APPENDIX II. 



K tho publication, in May, 1895, of the first edition of the 

 Handbook, three additional species have been recorded from eastern 

 North America, six new races have been described, and seventeen 

 changes hare been made in nomenclature. These additions and 

 emendations are presented below, each one being preceded by its 

 number in the Check-List of North American Birds, published by 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, thus showing its proper place 

 in the body of the Handbook, where the same system of enumeration 

 has been adopted. 



89. Change Puffin us major Faber to Pufflnus gravte (0"Rt*Uy), 

 the latter name having four yean*' priority. (See Salvin, Cat Birds, Brit. Mus., 

 zzv, 1896, p. S73.) 



102. Ailil Daption capenoi* (Linn.). PINTADO PETREL. A species 

 of the ocean* of the southern hemisphere which had been recorded from Canoe 

 Bay, Maine. (See Cooes apvd Purdie, New England Bird Life, ii, p. 886.) 

 Omitted from previous editions in error. 



131.1. Add Mergua albellos Linn. SMEW. An Old World species 

 which has been once recorded from " northern North America." (Salvador!, 

 Cat Birds Brit Mus., xxvii, 1896, pp. 467, 468.) 



141.1. A.I.I Casarca casarca (Linn.). Rrnnr SHELDRAKE. An 

 <>1<1 World species which has been once recorded from Greenland. (See 

 Allen opud Schalow, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 248.) 



151. Change Glaucionetta clangula americana ( Ronap.) to 

 Clanffula clanjfula americana /.''</... tin- generic name Glaueio- 

 n.tt.i having been wrongly applied. (See Eighth Supplcnu-nt A. O. U. Check- 

 9. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 125.) 



162. ' i^n:.'.' Glaucionetta ialandica (Gml.) to Clangnla 

 islandioa GmL, for the reason given un<lcr tin- preceding upocies. 



154. Change Clan^ula hyemalls Linn, to Harelda hyemalis 



. Linn.), the generic name Clanyula having been wrongly applied. (Sea 

 Eighth Supplement to A. O. U. Check-Lust N. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 1897, 

 p.,185.) 



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