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times wholly deep buff), the latter distinctly streaked with black or grayish 

 dusky." (Eidgway, Manual N. A. Birds, 2 ed., p. 602.) 



667b. Change Junco hyemalis shufeldti CoaXe, Shttfeldt's 

 JuNoo, to Junco hyemalis connectens Goum^ Hybrid Junoo, the 

 name shufeldti being antedated by that of connectens. 



593d. Add Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus Bidgw. Flobida 

 Cardinal. — The Cardinal of Florida has been described, under the above 

 name, by Mr. Eidgway, as " smaller and darker colored than G. cardinalis ; 

 adult male with the terminal margins of feathers of back, etc., olivaceous 

 instead of gray : adult female with more red in crest and on tail, the chest 

 frequently much tinged or intermixed with red." (Manual N. A. Birds, 

 2 ed., p. 606.) 



595. Change Habia ludoviciana {Linn.) to Zamelodia ludo- 



viciana (Linn.), the generic name Habia having been wrongly applied. 

 (See Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 39.) 



596. Change Habia melanocephala {Swains.) to Zamelodia 



melanocephala {Swains.) for reasons given under the preceding speoiea. 



645. Change Helminthophila ruficapilla {Wils.) to Helmin- 



thophila rubricapilla ( Wils.), the former name being preoccupied. 

 (See Faxon, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 264.) 



648a. Add Compsotblypis americana usnesB Brewster. 

 Northehii«Pardla Warblee.— The Parula Warbler, breeding from Mary- 

 land and southern Illinois northward, has been described under the above 

 name by Mr. Brewster as similar to the southern C. americana but " averag- 

 in" slightly larger but with a shorter bill. Adult male with less yellow on 

 the under parts and more black or blackish on the lores and malar region ; 

 the dark collar across the jugulum black or blackish, broad and conspicuous ; 

 the chest mottled or spotted with rich brownish chestnut." (Brewster, The 

 Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 45.) 



654a. Add Dendroica cserulescens cairnsi Goues. Cairns's 

 Warbler.— The Black-throated Blue Warbler breeding in the " higher parts 

 of the AUeghanies, from Virginia to Georgia," has been described under the 

 above name by Dr. Coues as similar to Dendroica catrvleseens but somewhat 

 smaller and with " the middle of the back nearly or quite black, instead of 

 blue, or blue with only a few black touches." (Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, 

 p. 96.) 



658. Change Dendroica caerulea ( Wils.) to Dendroica rara 

 ( Wils.), the former name being preoccupied. (See Eidgway, The Auk, xiv, 

 1897, p. 97.) 



684. Change Sylvania mitrata {Gmel.) to Wilsonia mitrata 



(Gmel.), the generic name Sylvania having been wrongly applied. (See 

 Coues, The Auk, xiv, April, 1897.) 



