68 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



Hypothetical List 



1.(382.1) Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha Swainson. Thick-billed Parrot. 



May straggle across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. Has been col- 

 lected in Arizona. 



2. (420c) Chordeiles virginianus sennettii Coues. Sennett's Nighthawk. 



Great Plains, south to Texas (A. 0. U. Check-List). No specific local- 

 ities for this species. 



3. ( — ) Otocoris alpestris chrysolaema Wagler. Mexican Horned Lark. 



^Alauda minor Giraud. "Texas." Inhabits the southern portion of 

 the Mexican Plateau. Only three of Giraud's "Sixteen Species of Tex- 

 as Birds" have ever been collected within the limits of Texan territory. 

 These are Icterus audubonii Giraud, Catherpes mexicanus albifrons 

 (Giraud) (^Certhia albifrons Giraud) and Astragalinus psaltria mex- 

 icanus Swainson (=Fringilla texensis Giraud). 



4. ([450]) Myiozetetes texensis Giraud. Giraud's Flycatcher. 



^Muscicapa texensis Giraud. "Texas." Southern Mexico. A. 0. U. 

 Check-List on authority of Giraud's "Texas" specimen. 



5. ( [455]) Nyiarchus lawrenceii Giraud. Lawrence Flycatcher. 



=Muscicapa lawrenceii Giraud. "Texas." Included in the North 

 American list on the above authority. An inhabitant of Eastern and 

 Southern Mexico. 



6. ([470]) Empidonax fulvifrons Giraud. Fulvous Flycatcher. 



=Muscicapa fulvifrons Giraud. "Texas." Probably mountains of 

 Northeastern Mexico (Ridgway). 



7. (490) Corvus ossifragus Wilson. Fish Crow. 



This species is resident on the coast of Louisana. 



8. (541) Aimnodramus princeps Maynard. Ipswich Sparrow. 



Recorded from Dallas by Sennett (The Auk, III, 1886, p. 135). Prob- 

 ably an error, arising, as suggested by Cooke ("Bird Migration in the 

 Mississippi Valley, 1888, p. 188) from a transposition of labels. 



