ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS, EMENDATIONS 



Cactus Woodpecker (D. s. cactophilus) . (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M., 41, 1911, 

 p. 152). 



Page 154. After No. 414a. add: 414b. Mearns's Gilded Flicker (C. c 

 mearnsi). Similar to C. c. chrysoides but decidedly larger and paler, with pileum 

 more strongly cinnamomeus, black bars on back, etc., narrower, spots on outer 

 web of primaries more conspicuous (primary coverts also sometimes spotted, 

 gray of throat, etc. lighter, and spots on underparts usually smaller. W. 5.74; 

 T. 3.77; B. 1.39 (Ridgway). 



Range. "Extreme southwestern California, northern Lower California and 

 southern Arizona south to southern Sonora" (A. O. U.). The Range of No. 414 is 

 now restricted to "southern Lower California," that of No. 414 to "middle Lower 

 California." 



Page 160. After No. 439 add: 391.1 Salvin's Hummingbird (Uranomitm 

 salmni). Ad. $ . Head glittering blue; back dark shining green; tail dark glossy 

 green, outer pair of feathers broadly tipped with drab; below soiled white, 

 throat tinged with clayey white, sides of throat spotted with blue; sides of 

 breast greenish blue; sides of body brilliant green. W. 2.07; T. 1.27; B. 1.02 

 (Brewster). Yng. 9. Similar but duller, rump edged with rusty; sides of 

 body brownish gray (Bishop). 



Range. "Huachuca Mountains, southern Arizona, and eastern Sonora (only 

 two specimens known" (A. O. U.). 



Pages 162 and 166. The Waxwings alone new compose the Family BOMBY- 

 OILLIDJE (formerly AMPELIDJE) while the Phainopepla is placed in the Fam- 

 ily PTILO'GONATID^]. 



Pages 162 and 169. The subfamily Chamaeinae is now elevated to full 

 family rank and stands as Family CHAM^EID^S, Wren-Tits. It contains solely 

 the Wren-Tits, (Nos. 742 to 742c) the only family of birds restricted to North 

 America. 



Page 178. After No. 498f. add: 498g. Vera Cruz Red-wing (A. p. rich- 

 mondi). Similar to A. p. floridanus but slightly smaller; adult female much 

 lighter colored (resembling female of A. p. sonoriensis), about intermediate in 

 color between females of A. p. floridanus and A. p. bryanti. W. 4.40; T. 3.22; 

 B. .90; depth of B. at base, .44. $ W. 3.61; T. 2.67; B. .77; depth of B. at 

 base, .39. 



Range. "Southern coast and Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south 

 through eastern Mexico to Yucatan and eastern Guatemala; winters south to 

 eastern Nicaragua and Costa Rica." (A. O. U.). 



Page 185. After No. 478d add: 478e. Coast Jay (O. s. carbonacea) . "Inter- 

 mediate in size and coloration between C. s. stelleri and 0. stelleri frontalis. Dorsal 

 surface sooty black as in stelleri, but with blue on forehead nearly as extended 

 as in frontalis. Tint of blue of posterior lower parts paler than in stelleri, and 

 extending further forward into pectoral region as in frontalis" (Grinnell). 



Range. "Breeds in the humid Pacific coast strip from southern Oregon to the 



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