174 K\A.^^, Rece7itly Described North America^i Birds. \ t^\ 



Geographical range. — "America from the Arctic regions north of 

 Hudson Baj and westward to the Mackenzie River, along the Atlantic 

 watershed, though generally coastwise, to Patagonia and the Falkland 

 Islands. Rare on the Pacific slope. Breeds about Hudson Baj, north- 

 ward and eastward." 



A. morinella is stated to be smaller than A. inierpres, with chestnut 

 prevailing above instead of black, and with the feet orahge-red instead of 

 vermilion. A. inferpres is mainly Old World, but extends to Alaska and 

 Greenland, A. morinella being its North American representative. 



Asio accipitrinus mcilhennyi Stone. 



Asia accipitrinus mcilhennyi Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1899, 

 47S. 



" Very much paler than specimens from Pennsylvania and have the 

 tawny tints largely replaced by white. The lower surface is white with a 

 slight buff suffusion in some examples, while the dark stripes on the 

 breast average narrower than in more southern specimens. The females 

 are slightly darker than the males. In measurements they agree pretty 

 well with specimens from the United States." 



Type locality, Point Barrow, Alaska. 



The Point Barrow specimens are regarded " as representing a distinct 

 geographic race, probably ranging southeastward over the arctic barren 

 grounds." 



Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell. 

 Coast Jay. 



Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell, Condor, II, Nov. 1900, 127. 



" Subsp. char. — Intermediate in size and coloration between C. stelleri 

 and C. stelleri frontalis. Dorsal surface sooty-black as in stelleri, but 

 with blue on the forehead nearly as, e.Ktended as in frontalis. Tint of 

 blue of posterior lower parts paler than in stelleri, and extending further 

 forward into pectoral region, as in frontalis." 



Type locality, Stevens's Creek Canon, Santa Clara Co., California. 



Range, " Coast region of Oregon and California, from the Columbia 

 River south to Monterey County." 



Sturnella magna argutula Bangs. 



Florida Meadowlark. 



Sturnella magna argutula Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, I, 20, Feb. 

 28, 1899. 



