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gins of wing-coverts much more extended. Had. Arid districts of southwestern 
United States, north to the Sacramento Valley, California, south (in winter) to 
Tehuantepec, Mexico. 
(15.) Page 137, under Rallus longirostris crepitans: 
211c. Rallus longirostris caribeeus Ripaw. Caribbean Clapper Rail. 
Similar to &. 1. crepitans, but coloration rather deeper, with the back, etc., 
more distinctly striped with dusky; wing 5.55-5.90 (5.76), culmen 2.12-2.55 
(2.38), least depth of bill .25-.30 (.27), tarsus 1.95-2.12 (2.02), middle toe, 1.70- 
1.95 (1.85). Hab. Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, and coast of southern Texas 
(Corpus Christi and Galveston). 
(16.) Page 137, under Rallus longirostris saturatus: 
211d. Rallus longirostris scottii Senn. Scott’s Rail. 
- Similar to R. 1. saturatus, but much darker above (the back, etc., brownish 
black streaked with olive-grayish), the foreneck and sides of chest shaded with 
* olive-grayish. Hab. Western Florida. 
(17.) Page 166, under Totanus solitarius: 
256a. Totanus solitarius cinnamomeus Brewster. 
Western Solitary Sandpiper? 
“Similar to 7. solitarius, but larger, the wings grayer, the light spots on 
the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts brownish cinnamon instead of white or 
buffy whitish; the sides of the head with more whitish, especially on the lores. 
No well-defined loral stripe.” -Hab. Western North America, from Lower Cali- 
fornia and Arizona to British Columbia. 
The range of true TZ. solitarius does not include the area inhabited by 
T. solitarius cinnamomeus. 
(18.) Page 167, Genus SYMPHEMIA RarineEsqueE. 
Mr. Brewster has recently separated the western birds of this species as a 
geographical race, the main distinctive characters of which are as follows: 
a', Smaller, with relatively shorter and thicker bill; summer adults with ground- 
color of upper parts darker, more olive-grayish, more heavily spotted or 
barred with dusky, the anterior and lateral lower parts also more heavily 
marked with dusky; wing 7.06-7.75 (7.36), tail 2.71-3.30 (2.91), exposed 
culmen 2.02-2.31 (2.19), tarsus 2.08-2.42 (2.29). Hab. Atlantic coast of 
United States......cccssceceseee «.... 258. S. semipalmata (GMEL.). Willet. 
a. Larger, with relatively longer and slenderer bill; summer adults with ground- 
color of upper parts paler, more ashy, gray, less heavily marked with 
1 Rallus longirostris caribeus Ripeway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. July, 1880, 140.—Sunwerr, Auk, v. 1888, 
319 (Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas). 
2 Rallus longirostris scottii Sunn., Auk, v. July, 1888, 305. 
8 Totanus solitarius cinnamomeus Brewst., Auk, vii. Oct. 1890, 377. 
