Vol. XIV 
1897 
General Notes. 95 
shufeldti of 1887 is my connectens of 1884, characterized in the ‘ Key’ as 
intermediate between hyemalzs proper and oregonus proper, and as occupy 
ing a range between the habitats of the two forms as now restricted — 
that is, the interior region at large, and especially the Kocky Mountain 
region. I remember characterizing this form hypothetically some twelve 
or fifteen years ago, at which time I picked out type-specimens from a lot 
of Juncos which I examined in the South Tower of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution, in the presence of Mr. Brewster, Dr. Allen, Mr. Ridgway and 
others; these type specimens belonged to Mr. Brewster’s collection and 
one of them has just now been identified by the A. O. U. Committee with 
what we have been calling skufeld¢z. Thus the case is perfectly clear, and 
the subspecies rests securely upon the diagnosis given in the ‘ Key’ in 
1884. The requisite rectification of synonymy will be made in the next 
supplement to the last edition of our Check-List. I only regret that | 
have been so dilatory in bringing the case up.— ELLtiorr Covers, Wash- 
tngton, D.C. 
Spiza americana near Kingston, New York.— The familiar song of this 
species attracted my attention as I was driving a few miles from Kingston 
on June 5, 1896. The bird proved to be a full-plumaged male, but I was 
unable to secure him at the time or to return later to the same spot. The 
occurrence, however, of the species in the Hudson River Valley seems 
worthy of special mention.—JONATHAN Dwicut, Jr., M.D., Wew Vork 
City. 
Correct Nomenclature of the Texas Cardinal. —Ilaving very recently. 
for the first time, seen the original description of Card@nalis sinuatus 
Bonaparte, I was much surprised to find the locality given as “the 
western parts of Mexico.” The name szwuatus belongs, therefore, in a 
restricted sense, to the form which I characterized, in 1887, as Pyrrhuloxia 
stnuata beckhamz, under the erroneous supposition that Bonaparte’s bird 
was the eastern form; consequently, the latter requires a subspecific 
name; and, being known in the vernacular as the Texas Cardinal, I pro- 
pose for No. 594 of the Check-List the name Pyrrhuloxta stnuata texana, 
No. 594 a. being the true P. s‘xuata.— Roserr RipGway, Washington, 
IDs Ce 
Natural Breeding Haunts of the Barn Swallow (Chelédon erythrogas/er). 
— The Barn Swallow is such a familiar tenant of our barns and out- 
houses that it may not have occurred to many to wonder where they 
nested before man provided them with such resorts. During the summer 
of 1895, while visiting the headwaters of Lake Chelan, in Washington, 
I found the Swallows at home. The shores of the lake near its head are 
very precipitous, since the mountains rise here some 7,000 feet above the 
surface of the water. Along the shore line, in the side of the cliffs, 
which continue several hundred feet below the water, the waves have hol- 
