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ADDENDA. 
ADDENDA. 
Page 70. To Order Herodiones add, at beginning: — 
FAMILY PLATALEIDA3: SPOONBILLS. 
GENUS AJAIA. 
183. Ajaia ajaja (Linn.). Roseate Spoonbill. 
Bill wide and flat, head naked, neck scantily feathered, toes long and 
slightly webbed at base, a slight crest on lower neck. Plumage of a delicate 
pink, becoming white on shoulders and neck, and with glossy red lesser 
wing coverts and upper tail coverts. Skin of head black, with orange 
around eyes and on chin. Length: 28-35, wing 14.10-15.30, bill 6.20-7-15, 
greatest width of bill, 2.00-2.20. 
Distribution. — Coast of Gulf and southern Atlantic states, and south¬ 
ward through tropical America. 
The roseate spoonbill has been reported from Brownsville, and is 
said to be fairly common along the Texas coast. 
Page 458. Before 737. Parus slateri, add: — 
736a. Parus carolinensis agilis Senn. Plumbeous Chickadee. 
Top of head and throat black; wings and tail edged with white; rest of 
upper parts pale plumbeous; under parts white with only a trace of buff 
on sides and flanks. Wing: 2.43, tail 2.35, bill .38. 
Distribution. — Texas, west to Victoria, Bee, and Concho counties. 
CHANGES MADE IN THE WESTERN BIRDS OF THE 
CHECK-LIST BY THE NOMENCLATURE COMMIT¬ 
TEE OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UN¬ 
ION, APRIL, 1903. 
GENERIC CHANGES. 
Page 75. Subgenus Garzetta has been changed to Genus Egretta. 
Page 168. Subgenus AEsalon has been changed to TinnuncuCus. 
Page 170. Subgenus Tinnunculus has been changed to Cerchneis. 
Page 331. The genus Ammodramus has been subdivided. Subgenus Pas- 
serculus has been made Genus Passerculus , including numbers 542-544 
(pp. 331-333); Subgenus Centronyx has been put under Genus Coturniculus, 
which includes 545, bairdi, and 546a, bimaculatus (pp. 333, 334) ; and 
Genus Ammodramus has been restricted to 547a-550b, occidentals to 
sennetti (pp. 334-336). 
