V >°S93 X ] Ttnth Con ^ reSS °f the A - °'U. 63 



Geococcyx mexicamis (Gmel.) vs. Geococcyx californianus 

 (Less.)- (Cf. Shelly, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIX, 1891,419.) 

 Rejected on the ground that if Phasianus mexicanus Gmel. be 

 identifiable at all it must relate to Geococcyx affinis Hartl. 

 rather than to the more northern G. californianus. 



V. ACTION DEFERRED FROM LACK OF MATE- 

 RIAL. 



Final action on the following was deferred, owing to the ab- 

 sence of necessary material. 



Megascops asio aikeni Brewst., Auk, VIII, April, 1S91, 139. 



Megascops asio macfarlanei Brewst., Auk, VIII, April, 

 1891, 140. 



Megascops asio saturates Brewst., Auk, VIII, April, 1891, 

 141. 



The availability of Conuropsis Salvad. vs. Conurus Kuhl 

 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, 203) was referred to a sub- 

 committee to report thereon to the Committee of 1S93. 



In reference to the generic value of Anstrostomus ( Cf. Har- 

 tert, Ibis, April, 1892, 2S5), it was voted, in view of the in- 

 sufficiency of the material available for examination, that for the 

 present no change be made in respect to its status in the Check- 

 List. 



Erratum. — In the Fourth Supplement to the Check-List number 567c 

 (Auk, IX, Jan. 1892, 107) should be 567^. 



TENTH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITH- 

 OLOGISTS' UNION. 



The Tenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union 

 was held in the Lecture Hall of the United States National Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C, Nov. 15-17, 1892. There were 

 present during the session twenty Active Members and twenty- 

 four Associate Members. The report of the Secretary gave the 



