Apocryphal Species 



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Massachusetts bird,' on the authority of Brewer, who later corrects 

 the statement.'' 



14. Quiscalus major Vieill. Boat-tailed Grackle, — 

 E. A. Samuels said that a pair bred at Cambridge in i86i,3 but 

 doubtless the birds were Q. q. ceneus. 



15. Sturnella magna neglecta (Aud.). Western Meadow- 

 lark. — A bird asserted to be of this species was seen for four 

 days by Bradford Alexander Scudder at Taunton. It was identi- 

 fied only by song, and was said to be larger than S. magna, while 

 the western bird is smaller. It is very doubtful if the record 

 should be allowed to stand.* 



16. Peucaea aestivalis bachmanii (Aud.). Bachman's 

 Finch. — Recorded from Berlin, Mass., by Dr. T. M. Brewer, 

 and later corrected by him, the bird having been found to be 

 Ammodramus henslowii^ 



17. Ammodramus [Centronyx] bairdii (Aud.). Baird's 

 Sparrow. — The first specimens of the Ipswich Sparrow {Fasser- 

 culus princeps) were referred to this species before their true 

 identity was discovered.' 



APOCRYPHAL SPECIES. 



I. Pious phillipsii Aud. Phillips' Woodpecker. — .Known 

 only from an adult male procured by Nuttall in the State, and 

 figured and described by Audubon.' 



1 Audubon ; Birds of Amer., Vol. II, 1841, pp. 84, 85. 



^Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVI, 1875, P- 45') P- 4 of 

 separate. 



« Allen ; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 85. 



* Scudder; Auk, Vol. XV, No. 3, Oct., 1898, p. 333. 



' Brewer ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. VIII, 1859, pp. 21 and 74. 



^ Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. VII, No. 12, Feb., 1870, pp. 630-632, pp. 32-34 

 of separate. 



'Audubon; Birds of Amer., Vol. IV, 1842, p. 238. 



