^"'sj^^] Eighth Supplement to the A. O. U. CheckList. 131 



Syhna rubricapilla WiLS Amer. Orn. VI, 1812, 15. 

 Helminthophila rubricapilla Faxon, Auk, XIII, July, 1896, 

 264. 

 Sylvia riificapilla WiLs. (18 10), is preoccupied hy Sylvia rii/i- 

 capilla Lath. (1790) -=:^ Dendroica ruficapilla (Lath.). {Cf. Faxon, 

 /. c.) 



645«. Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgw. hence 

 becomes 

 Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis (Ridgw.). 



Hehninthophaga rufifapilla var. gutturalis Ridgw. in Hist. N. 



Am. Bds. I, Jan. 1874, 191. 

 Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis Faxon, Auk, XIII, July, 



1896, 264. 



668. Dendroica cserulea (WiLs.). This becomes 

 Dendroica rara Wils. 



Sylvia rara Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 181 1, 119, pi. 27, fig. 2. 

 Dendroica rara Ridgway, Auk, XIV, Jan. 1897, 97. 

 Sylvia ccerulea Wilson (181 1) is preoccupied by Sylvia ccerulea 

 Latham {i']()o)=iPolioptila ccerulea (Linn.). {Cf. Ridgway, /. r.) 



*714. Heleodytes aflfinis (Xantus). This has become 



IX^b. Heleodytes brunneicapillus affinis (Xantus). 



{Cf. Anthony, Auk, XII, July, 1895,280. Also Check-List, 

 2d ed. 1895, 296). 



l\^b. Thryothorus be^vickii bairdi (Salv. & Godm.). This 

 becomes 

 Thryothorus be^wickii leucogaster Baird. 



Thryothorus bewickii leucogaster Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. Aug. 



1864, 127. 



Changed on the ground that a prior Troglodytes leucogaster Gould 



(1836 z^Hemiura leucogastra) does not preclude the use of the 



name leucogaster in the genus Thryothorus. {C!f. CouES, Auk, 



XIII, Oct. 1896, '345-) 



