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Rejected on the ground that the alleged characters are too 
slight and inconstant. 
Otocorts alpestris tnsularts TOWNSEND, Pr. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. XIII. 1890, t4o. 
Rejected on the ground of the insufficiency of the alleged char- 
acters. 
V. PROPOSED CHANGES OF NOMENCLATURE 
REJECTED. 
407. Velanerpes formicivorus bairdi Rivew., vs. MW. f. 
melanopogon TemMM. (Cf. Hareirr, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 
DOV UE LS90;, 15.0.) 
Melanopogon was considered a synonym of formécivorus 
proper. 
460. Contopus pertinax Cars., vs. Contopus musicus 
(Swain.)., (Cf. SAtvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am. 
Aves, II, 1889, 81.) 
Tyrannula musica SWAIN. was considered indeterminable. 
VI. ACTION DEFERRED FROM LACK OF MATE- 
RIAL. 
Final decision on the following was deferred, owing to absence 
of material necessary to enable the Committee to pass judgment 
upon the questions involved. 
216 a. Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus, Bairro, vs. Por- 
zana coturniculus. (Cf. Ripcway, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. XIII, 
1590, 309-311) 
Meleagris gallopavo osccola Scorr, Auk, VII, Oct. 1890, 
BG. 
Ictinia plumbea (Gm.).— Cf. Canoon, O. & O. XV, March, 
1890, 35. 
Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns, Auk, VII, July, 1890, 244. 
Vireo vicintor californicus SrepHuENs, Auk, VII, April, 
1890, 159. 
