900 
tus subvirgatus, the Acadian Sharp-tailed 
Sparrow, is described as a new subspecies 
by Dwight, Auk, July, 1887, p. 233, and the 
Committee give its range as the coast of 
southern New Brunswick, Prince Edward 
Island, probably Nova Scotia, and south- 
ward at least to Long Island. It is said 
to be ‘* similar in size and coloring to A. 
caudacutus, but paler and much less conspicu- 
ously streaked beneath with pale greenish 
gray instead of black or deep brown. Bill 
averages smaller. Compared with nelsoni it 
is much paler and grayer, generally larger 
and with a longer bill.’’ 
No. 242 bis, p. 370. Add: Melospiza lincolni 
striata. Forsusu’s Sparrow. Similar to 
M. lincolni; superciliary stripe and whole 
upper parts more strongly olivaceous, with 
the dark streaks coarser, blacker, and more 
numerous, especially on the pileum, back, 
and upper tail-coverts. British Columbia. 
Brewster, Auk, April, 1889, p. 89. 
No. 247 a, p. 872. Melospiza fasciata rivu- 
laris, Bryant, Proc. Cala. Acad. Sci., Sept. 
1888, p. 197, is a new subspecies of Song 
Sparrow described from Lower California, 
and recognized by the Committee. 
No. 261 a, p. 874, note. Junco hiemalis caro- 
linensis, Brewster, Auk, Jan. 1888, p. 108, is 
now recognized by the Committee as a valid 
species under the name J. carolinensis. It is 
that form of eastern Snowbird which breeds 
in the southern Alleghanies. 
No. 267 quater, p. 379. Junco hiemalis 
townsendi. Anthony, Proc. Cala. Acad. Sci., | 
2d ser., Oct. 1889, p.76, describes a new Snow- 
bird from the San Pedro Mountains as J. 
townsendi, the full specific rank of which is 
allowed by the Committee in the Second Sup- 
plement, 1889. 
No. 271 bis, p. 875. This subspecies, ad- 
mitted to the Kry in 1887, is confirmed by 
the Committee, under the name Spizella pusilla 
arenacea, Western Field-Sparrow. 
No, 291 bis, p. 890. Add: Guiraca cerulea 
eurhyncha, described by me in Amer. Nat., 
Sept. 1874, p. 578, but never taken into the 
Key, through deference to the opinion of the 
Committee, is now recognized by them as a 
valid subspecies inhabiting Mexico, north to ' Birds, 1887, p. 589. 
SECOND APPENDIX. 
Colorado and California. It is somewhat 
larger than the common Blue Grosbeak. of a 
rather paler blue, and has a disproportionately 
larger bill, as implied in the name. 
No. 293 a, p. 391. Passerina versicolor pul- 
chra, the “ Beautiful Bunting,’’ is described 
as a new subspecies from Lower California 
and northwestern Mexico by Ridgway, Man. 
N. A. Birds, 1887, p. 448. The length as- 
signed (5.50 inches) is identical with that 
ascribed to P. versicolor; the wings and tail 
are said to be shorter; the male is said to 
have the ‘‘ red on occiput brighter, purple on 
throat less reddish (never decidedly red ?), 
flanks brighter plum-purple, aud rump more 
purplish-blue or lavender.’’ 
No. 296, p. 392. Spermophila moreleti be- 
comes Sporophila morelleti sharpei, Law- 
rence, Auk, Jan. 1889, p. 53. 
No. 277, p. 383. Zonotrichia leucophrys in- 
termedia, The Committee now revert to this 
nomenclature, which the Kry has preserved 
in its 2d and 3d editions, 1884 and 1887, 
against the Union List of 1886. 
No. 278, p. 383. Zonotrichia gambeli. The 
Committee now revert to Z. leucophrys gam- 
beli of the orig. ed. of the Kny, 1872, p. 145. 
No. 297 bis, p. 392. Add: Euetheia 
ecanora. MerLopious GRAssquitT. A small 
West Indian Grassquit, originally named 
Loxia canora by Gmelin in the 13th edition 
of the Systema Nature, 1788, p. 858, and 
referred to its proper genus by Dr. John 
Gundlach in Cabanis’ Journal fiir Ornithol- 
ogie, 1874, p. 123, has been found on Som- 
brero Key in southern Florida. See Merriam, 
Auk, July, 1888, p. 322. So far as known 
it is only a straggler to our fauna. 
No. 298 a, p. 393. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata 
beckhami, Ridgway, Auk, Oct. 1887, p. 347, is 
a new subspecies described from western 
Texas to southern Arizona and south into 
northwestern Mexico, 
No. 298 b, p. 393. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata pen- 
insule, Ridgway, Auk, Oct. 1887, p. 347, is a 
new subspecies described from Lower Cali- 
fornia. 
No. 315, p. 403. Molothrus eneus becomes 
Callothrus robustus, Ridgway, Man. N. A. 
(See Cabanis, Mus. 
