VOl ia09" VI ] Fifteenth Supplement to the A. 0. U. Check-List. 301 



Agelaius phceniceus aretolcgus Oberholser, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 

 332. Not satisfactorily distinguishable. 



Loxia curvirostra sitkensis Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., V, 

 1909, 223. It was found that the alleged characters appear in 

 birds from various parts of the range of L. e. minor. 



Acanthis vs. Mgiothus. 



Zonotrichia vs. Hortulanus. 



Melospiza melodia saltonis Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., V, 



1909, 268. Not satisfactorily distinguishable from M. m. fdllax. 

 Melospiza melodia gouldi, ef. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., 



V, 1909, 267. Regarded as too near M. m. samuclis. 

 Tiaris vs. Eueiheia. 



Bombycilla garrula pallidieeps Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., XVI. 

 1908, 191. No appreciable differences could be found between 

 birds from Europe and various parts of the Northwest, when 

 birds comparable as to season, age, and sex were compared. 



Vireo huttoni oberholseri Bishop, Condor, VII, Sept. 1905, 142, 

 143. Based on a seasonal phase of plumage. (Cf. Grinnell, 

 Condor, XI, March, 1909, 66. 



Helinaia ? 



The following generic names, proposed in Maynard's Directory 

 to the Birds of Eastern North America, 1907, are not accepted: 



Caeruleocantor, p. 236. Type, MotaciUa coerulescens Gmelin. 

 Maculocantor, p. 238. Type, Motaeilla maculosa Gmelin. 

 Azuria, p. 238. Type, Sylvia rara Wilson. 

 Si/hiocanfor, p. 239. Type, Motaeilla pensylvanica Linnaeus. 

 Lineoeantor, p. 240. Type, Motaeilla striata Forster. 

 Pieeacantor, p. 241. Type, Motaeilla blaelcbiirniw Gmelin. 

 Vireoeantor, p. 242. Type, Motaeilla virens Gmelin. 

 Agreocantor, p. 243. Type, Sj/lvieola kirtlandii Baird. 

 Pinacantor, p. 244. Tj-pe, Sylvia vigorsii Audubon. 

 Terraeantor, p. 245. Type, Motaeilla pedmarum Gmelin. 

 Frutieantor, p. 246. Type, Sylvia discolor Vieillot. 

 Frutiornis, p. 251. Type, Sylvia formosa Wilson. 



Turdus iliacus vs. T. j)hilomelos [Brehm, 1S31] (cf. Hartert, 

 Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XXXIII, No. cxlviii, Feb. 2, 1909, 54). 



