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nov., ex Ecuador, and (3) A. axillaris, sp. nov., ex Brazil, both similar to 

 A. concolor. (4) Frittgilla maderensis, sp. nov., ex Madeira. (5) Ckry- 

 somitris sclateri, sp. nov. = C. icterica pt. Scl. (6) C. stejnegeri = C. 

 xantkogastra Scl. & Sal v., «ec Du Bus. (7) Sycalis taczanoivskii == 

 Gnatkospiza raimondiTa.cz., nee Sycalis raimofidiT-AC/.. (8) Carpoda- 

 cus roseipectus = C. frontalis Bp. & Schl. (^nec Say) and C. heetnorrhotis 

 Scl. {tiec Wagl.) (9) Zonotrichia ivhitii = Z. strigiceps White nee 

 Gould. (10) Porphyrospiza pulckra = Cyanospiza cyanella Pelz. =..? 

 Emberiza cyanella Sparrm. (11) Poospiza boliviana, sp. nov., ex Bo- 

 livia. (12) PseudocJiloris metidozce, sp. nov., ex Mendoza — " similar to 

 P. aureiventris." {iT,)Rkodospingus mentalis, sp. nov., ex Puna Island — 

 similar to R. cruentus. — Subspecies: (i) Guiraca argent ina, sub G; 

 cyanea. (2) Spermophila -wkiteleyana, and (3) 6'. colotnbiana, both sub 

 S. flumbea. (4) 5. polionota, sub 5. cucullata. (5) Chrysomitris 

 boliviana = C. magellanica D'Orb. & Lafr., nee Vieill. (6) C. lon- 

 girostris ^= Fringilla magellanica Vieill.! — "merely a connecting link 

 between C. icterica [Licht. = C. magellanica auct. pi.] and C. 

 siemiradzkii." (7) Passer griseigularis, sub. Passer domesticiis. (8) 

 Sycalis jamaicce, = Critkagra [:= Sycalis^ brasiliensis Gosse, nee Gm. 

 (9) Pyrrhospiza hutnii = P. punicea Bidd., nee Hodg. (10) Peuccea 

 homochlamys (= P. ruficeps var. boucardi Hensh. nee Scl. ^ P. r. scottii 

 Sennett, Jan. 1888, ex "Southern New Mexico and Arizona." (11) 

 Pkrygilus saturatus, sub P. aldunatii — " a form o{ P. punensis [Ridg.]," 

 connecting the latter with P. atriceps. 



Respecting nomenclatural matters, relating more especially to North 

 American birds, the following points may be noted : Hesperiphona and 

 Passerculus, treated as subgenera in the A. O. U. Check-List, are ranked 

 as full genera; Hedymeles is preferred to Habia, Phonipara to Euethia, 

 and Cyanospiza to Passer ina; Leucosticte is treated as, a synonym ol 

 Montifringillai Pipilo chlorurus is referred to the genus Atalaptes Wagl. ; 

 Spermophila morelleti is restricted to Yucatan, Guatemala, Honduras, 

 and Costa Rica, and the Texan and Mexican birds, separated as a distinct 

 species, under the name Spertnopkila parva Lawr. From the material 

 we have examined we should consider the Rio Grande form as at best 

 only a subspecies of 5. morelletti, under the name 5". morelleti parva 

 (Lawr.). No reference is made, even in the synonymy, to Guiraca 

 ccBrulea var. euryncha Coues, now, and as we believe properly, recognized 

 by Ridgway as a tenable subspecies. Spinus notatus, of our Check-List 

 {Carduelis magellanicus Aud.) is referred to Chrysotnitris icterica 

 (Licht.) Scl. (= C. magellanicus, auct. pi.), a South American species, 

 not found north of Brazil, Mr. Sharpe slating (p. 2i8, footnote) that the 

 bird figured by Audubon is "undoubtedly C. icterica or C. capitalis [a 

 subspecies of C. icterica'\, and not the black-winged C. notata, which at 

 present is not known to occur within North American limits." 



In respect to subspecies of North American birds, Mr. Sharpe, ad- 

 mittedly in some instances, follows American writers, not having sufficient 

 material to reach an independent conclusion; in others he ignores them, 



