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times wholly deep buff), the hitter distinctly streaked with black or grayish 

 dusky." (Kidgway, Manual N. A. Birds, 2 ed., p. 602.) 



667b. Change Junco hyemalis shufeldti Coale^ Shufeldt's 

 JuNco, to Junco hyemalis connectens Coues^ Hybrid Junco, the 



name shufeldti being antedated by that of connectens. 



593d. Add Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus Ridgiv. Florida 

 Cardinal. — The Cardinal of Florida has been described, under the above 

 name, by Mr. Eidgway, as "smaller and darker colored than C. cardinalis \ 

 adult male with the terminal margins of feathers of back, etc., olivaceous 

 instead of gray ; adult female with more red in crest and on tail, the chest 

 frequently much tinged or intermixed with red." (Manual N. A. Birds, 

 2 ed., p. 606.) 



595. Change Habia ludoviciana {Linn.) to Zamelodia ludo- 



viciana {Linn.).^ the generic name Habia having been wrongly applied. 

 (See Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 39.) 



596. Change Habia melanocephala {Swains.) to Zamelodia 



melanocephala {Sivains.) for reasons given under the preceding species. 



645. Change Helsninthophila ruficapilla ( Wils.) to Helmin- 



tliopliila rubricapilla ( Wils.)., the former name being preoccupied. 

 (See Faxon, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 264.) 



648a. Add Compsothlypis americana usneaB Brewster. 

 Northern Parula Warbler. — ^The Parula Warbler, breeding from Mary- 

 land and southern Illinois northward, has been described under the above 

 name by Mr. Brewster as similar to the southern C. americana but " averag- 

 ing slightly larger but with a shorter bill. Adult male with less yellow on 

 the under parts and more black or blackish on the lores and malar region ; 

 the dark collar across the jugulum black or blackish, broad and conspicuous ; 

 the chest mottled or spotted with rich brownish chestnut." (Brewster, The 

 Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 45.) 



654a. Add Dendroica caBrulescens cairnsi Coues. Cairns's 

 Warbler. — The Black-throated Blue Warbler breeding m the " higher parts 

 of the Alleghanies, from Virginia to Georgia," has been described under the 

 above name by Dr. Coues as similar to Dendroica coirulescens but somewhat 

 smaller and with " the middle of the back nearly or quite black, instead of 

 blue, or blue with only a few black touches." (Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, 

 p. 96.) 



658. Change Dendroica caerulea ( Wils.) to Dendroica rara 



( Wils.)., the former name being preoccupied. (See Kidgway, The Auk, xiv, 

 1897, p. 97.) 



684. Change Sylvania mitrata {Gmel.) to Wilsonia mitrata 



(Gmel.)^ the generic name Sylvania having been wrongly applied. (See 

 Coues, The Auk, xiv, April, 1897.) 



