be Ninth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. 105 
173a, Branta bernicla glaucogastra (BREEM.). 
White-bellied Brant. 
Bernicla glaucogaster C. L. Bren, Isis, 1830, 996, nomen 
nudum; Handb. Vég. Deutschl. 1831, 849. 
Branta bernicla glaucogastra Cours, Auk, XIV, April, 1897, 
207. 
[B 570, part, C 484, part, R 595, part, C 700, part.| 
Groc. Distr. — Extreme northern part of northern hemisphere, 
including Arctic America, migrating southward in winter. (C/ 
COURS, Auk, CV, April, 1897, 207.) 
201c. Ardea virescens anthonyi Mearns (cf Eighth Suppl.). 
This should stand as No. 2010. 
[230.1.] Gallinago major (GMEL.). 
Greater Snipe. 
Scolopax major GMEL. S. N. I, ii, 1788, 661. 
Gallinago major Kocn, Syst. Baier. Orn. 1816,33 13. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Geoc. Distr. — Europe, Asia, and Africa. Accidental{intNorth 
America (Hudson Bay). (Cf Coues, Auk, XIV, Apr. 1897, 209.) 
SusGENuS HBLODROMAS Kaur (Check-List, 2d ed., p. 93). 
This is raised to full generic rank. (Cf Cours, Auk, XIV, 
April, 1897, 211.) Hence Nos. 256, 256¢, and [257] will 
stand as follows: 
256. Helodromas solitarius (WILs.). 
Iringa solitaria Wiis. Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 53, pl. Iviii, 
fig. 3. 
ffelodromas solitarius SHARPE, Cat. Bds. B. M. XXIV, 1896, 
444- 
256a. Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus (Brewsv.). 
