

296 Fifteenth Supplement to the A. 0. U. Check-List. [ A u ^ 



302/. Lagopus rupestris dixoni J. Grinnell. 

 Dixon's Ptarmigan. 

 Lagopus dixoni Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., V. No. 2, 

 Feb. 18, 1909, 207. 



337e. Buteo borealis alascensis J. Grinnell. 

 Alaska Red-tail. 



Buteo borealis alascensis Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., 

 V, No. 2, Feb. 18, 1909, 211. 



Subfamily POLYBORIN.ffi. 



Admitted as a subfamily, to include Nos. 362 and 363. 



393<y. Dryobates villosus terraenovse Batchelder. 

 Newfoundland Woodpecker. 

 Dryobates villosus terratnovoz Batchelder, Proc. New Engl. 

 Zool. Club, IV, June 24, 1908, 37. 



581^. Melospiza melodia maxillaris J. Grinnell. 

 Suisun Song Sparrow. 

 Melospiza melodia maxillaris Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. 

 Zool, V, No. 3, April 9, 1909, 265. 



II. ELIMINATIONS. 



[359.1.] Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus. Excluded on the basis 

 of recent evidence that it was included in the Check-List on 

 erroneous information. 



622d. Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi Ridgway. Considered as 

 indistinguishable from L. I. anthonyi. (Cf. Linton, Condor, 

 X, 1908, 182.) 



III. CHANGES IN NOMENCLATURE, INCLUDING 

 CHANGES IN STATUS. 



[106.2.] Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt). Brackets to be re- 

 moved. 



