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fMesoscolopax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, p. 371 

 (type, Numenius minutus Gould). Recognized as a genus. (Cf. 

 Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 410). 

 Includes the following species now in the genus Phaeopus: 

 Mesoscolopax borealis (Forster). 



Squatarola squatarola cynosurae Thayer & Bangs becomes Squata- 

 rola squatarola Linnaeus. (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 79.) 



Charadrius hiaticula septentrionalis (Brehm) becomes Charadrius 

 hiaticula Linnaeus. (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 VIII, June 26, 1919, pp. 120-124.) 



Elseya dubia (Scopoli) becomes, so far as North America is concerned, 

 Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin, because not generically 

 separable from Charadrius, and because subspecifically different 

 from Charadrius dubius dubius. (Cf. Oberholser, The Auk, XXXVI, 

 No. 4, October, 1919, p. 559.) 



Leucopolius alexandrinus nivosus (Cassin) becomes Charadrius 

 nivosus nivosus (Cassin), because specifically different from Cha- 

 radrius nivosus, and not generically distinct from Charadrius. (Cf. 

 Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, pp. 

 136-137.) 



fCharadrius nivosus tenuirostris (Lawrence). Aegialitis tenuirostris 

 Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VII, 1862, p. 455 (near Guan- 

 tanamo, Cuba). Revived as a subspecies. (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 139.) Range: 

 southeastern United States, south in winter to Paraguay. 



Ochthodromus wilsonius (Ord) becomes Pagolla wilsonia wilsonia 

 (Ord), because generically distinct from Eupoda asiatica (Pallas). 

 (Cf. Oberholser, Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, XIX, 

 pt. 1, Dec. 30, 1918, p. 520.) 

 fPagolla wilsonia beldingi Ridgway. New subspecies. Ridgway, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 112 (La Paz, 

 Lower California). Range: Pacific Coast of America, from Lower 

 California to Peru. 



Podasocys montanus (Townsend) becomes Eupoda montana (Town- 

 send) because not generically separable from the type of Eupoda 

 Brandt. (Cf. Oberholser, Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci., Arts, and Letters, 

 XIX, pt. 1, Dec. 30, 1918, p. 516.) 



Arenariinae becomes Arenariidae, because raised to family rank. 

 (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, 

 pp. 25, 42.) 



Haematopus f razari Brewster becomes Haematopus palliatus f razari 

 Brewster, because only subspecifically separable. (Cf. Ridgway, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, pp. 28, 37.) 



Asarcia Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, pp. 68, 86 (type, 

 Fulica spinosa Linnaeus). Raised to generic rank. (Cf. Oberholser, 



