ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Intkodtjction, passim. For Order Scansores read zygodactyle birds. 



P. 9, §19. — The Phcenicopteridui ytcvn not considered as belouKing to LameUirostrPs ^\\vc1x 

 tlie fourth sentence of this paragrapli was penned. 



V. 22, last two lines. For 117 read 123; for 177 read 170; dele 154; insert 149, 151, 189, 

 222-3-4, 230. 



P. 30, last line but one. For no read a. (This important error is also repeated in lis G, 

 wliere the phalanx in question is omitted.) 



P. 35, eighth line. After in insert nearly. 



P. 38, end of ninth line from bottom. After Strisores insert of some authors. 



P. 39, tenth line. After no insert perfect. 



P. 47, § 81, tenth line. After (307) insert and a species of Accipiter (15C). 



P. 49, § 86, fourth line. After It insert when present. Next line, after 2t, insert wlien 

 developed. 



P. 55, third line. After belongs to the read: family Picida?, of the sub-order Pici, of the 

 order Picariffi. 



P. 58. Among "abbreviations used" insert; —1. c, locus citatus — the place (of a work) 

 just cited, op. cit., opus citatum — the work just cited. 



P. 59. Among "works referred to" insert ; — Sw. and Picn., F. B.-A. ii. Swainson, W., 

 BtwA Bichurdson, 3 . ; Fauna Boreali-Americana. Vol. ii. 4to. 1831. 



P. Gl. After Hydrochelidon, for 292 read 293 ; after Haliplana, for 293 read 292. 



P. G3. For Glottis 215, Stjiphemia 214 and Ehyacophilus 216, read Totasus 214-G. 



P. 63. For FuLix 260, and Aytiiya 261, read Fuligula 260-1. 



P. 75. Gnrve-hilled Thrush. Specimens lately received indicate that the Arizona bird 

 constitutes a variety of H. cnrvirostris : tlie following is a better description than that given 

 in the text. — Var. palmeri Eidgw. Ms. Above, grayish-brown, nearly uniform ; wing 

 coverts and quills with slight whitish edging, the edge of the wing itself white; tail feathers 

 with slight whitish tips ; below, a paler shade of the color of the upper parts, the throat 

 quite whitisli, the crissum slightly i-ufesceut, the breast and belly with obscure dark gray 

 spots on the grayish-white ground; no obvious maxillary streaks, but vague speckllug on 

 the cheeks; bill black; feet blackish-brown; bill IJ ; wing 4^;' tail 5; tarsus Ii; middle toe 

 and claw IJ. (Described from 61589, Mus. Smiths. lust., Tucson, Arizona, Bendire.) 



P. 77. Kennieott's Sylvia. Add to the quotation: Teistram, Ibis, 1871, 231. 



P. 85. Allied Creeper Wren. In all probability distinct from the preceding species. 



P. 87. Alaskan Wren. May be best treated as a variety of the AViuter "Wren; and this 

 last may be considered as Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis. 



P. 122. Plumbeous Vireo. Additional material shows that most probably this is a variety 

 of V. solitarius, as intimated in the text. 



P. 129. For Genus Curvikostra Scopoli read Genus LoxiA Linnaeus. The Red CrossljiU 

 may be considered as var. americana of the European Loxia enrriro.'itra. 



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