412 APPENDIX II. 



167. Change Erismatura rubida ( Wils.) to Erlsmatura ja- 



maicensis ( Gmel ), the latter name having twenty-six years' priority. (See 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxvii, 1896, p. 445.) 



171.1. Add Anser fabalis (Lath.). Bean Goose. — An Old World 

 species which has been ouoe recorded from Greenland. (See Allen apud 

 Schalow, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 244.) 



234. Change Fhalaropus tricolor ( Vieill.) to Steganopus tri- 

 color Vieill., the subgenus iiteganopus having been accorded generic rank. 

 (See Eighth Supplement A. 0. U. Cheek-List N. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 

 1897, p. 126.) 



270. Change Charadrius squatarola {Linn.) to Squatarola 



squatarola {Linn.)^ the subgenus tSquatarota having been accorded generic 

 rank. (See Eighth Supplement A. 0. U. Check-List N. A. Birds, The Auk, 

 xiv, ]897,p. 126.) 



322. Change Geotrygon martinica (Linn.) to Geotrygon 



chrysia Bonap. The former inhabits the Lesser Antilles, the latter Cuba, 

 Haiti, the Bahamas, and Florida Keys. (See Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxi, 1893, pp. 570-572.) 



394c. Add Dryobates pubescens medianus {Swams.). — The 

 Downy 'Woodpeckers of eastern North America have been separated by Mr.. 

 H. C. Oberholser into two races : Dryobates pwiescens, the Southern Downy 

 ■Woodpecker, inhabiting the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and Dryo- 

 bates pubescens medianus, the Downy "Woodpecker, inhi^ljiting the 

 region from North Carolina northward. The former is described as similar 

 to D. P. medianus., "but smaller, the lower parts more brownish, the white 

 markings of wings and tail averaging of less extent." (See Oberholser, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, p. 547 ; also Brewster, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 80.) 



466a. Change Empidonax traillii {And.)., Tbatll's Flycatcher, 

 to Empidonaz traillii ainorum (Bretvst.), Aldek Fltoatcher. — The 

 change proposed by Mr. Brewster, and mentioned in a note under this species, 

 has been adopted by the A. 0. U. Committee. 



498b. Change Agelaius phosniceus bryanti Sidgw., Bahamas 

 Bedwisto, to Agelaius phosniceus floridanus Maynard, Florida Bed- 

 wing, the Florida bird liaving proved separable from the former, inhabiting 

 the Bahamas. (See Mayuard, Birds E. N. A., part 40, 1896, p. 689.) 



S50c. Add Ammodramus maritimus macglllivrayt Aud. 

 Louisiana Seaside Finch. — The dark Seaside Finch of the west Gulf coast 

 (Louisiana, southward in winter to Corpus Christi, Texas) has been separated 

 by Mr. Eldgway under the above name. It is described as " similar to A. m. 

 pemnsulis, but still darker, with dusky streaks on back, broader and blacker, 

 and margined externally (except along median line) with broad streaks of 

 pale ash gray or grayish white : pileum and hind neck more strongly tinged 

 with brown ; post-auricular space and chest strongly tinged with buff (some- 



