1893.J Fourth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. I05 



FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN 



ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



By order of the Council of the American Ornithologists. 

 Union the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of 

 North American Birds has prepared the following report on the 

 species, subspecies, and changes of nomenclature proposed dur- 

 ing the year ending November, 1891, forming the Fourth Sup- 

 plement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List. 



The nvunbers at the left of the scientific names facilitate colla- 

 tion with the Check-List. The interpolated species and sub- 

 species are numbered in accordance with the provisions made 

 therefor in tlie code of Nomenclature (see page 14, last para- 

 graph) . 



D. G. Elliot, Chairman. 

 J. A. Allen. 

 William Brewster. 

 Frank M. Chapman. 

 Cotnmittee \ Charles B. Cory. 

 Elliott Coues. 

 H. W. Henshaw. 

 C. Hart Merriam. 

 Robert Ridgway. 



I. ADDITIONS. 



310 b. Meleagris gallopavo osceola Scott. 

 Florida Wild Turkey. 



Meleagris gallopavo osceola Scott, Auk, VII, Oct. 1890, 376. 

 [B 457 part^ C 379« part^ R 470a part^ C 554 part.'\ 

 Has. Southern Florida. 



374 a. Megascops flammeolus idahoensis Merriam. 

 Dwarf Screech Owl. 



Megascops Jlammeoliis idahoensis Merriam, North Am- 

 Fauna, No. 5, July, 1891, 96, pi. i. 



[B-, C-, R-, C-.] 

 Hab. Central Idaho. 

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