lole" J Proposed Changes in the A. 0. U. Check-List. 429 



(b.) Species which have been found within the hmits of the Check-List. 



Marila f erina (Linn.). 



Marila f uligula (Linn.). 



Cryptoglaux funerea funerea (Linn.). 



Coccothraustes c. japonicus Temm. & Schl. 



All four taken in the Pribilof Islands. Evermann, Auk, 1913, p. 15. 

 Dendrocygna viduata (Linn.), in New Jersey, G. B. Grinnell, Auk, 1913, 



p. 110. 

 Petrochelidon fulva pallida Nelson, in Texas, Bishop, Auk, 1910, p. 459. 

 Clangula clangula clangula (Linn.). 

 Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. Pribilof Islands, Hanna, Auk, 1916, p. 



402. 



II. Changes in Names. 



(a) Due to the subdivision of species or subspecies and the restriction 

 of the " typical " race to an extralimital range. 



Gelochelidon nilotica becomes G. n. aranea Wils. Mathews, Birds of 

 Austral., II, pt. 3, p. 329, confirms Coues (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1862, p. 536) that the North American form is distinct from the 

 European. 



Sterna caspia becomes Hydroprogne tschegrava imperator (Coues). 

 Mathews, do., p. 337. Again confirms Coues that the American bird is 

 distinct. [Changes in generic and specific names are considered among 

 nomenclature cases.] 



Sterna anaetheta becomes Melanostema anaethetus recognita subsp. 

 nov. Mathews, do., pt. 4, p. 397. The American bird proves " different 

 throughout " when compared with the typical form from the Philip- 

 pines [changes in generic and specific names considered elsewhere]. . 



Pufiinus cuneatus becomes P. pacificus alleni subsp. nov. Mathews, 

 do., pt. 1, p. 83. P. cuneatus of the Marshall Islands is a subspecies of 

 P. pacificus (Kermadec Isls.) but the American bird (from San Bene- 

 dicto Isl.) is different from either. 



Puffinus griseus is divided into P. g. stricklandi (Athmtic coast) and 

 P. g. chilensis (Pacific). Mathews, do., p. 96. True griseus is re- 

 stricted to New Zealand and Australian .seas. 



Fregetta grallaria becomes F. leucogaster Gould. Mathews, do., pt. 

 2, p. 39. These two species prove different upon examining the types. 

 The latter is the bird referred to in the Check-List. 



Phoebetria palpebrata = P. p. auduboni subsp. nov. Nichols and 

 Murphy, Auk, 1914, p. 531. 



Dafila acuta becomes D. a. americana Reich. Thayer and Bangs, Auk, 

 1916, p. 45. Confirm Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. IX, p. 17, 1901, 

 that the American and European birds are distinct. [The appli- 

 cability of the name tzitzihoa Vieill. for this race is also involved]. 



.ffigialitis hiaticula becomes M. h. major Seebohm. P. R. Lowe, 

 Ibis, 1914, p. 395. 



