1S91.] Third Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. 8q 



Rejected on the ground that the alleged characters are too 

 slight and inconstant. 



Otocoris alpcstris insi(la?-/s Townsend, Pr, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. XIII, 1S90, 140. 



Rejected on the ground of the insufficiency of the alleged char- 

 acters. 



V. PROPOSED CHANGES OF NOMENCLATURE 



REJECTED. 



407. Melanerpes fofTnicivorus bairdi Ridgw., vs. M. f. 

 vielanopogoii Temm. ( Cf. Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 

 XVIll, 1S90, 151.) 



Melanopogon was considered a synonym oi fo7-micivoriis 

 proper. 



460. Coiitopus fertinax Cab., vs. Coiitopus 777usici(s 

 (Swain.). ( C/- Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am. 

 Aves, II, 1S89, 81.) 

 Tyrannula ?nusica Swain, was considered indeterminable. 



VI. ACTION DEFERRED FROM LACK OF MATE- 



RIAL. 



Final decision on the following was deferred, owing to absence 

 of material necessary to enable the Committee to pass judgment 

 upon the questions involved. 



216 «. Porzaua jajuaicensis cotiwniculus^ Baird, vs. Por- 

 zana coturniciibis. ( C/". Ridgway, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. XIII , 

 1890, 309-311) 



Meleagris gallopavo osceola Scott. Auk, VII, Oct. 1S90, 

 376- 



Ictinia pliimbca (Gm.). — Cf. Cahoon, O. & O. XV, March, 

 189O5 35- 



Spimis tristis palUihis Mearns, Auk, VII, July, 1S90, 244. 



Vireo v/cifi/or californicKs Stephens, Auk, VII, April, 

 1890, 159. 



