Auk 
346 Twelfth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. ial 
[B 406, part, C 214, part, R 263, part, C 320, part] 
Groc. Dist.— Florida and the Gulf coast to Louisiana, north 
through lower Mississippi Valley to southeastern Illinois, and 
southwestern Indiana. 
SuBGENUS MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. ‘This becomes 
GreNus MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. 
Megaquiscalus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 
409. Type, Quiscalus major Vinitior. (Cf. Ripeway, 
Bull. U.S. Nat.-Mus., .No- so, pt-ell, 1902, 2353) 
13. Megaquiscalus major (VIFILLOT). 
Quiscalus major ViriLLoT, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXVIII, 
1819, 487. 
Megaquiscalus major RipGway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 
50, pte lis 1902,235. 
‘ 
5135a. Megaquiscalus major macrourus (SWAINson). 
Quiscalus macrourus SWAINSON, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 299. 
Megaquiscalus major macrourus RipGway, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. No. so, pt. 11 )-1902), 235; 
No. 512 of the Check-List thus becomes No. 513a, the serial 
number 512 being eliminated. 
Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson. ‘This is eliminated 
from the Check-List. 
SupBGENUS HESPERIPHONA. This becomes 
GENUS HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte. 
Hesperiphona BONAPARTE, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 505. 
Type, /ringilla vespertina W. COOPER. (Cf. Ripeway, Bull. 
U.S. Nat: Mus.,: No: 50, pt. I, 1900557.) 
