216 Proposed Changes in the A. 0. U. Check-List. [ April 



species. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 1917, p. 

 473.) 



Neonectris Mathews, Austral Avian Record, II, No. 1, Aug. 2, 1913, 

 p. 12 (type, Puffinus brevicaudus Gould). Originally proposed as a 

 genus to include Puffinus tenuirostris and Puffinus griseus. Now con- 

 sidered neither generically nor subgenerically separable from Puffinus 

 Brisson. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 1917, p. 

 472.) 



Bannermania Mathews and Iredale, Ibis, ser. 10, III, No. 3, July 2, 

 1915, p. 578 (type, Thalassidroma hornbyi Gray), is not generically 

 separable from Oceanodroma Reichenbach. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, 



XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 1917, pp. 465-466). 



Cymochorea Coues. Proposed recognition as a genus (cf. Mathews 

 and Iredale, Ibis, ser. 10, III, No. 3, July, 1915, pp. 574-581) rejected. 

 (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXIV, No. 4, Oct., 1917, p. 467). 



Sula dactylatra californica Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 



XXXV, No. CCIII, Jan. 27, 1915, p. 43 (San Benedicto Island, 

 Revillagigedo Islands, western Mexico). Alleged occurrence in 

 California not substantiated. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXIV, 

 No. 4, Oct., 1917, pp. 467-468.) 



Hemisula Mathews, Austral Avian Record, II, Nos. 2-3, Oct. 23, 1913, 

 p. 55 (type, Sula leucogaster rogersi Mathews) = Sula Brisson. (Cf. 

 Mathews, Birds Australia, IV, pt. 3, June 23, 1915, p. 230.) 



Anas fulvigula maculosa Sennett vs. Anas fulvigula Ridgway. 

 Proposed elimination of Anas fulvigula maculosa (cf. Phillips, The Auk, 

 No. 3, July, 1912, pp. 297-299) rejected. (Cf. Phillips, The Auk, 



XXXIII, No. 4, Oct., 1916, pp. 432-433.) 



*Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus). The recent record from New Jersey 

 (cf. Grinnell, The Auk, XXX, No. 1, Jan., 1913, p. 110) is probably 

 based on a bird escaped from captivity. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, 



XXXIV, No. 2, April, 1917, p. 192.) 



*Ardea herodias oligista Oberholser (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XLIII, 

 Dec. 12, 1912, p. 531; San Clemente Island, Calif.) = Ardea herodias 

 hyperonca Oberholser. (Cf. Swarth, Condor, XV, No. 1, Feb. 8, 

 1913, p. 50; Howell, Pac. Coast Avifauna, No. 12, June 30, 1917, 

 pp. 43-44.) 

 *Rallus longirostris caribaeus Ridgway- = Rallus crepitans saluratus 

 Ridgway, in so far as North American records are concerned. (Cf. 

 Simmons, The Auk, XXXI, No. 3, July, 1914, pp. 363-365; 384.) 



Rhyacophilus glareola (Linnaeus) vs. Rhyacophilus glareola affinis 

 (Horsfield) (cf. Mathews, Birds Australia, III, pt. 3, Aug. 18, 1913, 

 pp. 230-232). Change rejected. (Cf. Thayer and Bangs, Proc. New 

 Engl. Zool. Club, V, April 9, 1914, pp. 19-20.) 



Falco eesalon Tunstall vs. Falco regulus Pallas. Proposed change of 

 name (cf. Hartert et al., Hand-List Brit. Birds, 1912, p. 112) rejected. 

 (Cf. Hartert et al., British Birds, IX, No. 1, June 1, 1915, p. 5.) 



