412 APPENDIX II. 



167. Change Erismatura rubida ( Wils.) to Erismatura ja- 



xnaicensis (Gmel.)^ the hxtter name having twenty-six years' priority. (See 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxvii, 1896, p. 445.) 



171.1. Add Anser fabalis (Lath.). Bean Goose.— An Old World 

 species which has been once recorded from Greenland. (See Allen apnd 

 Schalow, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 244.) 



224. Change Phalaropus tricolor ( Vieill.) to Steganopus tri- 

 color VieilL^ tlie subgenus ^Steganopus having been accorded generic rank. 

 (See Eighth Supplement A. O. U. Check-List N. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 

 1897, p. 126.) 



270. Change Charadrius squatarola {Linn.) to Squatarola 



squatarola {Linn.), the subgenus Squatarola having been accorded generic 

 rank. (See Eighth Supplement A. O. U. Check-List N. A. Birds, The Auk, 

 xiv, 1897, p. 126.) 



322. Change Crootrygon martinica {Linn:) to Geotrygon 



chrysia Bonap. The former inhabits the Lesser x\utilles, the latter Cuba, 

 Haiti, the Bahamas, and Florida Keys. (See Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxi, 1893, pp. 570-572.) 



394c. Add Dryobates pubescens medianus {Swains.).— T\iQ 

 Downy Woodpeckers of eastern North America have been separated by Mr. 

 H. C. Oberholser into two races : Dryobates pubescens^ the Southern Downy 

 Woodpecker, inhabiting the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and Dryo- 

 bates pubescens medianus, the Downy Woodpecker, inhabiting the 

 region from North Carolina northward. The former is described as similar 

 to D. P. medianus., '■'-'bui smaller, the lower parts more brownish, the white 

 markings of wings and tail averaging of less extent." (See Oberholser, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, p. 547 ; also Brewster, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 80.) 



466a. Change Empidonax traillii {And.), Traill's Ff-ycatcher, 

 to Empidonax traillii alnorum {Brewst.)., Alder Flycatcher. — The 

 change proposed by Mr. Brewster, and mentioned in a note under this species, 

 has been adopted by the A. O. U. Committee. 



498b. Change Agelaius phoeniceus bryanti Ridgw., Bahaman 

 Redwing, to Agelaius phoeniceus fioridanus Maynard, Florida Red- 

 wing, the Florida bird having proved separable from the former, inhabiting 

 the Bahamas. (See Maynard, Birds E. N. A., part 40, 1896, p. 689.) 



550c. Add Ammodramus maritimus macgillivrayi And. 

 Louisiana Seaside Finch. — The dark Seaside Finch of the west Gulf coast 

 (Louisiana, southward in winter to Corpus Christi, Texas) has been separated 

 by Mr. Ridgway under the above name. It is described as " similar to A. m. 

 peninsulcB.^ but still darker, with dusky streaks on back, broader and blacker, 

 and margined externally (except along median line) with broad sti'caks of 

 pale ash gray or grayish white : pileum and hind neck more strongly tinged 

 with brown; post-auricular space and chest strongly tinged with butf (some- 



