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No. 135a. The C. elegans of Baird (not of Swainson) has been re- 

 named G. ludomcianus var. robustus, a name which, however, it may 

 not be necessary to adopt. (Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 609.) 



[No. 138] ? The query indicates that the determination of specific 

 validity, cited and adopted in the Key, may have been made by Dr. 

 Tristram on grounds held in the Key to constitute only geographical 

 varieties ; so that we may revert to the view of its original describer 

 as P. coccinea var. cassini Bd. 



[138.] PYKRHULA COCCINEA, 



var. CASSINI Bd. 

 Cassin's Bullfinch. 



No. 144. The Leucosticte tephrocotis var. australis Allen, lately de- 

 scribed by Mr. Ridgway (Ess. Inst. Bull., v, 197), I believe to be 

 merely the midsummer plumage of the ordinary bird, as my ^Egiothus 

 var. fuscescens probably is of A. linaria. 



No. 155. For chestnut-colored read chestnut-collared. 



" 157. Omit the query, which should have been affixed to the next 

 species. 



No. 157bis. To be cancelled. See Scott, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 564; 

 Coues, ibid., p. 696. 



No. 165. There is a curious small blackish form of this species from 

 Florida, which has been distinguished (Bull. Ess. Inst., v, 198) as 



165a. AMMODROMUS MARITIMUS Sw., 



var. NIGRESCENS Ridgw. 

 Dusky Seaside Fiiicli. 



No. 170a. Mr. Ridgway has lately demonstrated to my satisfaction 

 that Peuccea cassini is a distinct species ; the bird which I called "var. 

 cassini" is a variety of cestivalis which he proposes to call var. arizonce. 

 Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 616. So the species and varieties will stand : 



170a. PETJCJEA .ZBSTIVALIS (LIGHT.) CAB., 



var. ARIZONA Ridg. 

 Arizona Pine Fiiioli. 



170bis. PETJC-SIA CASSIWT (WOODH.) BD. 

 Cassin's Pine Finch. 



No 173. A very notable variety of Poospiza belli, from Nevada, has 

 lately been characterized (Bull. Ess. Inst., v, 198). It is much larger, 

 paler and grayer, with streaked interscapulars. 



173a. POOSPIZA BELLI (CASS.) SCL., 

 var. NEVADENSIS Ridg. 

 lievadan Fincn. 



