A.OO Allen, Stains of Certain Stvainsonian Genera. \o?i 



1 6 14 of my register, and is now in the collection of my friend 

 Mr. William Brewster. 



Anthus spragueii. Sprague's Pipit. — On the morning of 

 November 1, 1904, I saw and heard a Sprague's Pipit sing while 

 it was flying high in the heavens. I apparently saw the very spot 

 where it alighted, but although I hunted the ground thoroughly 

 throughout the entire day, I failed to find the bird. For previous 

 records of the capture of this species in South Carolina by the 

 writer, see 'The Auk,' Vol. XI, 1894, p. 80, and Vol. XVIII, 

 1901, p. 275. 



In this connection I wish to place on record a bird of this spe- 

 cies which I saw and also heard sing while it was flying overhead. 

 This record was made the first week in November, 1892, on the 

 west shore of Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola County, Florida. I 

 have no doubt that ornithologists who will investigate the fauna 

 of this lake during the winter, will find this species to be a regular 

 winter visitor there. 



THE STATUS OF CERTAIN SWAINSONIAN GENERA 



OF BIRDS. 



BY J. A. ALLEN. 



In a recent paper by Mr. Oberholser, entitled ' Notes on the 

 Nomenclature of Certain Genera of Birds' (Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 Quart. Issue, III, pp. 59-68, May 13, 1905), noticed on a later 

 page of this journal (postea, p. 436), several genera proposed by 

 Swainson in 1827 are considered, with the result that Mr. Ober- 

 holser concludes that the status hitherto universally conceded to 

 them by ornithologists "must apparently be changed." These 

 genera are Xiphorhynchus, Vermivora, Tiaris, and Ammodramns. 

 The first (XiphorJiynchus) is transferred to displace Dendrornis 

 Eyton, 1852, and the new name Xiphornis is proposed for the 



