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Note on the Alleged Occurrence of Trochilus heloisa {Less, in De 

 Latf.) within North American Limits. — A recent careful examination of 

 the specimen (No. 6072, U. S. Nat. Mus., El Paso, Texas, J. H. Clark*) 

 on which the supposed occurrence of this species within our territory is 

 based, shows that an error has been made in its identification, it being 

 not this species at all, but a young example of T. calliofe Gould. Should 

 T. heloisa be found within our limits, as will doubtless some time be the 

 case, it may be expected to occur somewhere along the /owe;- Rio Grande, 

 since it belongs to the moister region of eastern Mexico, the fauna of 

 which is quite distinct from that of the arid central region in which 

 El Paso is situated. — Robert Ridgway, Washington, D. C. 



Scenopceetes dentirostris. — A new generic name seems to be required 

 for the Tooth-billed Bowerbird of Australia, as Sceno/xeus of Ramsay, 

 1S75, is preoccupied in entomology by Scenopcens, Agassiz, 1S47 {=Sccn- 

 o/iinus, Latreille, 1802). — Elliott Coues, Washim^tou, D.C. 



Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni and A c. subvirgatus in Connecti- 

 cut. — I have in my collection eighteen specimens o( Am7nodramiis taken 

 here between Oct. 4 and 13, 1S90. Ten are true nelsoni, four subnirgafus, 

 and the others intermediates. 



They were found in the meadows near the Connecticut River, and 

 seemed partial to certain localities. The height of the migration was 

 apparently on the loth of the month when thirteen were secured, two 

 more being seen that were not captured. On other days only from one to 

 three birds could be found. 



On the day when the larger number were killed, the birds appeared 

 somewhat stupid, flying from the thick grass when disturbed and perch- 

 ing on the wild oats where they remained quiet. At other times they 

 were wild and difficult to obtain. — Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Note on Junco hyemalis thurberi Anthony. — A collection of birds pur- 

 chased in October, 1S89, t>J '^he American Museum of Natural History 

 from Mr. E. C. Thurber, contains eleven specimens of the bird recently 

 described by Mr. Anthony under the above name {cf. Zoe, I, 8, p. 23S, 

 Oct., 1890). An examination of these specimens during the past sum- 

 mer in connection with British Columbia material permits me to agree 

 with Mr. Anthony as to their distinctness from the dark coast form, 

 yiinco hyemalis oreg07ius. Mr. Anthony, however, has made no com- 

 parison with a much closer ally, ynnco hyemalis shufeldti, which differs 

 from oregotius in exactly the same manner as the birds he has described 

 as thurberi. While these two forms may be subspecifically separable, there 



*Cf. Elliot, Illustr. B. N. Am. I. pi. xxi,— Cooper, Orn. Cala. I, 1870, p. 361.— 

 B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. H, 1874, p. 465, pi. xivii, fig. 6.— A. O. U. Check-List, 

 No. 435. 



