1 91 8.] B.O.U. List of British Birds. 241 



This Plover is aii American species breeding in Canada 

 from Yukon to the St. Lawrence and winters from the 

 southern United States soutli to Patagonia. It has been 

 met with in Greenland, Bermuda, and Siberia, but not 

 previously in Europe. 



p. 246. For ^gialitis dubia read 



^gialitis dubia curonica. 

 . Charadrius curotiicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 692 : Courland, Russia. 



Dr. Hartert and Miss Jackson (Ibis, 1915, p. 532) distin- 

 guish several races of tlie Little Ringed Plover. That from 

 the Philippines and eastern Asia retains the typical name 

 ^Mgiaiitis dubia, while the western Palsearctic form becomes 

 jEgialitis dubia curonica. 



p. 269. For Sterna fuliginosa read 



Sterna fuscata. 



Sterna fuscata LinnseuS; Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 228 : S. Domingo. 



There can be no doubt that the A. O. U. Committee 

 (Check-List, 3rd ed. 1910, p 46) and Mr. Iredale (Ibis, 

 1914, p. 437) are correct in identifying Linnieus' Sterna 

 fuscata, founded solely on a young bird described and 

 figured by Brisson, with the Sooty Tern. Linuseus' name 

 should, therefore, be accepted. 



p. 280. 



Fratercula arctica. 



Dr. Hartert (British Birds, xi. 1917, p. 5) regards the 

 Puffins breeding on the British coasts including the Faroe 

 Islands as a distinct subspecies, under the name F. a. graboe 

 Brehm. Some further correspondence on the matter will 

 be found in 'British Birds,' xi. pp. 162, 214, and the Com- 

 mittee consider that on the evidence given it is not advisable 

 to recognize the British Puffin as a distinct race. 



