Vol i909" VI ] Fifteenth Supplement to the A. 0. U. Check-List. 297 



Genus PAVONCELLA Leach. This, being a nomen nudum, 

 becomes 



Genus MACHETES Cuvier. 



Machetes Cuvier, Regne Animal, I, 1S17, 490. Type, Tringa 

 pugnax Linnaeus. 



No. [260] thus becomes 



[260] Machetes pugnax (Linnaeus). 



Subfamily PERDICIN^I. Partridges. This becomes 



Family ODONTOPHORID.E. Bob-whites, Quails, etc. 



Subfamily TETRAONIN.E. This becomes 



Family TETRAONID^J. Grouse, Spruce Partridges, Ptar- 

 migans, ETC 



Family PHASIANID.E. This becomes 



Family MELEAGRID^l. Turkeys. 



Genus COLUMBIGALLINA Boie. Within the limits of the 

 Cheek-List, this is changed to 



Genus CH-ffiMEPELIA Stvainson. 



Chcemepelia Swainson, Zoological Journal, III, Dec., 1827, 361. 

 Type, Colwnba passerina Linnaeus. 



No. 320 and its subspecies require correction as follows: 



320. Chsemepelia passerina terrestris (Chapman). 



320a. Chsemepelia passerina pallescens Baird. 



320b. Chaemepelia passerina bermudiana (Bangs & Bradlee). 



Subfamily ACCIPITRIN.ffi. Becomes 



Family BUTEONID-ffi. 

 Subfamily FALCONING. This becomes 



