6 NOMENCLATURE OP NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



the nomenclature of the species, and so numerous have been the acces- 

 sions to the fauna, that the wants of ornithologists require a new list 

 which shall bring the subject fully up to date. It also appears desirable 

 that an analysis should be given of the principal points of variance, nu- 

 merical and otherwise, between the list which is herewith presented and 

 that which has for so many years been the standard of reference ; while, 

 in order to further increase the utility of the list, a brief review of the 

 revisions of nomenclature which have been adopted, the species added 

 to the fauna, and other matters of like interest, is given under appro- 

 priate headings on pages 59-84. 



b. Specific namea changed. 

 No. 5-5 6. "unalashkae" changed to unalascw. 

 No. 29. "melanura Lawr." changed to californica Brewst. 

 No. 137. "caridris" (a purely typographical error) changed to calidris. 

 No.235o. " unalashkensis " changed to unalascensis. 

 No. 346. "yucatanensis (Cabot) Gould" changed to cerviniventria Gould. 

 No. 351. "pelagica" changad to pelaagica. 



No. 377. "formicivorus (Sw.) Bp." changed to formicivorus bairdi Ridgw. 

 No. 543. "fedoa" changed to fceda. 



No. 698. "parasiticus (Linn.) Schaeff." changed to crepidatua (Banks) Vieill. 

 No. 699. "buffoni (Boie) Coues" changed to parasiticus (Linn.) Saunders. 

 No. 724. "melanai" changed to melcena. 



No. 732. "cornutus (Gm.) Kaup" changed to auritua (Linn.) Ridgw. 

 No. [733]. "auritus (Linn.)" changed to nigricollis (Sund.). 

 No. 733a. "auritus" changed to nigricollis. 



c. Corrections of authorities. 

 No. 77. "(Gmel.) Bp." changed to Salv. & Godm. 

 No. 124. "Bp." changed to Aud. 

 No. 126. "Ridgw." changed to Baird. 

 No. 127. "Coues" changed to Aud. 

 No. 183. "Bp." changed to Coues. 

 No. 230 a. "B. B. & R." changed to Ridgw. 

 No. 231. "Forst." changed to Gmel. 

 No. 354. "Bp." and parentheses canceled. 

 No. 406. "Linn." changed to (Linn.) Newt. 

 No. 517. "(Bonap.) Caban." changed to Bonap. 

 No. 594a. "Woodh." changed to Ridgw. 

 No. 644. "Ridgw." changed to Sel. & Salv. 

 No. 733 a. "Lawr." changed to Heerm. 



d. English names changed. 



No. 17. .Bed-vented Thrasher changed to .E/t/oHs-vented Thrasher. 



No. 29. "Black-capped Gnatcatcher" changed to Black-tatted" Gnatcatcher. 



No. 133. Brasier's Warbler changed to Brasher'a Warbler. 



No. 175 a. Gray-headed Rosy Finch changed to Hepburn's Rosy Finch. 



No. 602. Black Duck changed to Black Mallard. 



No. 603i-Florida Black Duck changed to Florida Dusky Duck. ■' 



No. 626. Fischer's Eider changed to Spectacled Eider. 



Other corrections are chiefly of typographical errors. Those made in the appendix 

 correspond in the main with those, of the catalogue, but some important alterations 

 have been made on pages 222, 224, 229, 233, 235, 237, and 238. 



