270 Howe, New Subspecies of Hylocichla. tay 
Subspecific characters. — Most closely related to 7. c. occidentalis from 
which it may be distinguished by its darker colors and smaller size. 
Dimensions of type. — Wing, 105; tail, 115; culmen, 29; tarsus, 36. 
General notes. — This is the darkest of all the races of A. curvt- 
rostris and has a heavy wash of brownish gray on the lower parts 
which becomes heaviest on the distinctly spotted breast. The 
abdomen and under tail-coverts are deep fulvous buffy washed 
with gray. 
A NEW SUBSPECIES OF THE GENUS AYLOCICATLA. 
BY REGINALD HEBER HOWE, JR. 
SrncE I published my paper on ‘The Ranges of Wylocichla fusces- 
cens and Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola’ in ‘ The Auk’ for January, 
tg00 (Vol. XVII, No. 1, pp. 18-25), I have had quite a number of 
additional specimens sent me for examination and identification. 
These have forced me to recognize that a subspecific difference ex- 
ists between the Wylocichla fuscescens salicicola of the West and the 
bird inhabiting Newfoundland, which in my former paper I referred 
to this samerace. I noticed at that time that a slight difference did 
exist, but did not deem it worthy of separation ; not being in favor 
of describing slight variations. I am now, however, of the opinion 
that the Newfoundland bird is subspecifically distinct from the 
western sa/icicola, though nearer this race than to ylocichla fus- 
cescens. This difference, now apparent, proves the necessity of 
having, in describing species and subspecies, very large series 
with which to work. My former paper was based on the examina- 
tion of far more specimens than a great many of our recognized 
subspecies have been described from, and yet the addition to that 
series has proved that if the western race sa/icicola is recognized 
the race inhabiting Newfoundland also must be, or in other words 
that the former series of thirty-six specimens only barely suggest- 
ed what the addition of eleven more specimens proves. 
