Sesnett, Auk, T. 1SS8, 

 .119 (Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas). 



' Rnllm longirontrit ,r->tiii Sp.XN., Auk, V. July, ISSS, .105. 



• Totanut lolilariut cinnamomcut Bbewst., Auk, vii. Oct. 1S90, 377. 



