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The American Naturalist. 



[Ma.v. 



Among the Ideridse I note that Dolirho,iy.c o. alhi,, 

 has been omitted, and that the genus Callothrus of Cassin has 

 been adopted and made to contain C. robustus, which was form- 

 erly Molothrm emeus (1886). The subspecies Agelaius phoeni- 

 cei's sonoriensis and A. p. bryanti have been added. 



The largest of all the passerine groups of birds is the family 

 FrmgiUidm. The following synopsis will show the changes 

 that have been made in it since 1886 : 



Species Added. Ammod 'ramus mar/tin) us pen- 



insulss. 



'-'""!/'• Am.rnntlrtimns 



Species Omitted. 1 



C<i ipodacn.s frontalis. 

 Znriotricliia inter media. 

 Zoiivtricltia gainhili. 

 Sporophila morelleti. 



Subspecies Added. 



Zonntrkhm 

 Zmiotrirhia 



cophrtjs inttr 

 cophrys gam 



tila [»i sill a arcnacm. 





pecies Omitted. 



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iota's difference how that extension has been accomplished, whether 

 through humai. \ "), or by other means, for wh> 



becomes thoroughly established in sufficient numbers, and breeds, it is 

 a place in any List presenting the ornis of the country into which it h 



tiu- A. * i. I. ■ Li-t " from the fact that it has been successfully "introduced" 

 from abroad. If this be granted, the Committee were guilty of very i 

 practice when they omitted the English Sparrow 

 " List," (also Parser montanm), and it can only sta 



'Spelled" 



r their prejudices to carry t 



lind their sciem 



