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times wholly deep buff), the latter distinctly streaked with black or grayish 

 dusky." (Kidgway, Manual"N. A. Birds, 2 ed., p. 602.) 



567b. Change Junco hyemalis shufeldti Coale, SHUFELDT'S 

 JUNCO, to Junco hyemalis connectens Coues, HYBRID JUNCO, the 

 name shufeldti being antedated by that of connectens. 



593d. Add Cardinalis cardinalis fioridanus Ridgw. FLORIDA 

 CARDINAL. The Cardinal of Florida has been described, under the above 

 name, by Mr. Kidgway, as "smaller and darker colored than C. cardinahs; 

 adult male with the terminal margins of feathers of back, etc., olivaceous 

 instead of gray: adult female with more red in crest and on tail, the chest 

 frequently much tinged or intermixed with red." (Manual N. A. Birds, 

 2 ed., p. 606.) 



595. Change Habia ludoviciana (Linn.) to Zamelodia ludo- 

 viciana (Linn,), the generic name JIaf/ia having been wrongly applied. 

 (See Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 39.) 



596. Change Habia melanocephala (Swains.) to Zamelodia 



melanocepliala (Swains.) for reasons given under the preceding species. 



645. Change Helminthophila ruficapilla ( Wil*.) to Hclmin- 

 thophila. rubricapilla ( JRVs.), the former name being preoccupied. 

 (See Faxon, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 264.) 



648a. Add Compsothlypis americana usnese Brewster. 

 NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER. The Parula Warbler, breeding from Mary- 

 land and southern Illinois northward, has been described under the above 

 name by Mr. Brewster as similar to the southern C. americana but " averag- 

 ing slightly larger but with a shorter bill. Adult male with less yellow on 

 the under parts and more black or blackish on the lores and malar region ; 

 the dark collar across the jugulum black or blackish, broad and conspicuous; 

 the chest mottled or spotted with rich brownish chestnut." (Brewster, The 

 Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 45.) 



654a. Add Dendroica caerulescens cairnsi Coues. CATRNS'S 

 WARBLER. The Black-throated Blue Warbler breeding in the "higher parts 

 of the Alleghanies, from Virginia to Georgia," has been described under the 

 above name by Dr. Coues as similar to Dendroica, caer-ulescens but somewhat 

 smaller and with "the middle of the back nearly or quite black, instead of 

 blue, or blue with only a few black touches." (Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, 

 p. 96.) 



658. Change Dendroica cserulea ( n '//... > to Dendroica rare, 



( Wils.), the former name being preoccupied. (See Kidgway, The Auk, xiv, 

 1897, F- 97.) 



684. Chancre Sylvania mitrata (ffmel.) to Wilsonia mitrato, 



(Gmel.)^ the generic name Sylvania having been wrongly applied. (Seo 

 Coues, The Auk, xiv, April, 1897.) 



