128 Eighth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. Aulke 
Jan. 
498a. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Ripcw. This be- 
comes 
Agelaius phoeniceus longirostris (SaLvaD.). 
Agelaius longirostris Satvap. Atti del Reale Accad. Sci. 
Mormo DX yApr-9265)1187/745,632): 
Agelaius pheniceus longirostris RipGw. Man. N. Am. Bds. 2d 
ed. 1896, 370. 
The name Jongirostris SALVADORI (1874) antedates sonorzensis 
Ripcway (1887). (Cf Ripeway, ¢. ¢.) 
499. Agelaius gubernator (WacL. ). This becomes 
Agelaius gubernator californicus NELson. 
Agelaius gubernator californicus NELSON, Auk, XIV, Jan. 
1897, 59- 
[B 402, part, C 2124, part, R 216a, part, C 317, part.| 
5676. Junco hyemalis shufeldti CoaLte. This becomes 
Junco hyemalis connectens Cougs. 
Junco hiemalis connectens COUES, Key N. Am. Bds. 2d ed. 1884, 
378 (and later eds.) ; Auk, XIV, Jan. 1897, 94. (Cf Cougs, 
NuaKe 7769) 
568. Junco annectens Bairp. 
Pink-sided Junco. 
568.1. Junco ridgwayi Mearns. 
Ridgway’s Junco. 
Junco ridgwayi MEARNS proves to be a synonym of /unco 
annectens BAIRD, but not the /. amnectens of recent authors and of 
the Check-List, while the species commonly known as /. annectens 
requiresanewname. (Cf Ripcway, Auk, XIV, Jan. 1897, 94.) 
Hence Nos. 568 and 568.1 will stand as follows : 
568. Junco mearnsi RipGway. 
Pink-sided Junco. 
