128 Eighth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. [^^ 



498a. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Ridgw. This be- 

 comes 



Agelaius phoeniceus longirostris (Salvad.). 



Agelaius longirostris Salvad. Atti del Reale Accad. Sci. 



Torino, IX, Apr. 26, 1874, 632. 

 Agelaius phceniceus longirostris Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Bds. 2d 



ed. 1896, 370. 



The name longirostris Salvadori (1874) antedates sonoriensis 



RiDGWAY (1887). (Cf. RiDGWAY, /. C.) 



499. Agelaius gubernator (Wagl.j. This becomes 

 Agelaius gubernator californicus Nelson. 

 Agelaius gubernator californicus Nelson, Auk, XIV, Jan. 

 1897' .S9- 

 [B ^02., part, C 212a, part, R 216^7, /ar/,C 317,/^^/.] 



567J. Junco hyemalis shufeldti Coale. This becomes 



Junco hyemalis connectens Coues. 



Junco hiemalis connectens Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. 2d ed. 1884, 

 378 (and later eds.) ; Auk, XIV, Jan. 1897, 94. {Cf. Coues, 

 Auk, /. c.) 



568. Junco annectens Baird. 



Pink-sided Junco. 



568.1. Junco ridg\vayi Mearns. 



KidgAvay's Junco. 



Junco ridgwayi Mearns proves to be a synonym of Junco 

 annectens Baird, but not the/, annectens of recent authors and of 

 the Check-List, while tho species commonly known as/, annectens 

 requires a new name. {Cf. Ridgway, Auk, XIV, Jan. 1897, 94.) 

 Hence Nos. 568 and 568.1 will stand as follows : 



568. Junco mearnsi Ridgway. 

 Pink-sided Junco. 



