APPENDIX II. 



Since the publication, in May, 1895, of the first edition of the 

 Handbook, three additional species have been recorded from eastern 

 North America, six new races have been described, and seventeen 

 changes have been made in nomenclature. These additions and 

 emendations are presented below, each one being preceded by its 

 number in the Check-List of North American Birds, published by 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, thus showing its proper place 

 in the body of the Handbook, where the same system of enumeration 

 has been adopted. 



89. Change Puffinus major Faiher to Puffinus gravis ( O^Beilly), 

 the latter name having four years' priority. (See Salvin, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mas., 

 XXV, 1896, p. 373.) 



103. Add Daption capensis (Z*«».). Pintado Petrel. — A species 

 of the oceans of the .southern hemisphere which has heen recorded from Casco 

 Bay, Maine. (See Coues apud Purdie, New England Bird Life, ii, p. 386.) 

 Omitted from previous editions in error. 



131.1. Add MergTis albellus iin». Smew. — An Old World species 

 which has been once recorded from " northern North America." (Salvador!, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvii, 1896, pp. 467, 468.) 



141.1. Add Casarca casarca {Linn.). Ruddy Sheldrake. — An 

 Old World species which has been once recorded from- Greenland. (See 

 Allen apvd Sohalow, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 243.) 



151. Change Glaucionetta clangula americana {Bonap.) to 

 Clangula clausula americana Bonap.., the generic name Glauaio- 

 netta having heen wrongly applied. (See Eighth Supplement A. 0. U. Check- 

 List N. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 125.) 



152. Change Glaucionetta islandica {G-mel.) to Clangula 

 islandica GmeL, for the reason given under the preceding species. 



154. Change Clangula hyemalis Linn, to Sarelda hyemalis 



(Linn.), the generic name Clangula having been wrongly applied. (See 

 Eighth Supplement to A. O. D. Check-List N. A. Birds, The Auk, xiv, 1897, 

 p. 125.) 



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