448 NESTS AND EGGS OF 



381. Micrathene whitneyi (Cooper.) 

 * Page 203. This becomes Micropallas zvhitiieyi ( Cooper.) 



387<?. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Ridgw [387, part.^ 



California Cuckoo. 



Page 207. 



396. Dryobates scalaris (Wagi,.) 

 Page 212. This becomes Dryobates scalaris bairdi ( Sch) 



419. Nyctidromus albicollis (Gm.) 



Parauqne. 



Page 227. This becomes Nyctidro77ius albicollis merrtlli (Senn.) 



Merrill's Paranqne. 



Mr. Sennett says that when compared with others of the species 

 from Southern Costa Rica, Panama, Guiana, and Brazil this form can 

 be distinguished, first by the prevailing gray color on upper parts, 

 where the others have brown or rufous-cinnamon ; second, by its large 

 size, etc, etc, (see Auk Vol. V, pages 44-45.) It is named in honor of 

 Dr. J. C. Merrill U. S. A., who discovered the bird in the United States 

 on April i, 1876. 



486<?. Corvus corax principalis Ridgw [280, /^r/.] 



Northern Raven. 



Page 265. 



534a. Plectroplienax nivalis townsendi Rtdgw [186, part.'] 



Prybilof Snowflake. 



Page 295. 



553. Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) 



Harris's Sparro\ir. 



Capt. Bendire gives the following interesting account concerning 

 the supposed nest and eggs of this species : 



"For the purpose of drawing the attention of ornithologists located 

 along the northern border of Montana and Dakota, and throughout 

 southern British North America, to the fact that the nest of eggs of 

 this interesting species remain still unknown, and to the probability of 

 its breeding in these regions, instead of further north, I will state that 

 none of the large collections of birds, nest and eggs made by the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen of the Hudson's Bay Company, Robert McFarlane, 

 Strachan Jones, T. McDougall, Donald Gunn, C. P. Gaudet, and J. 

 lyockhart, and which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution at 

 Washington, D. C, contained specimens of this species, although rep- 



