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Geog. Dist. — Florida and the Gulf coast to Louisiana, north 

 through lower Mississippi Valley to southeastern Illinois, and 

 southwestern Indiana. 



Subgenus MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. This becomes 



Genus MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. 



Megaqtiiscalus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 

 409. Type, Quiscalus major Vieillot. {Cf. Ridgway, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, pt. II, 1902, 235.) 



513. Megaquiscalus major (Vieillot). 



Quiscalus major Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXVIII, 

 1819, 487. 



Megaquiscalus major Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 

 50, pt. II, 1902, 235. 



513a. Megaquiscalus major macrourus (Swainson). 



Quiscalus macrourus Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 299. 



Megaquiscalus major j/iacrourus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 50, pt. II, 1902, 235. 



No. 512 of the Check-List thus becomes No. 513(7, the serial 

 number 512 being eliminated. 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson. This is eliminated 

 from the Check-List. 



Subgenus HESPERIPHONA. This becomes 



Genus HESPERIPHONA Bonaparte. 



Hesperiphoiia Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 505. 

 Type, Fringilla vesperti?ia^ . Cooper. {Cf. Ridgway, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, pt. I, 1901, 57.) 



