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fSialia sialis episcopus Oberholser. New subspecies. Oberholser, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXX, Feb. 21, 1917, p. 27 (Santa Engracia, 

 Tamaulipas, Mexico). Range: northeastern Mexico to southern 

 Texas. 



REJECTIONS AND ELIMINATIONS. 1 



Brachyramphus craverii (Salvadori) vs. Brachyramphus hypoleucus 



Xantus. Proposal to synonymize Brachyramphus craverii with 

 Brachyramphus hypoleucus (cf. Beck, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 

 III, 1910, pp. 60-61) rejected (cf. Van Rossem, Condor, XVII, 1915, 

 pp. 74-76). 



Cepphus snowi Stejneger. The record from Alaska (cf. Reichenow, 

 in Niedieck's Kreuzfahrten im Beringmeer, 1907, p. 250) is too doubt- 

 ful for inclusion in the North American list. (Cf. Oberholser, The 

 Auk, XXXIV, No. 2, April, 1917, p. 191.) 



Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin) vs. Gelochelidon anglica (Montagu). 

 Proposal to change name because of inadequacy of Gmelin's descrip- 

 tion (cf. B. O. U. Committee, List Brit. Birds, ed. 2, 1915, p. 394), 

 rejected. (Cf. Hartert et al., British Birds, VIII, No. 12, May 1, 

 1915, p. 281.) 



Sterna fuscata Linnaeus vs. Sterna fuliginosa Gmelin. Proposed 

 change (cf. Hartert, Jourdain, Ticehurst, and Witherby, Hand-List 

 Brit. Birds, 1912, p. 196) rejected. (Cf. Iredale, Ibis, 1914, p. 437; 

 Hartert, British Birds, IX, No. 1, June 1, 1915, p. 10.) 



Puffinus kuhlii borealis Cory vs. Puffinus kuhlii flavirostris (Gould). 

 Proposed change of name (cf. G. H. Thayer, Science, new series, XLII, 

 No. 1079, Sept. 3, 1915, pp. 308-310) rejected. (Cf. Stone, Science, 

 new series, XLII, No. 1085, Oct. 15, 1915, p. 530.) 



Alphapuffinus Mathews, Austral Avian Record, II, No. 5, Sept. 24, 

 1914, p. 110 (type, Puffinus assimilis Gould). Not separable from 

 Puffinus Brisson. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 

 1917, p. 472.) 



Puffinus assimilis Gould vs. Puffinus assimilis baroli Bonaparte. 

 (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., XLII, 1856, p. 769) (cf. Mathews, Birds 

 Australia, II, pt. 1, May 30, 1912, pp. 67 to 69). Change rejected. 

 (Cf. Hartert, British Birds, VIII, No. 12, May 1, 1915, pp. 282-283.) 



Puffinus couesi Mathews, Birds Australia, II, pt. 1, May 30, 1912, p. 67. 

 An unnecessary new name for Puffinus opisthomelas Godman since 

 this is the same as Puffinus opisthomelas Coues. (Cf. Oberholser, 

 The Auk, XXXIV, No. 4, October, 1917, p. 473.) 



Puffinus auricularis Townsend vs. Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 

 (cf. Mathews, Birds Australia, II, pt. 1, May 30, 1912, pp. 65-67). 

 Change rejected, since both these names do not refer to the same 



1 Eliminations of forms already in the A. O. U. Check-List, the Sixteenth Supplement, 

 the First Annual List or the Second Annual List, are designated by an asterisk. 



