BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 709 
Nephacetes niger, var. borealis Cours, Check-list, 1873, no. 270.—Rmeway, Bull. 
Essex Inst., vii, 1875, 17 (Pyramid Lake Reservation). 
[Nephecetes niger var. borealis] b. borealis Cours, Birds Northwest, 1874, 269. 
Nephecetes niger, 8. borealis Ripaway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 565 (Pyramid 
Lake Reservation and near Fort Churchill, Nevada). 
Cypseloides niger borealis Ripaway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 188; 
Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 350.—Drerw, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 
182 (Howardsville, Colorado, up to 13,000 ft., breeding up to 11,000 ft.; meas- 
urements; descr. young; remarks on plumages, etc.); Auk, ii, 1885, 17 (ver- 
tical range in Colorado) —Hznsuaw, Auk, iii, 1886, 78 (upper Pecos R., New 
Mexico, migrant).—Gormuey, Auk, v, 1888, 424 (Seattle, Washington; descr. 
nest and eggs).—AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Union, Auk, xiv, 1897, 126; 
xvi, 1899, 111; Check-list, 3d ed., 1910, 200.—Dawson, Auk, xiv, 1897, 175 
(Okanogan Co., Washington.)—Cooxg, Bull. Col. Agr. Coll., no. 37, 1897, 86 
(Colorado; breeds from 10,000-12,000 ft., and ranges much above 13,000 ft.); 
Auk, xxvi, 1909, 413 (Denver, Colorado, June).—GrInNELL (J.), Pub. 2, 
Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 27 (Los Angeles Co., California, rare migrant), 
Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 40 (California range); Univ. Cal. Pub. 
Zool., v, 1908, 69 (San Bernardino Mts., s. California, July)—Cuapman, Bull. 
Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 34 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz).—BaitEy (Florence M.), 
Handb. Birds W. U. 8., 1902, 229—Vrooman, Auk, xviii, 1901, 394 (near 
Santa Cruz, California, breeding; descr. nest and eggs); Condor, vii, 1905, 
176 (breeding on cliffs of seashore, near Santa Cruz, California; descr. nest 
and eggs).—Ratusun, Auk, xix, 1902, 135 (Seattle, Washington, summer 
res.; habits)—Bowzzs, Auk, xxili, 1906, 144 (Tacoma, Washington).— 
Kermopg, Prov. Mus. Victoria, 1909, 51 (Victoria, Chilliwack, Okanogan, 
and Comox, Brit. Columbia).—Swarrs, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vii, 1911, 
71 (Revillagigedo I. and Boca de Quadra, s. Alaska; crit.; habits). 
Clypseloides] niger borealis Hartert, Das Tierreich, Podarg., Caprim., Macropt., 
1897, 79. 
[Cypseloides niger.] Subsp. a. Cypseloides borealis Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
Xvi, 1892, 495 (Brit. Columbia; San Miguél Molino, Puebla; Sierra Madre, 
Tepic, etc.). 
[Cypseloides niger] a. borealis HartErt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, p. xiv. 
[Cypseloides] borealis SHarre, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 93, part. 
Nephocaetes niger (not Hirundo nigra Gmelin) Barrp, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 
ix, 1858, 142, part—Etxior, Illustr. N. Am. Birds, i, 1869, pl. 20. 
Nephoecetes niger Barrp, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, pp. xxix, 922, part; 
Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 108. 
Nephactes niger SumicuRast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 562 (Vera Cruz, 
breeding). 
Nephecetes niger CooPeRr, Orn. Calif., 1870, 349.—Bairp, Brewer, and Ripeway, 
Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 429, part, pl. 45, fig. 4; iii, 1874, 521 (San Fran- 
cisco, California). 
Cypseloides niger AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Union, Clieck-list, 1886, no. 422.— 
Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, 1889, 288 (San Quintin and San 
Carlos Landing, Lower California; migrant)—lFannin, Check-list Birds 
Brit. Col., 1891, 29 (Victoria, B. C.).—Raoans, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
1893, 43 (Lula Island, Clinton, Lake La Hache, Ashcroft, Kamloops, and 
Vernon, Brit. Columbia; habits)—Fisuer (A. K.), North Am. Fauna, 
no. 7, 1893, 54 (Owens Lake, near Keeler, Independence, etc., s. e. Cali- 
fornia, May, June).—Anrtuony, Zoé, iv, 1893, 236 (San Telmo and San Pedro 
Martir Mts., Lower California); Auk, xii, 1895, 189 (San Fernando, Lower 
California, May).—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Cetitr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1894, 
