Page 119. After No. 301b. add; =301c. Ungava Ptarmigan= (_L. l.

ungavus_). Like No. 301 but with a heavier bill. Culmen, .82; depth of bill at base, .57 (Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 233).

Range--Ungava and probably the eastern sh.o.r.e of Hudson Bay.

Page 120. Remove the interrogation points from before Nos. 304 and 304a, the distinctions between which there presented having been accepted by the A.O.U., and amend Range of No. 304a. to read: "Alpine summits from central Alaska, northern Yukon, and northwestern Mackenzie south to Cook Inlet region, Kenai Peninsula and southern Yukon." (A.O.U.).

Page 120. After No. 302e. add: =302f. Dixon's Ptarmigan= (_L. r.

dixoni_). Resembling _L. r. nelsoni_ in corresponding plumage, "but much darker; in extreme blackness of coloration nearly like _Lagopus evermanni_, but feathers of chest and back more or less finely vermiculated with hazel." (Grinnell).

Range--Islands near Sitka.

Page 120. After No. 302d. add: =302e. Adak Ptarmigan= (_L. r.

chamberlaini_). Nearest _L. r. towsendi_ but with finer vermiculations above, and with black bars on neck and upper back reduced to very narrow bars or vermiculations. Grayest of the Aleutian Ptarmigan.

(Clark).

Range--Island of Adak, Aleutian Chain.

Page 122. A change here in enumeration makes Merriam's Turkey No. 310, while the Wild Turkey (_M. g. silvestris_) becomes 310a.

Page 125. After No. 316 add: =316a. Western Mourning Dove= (_Z. m.

marginella_). Similar to _Z. m. carolinensis_ but paler. (Mearns, Auk, 1911, p. 490).

Range--"Pacific Coast and San Clemente Island east to Mississippi Valley" (A.O.U.). The range of No. 316 should be correspondingly restricted.

Page 126. After No. 319 add: =319a. White-winged Dove= (_M. a.

trudeaui_). Similar to _M. a. asiatica_ but "slightly larger, with a much longer bill and much paler coloration" (Mearns, Auk. 1911, p. 489).

Range--"Lower California, southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and southern Texas, south to Costa Rica. Casual in southeastern California and Colorado; accidental in Washington" (A.O.U.).

Page 126. No. 319 becomes West Indian White-winged Dove (_Melopelia asiatica asiatica_). Its Range includes Cuba and Jamaica, and it is of casual occurrence in the Bahamas and Florida.

Page 132. After No. 337d. add =337e. Alaska Red-tail= (_B. b.

alascensis_). Resembling _B. b. calurus_ "but smaller throughout, and, keeping in consideration the stage of plumage, dark areas blacker and more extended." [Male] W. 13.5; T. 7.67; [Female] W. 14.44; T. 8.69 (Grinnell).

Range--"Southeastern Alaska from Yakutat Bay to Admiralty Island and the Sitka Islands" (A.O.U.).

Page 138. After No. 360b. add: =360c. Little Sparrow Hawk= (_F. S. paulus_). Similar to No. 360 but smaller. [Male] W. 6.80; T. 4.12 [Female] W. 6.96; T. 4.00 (Howe).

Range--Southern half of Florida.

Page 140. No. 379 proves to be separable into southern and northern races. The former retains the name _Glaucidium gnoma gnoma_, while the race of northern Mexico and Western United States, heretofore known by that name, becomes _G. g. pinicola_, the Rocky Mountain Pygmy Owl.

(Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIII, 1910, p. 103).

Page 142. After No. 373h. add: =373i. Sahauro Screech Owl= (_O. a. gilmani_). Nearest No. 373f but smaller and paler and with black markings more restricted (Swarth, Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., VII, 1910, p. 1).

Range--"Lower Sonoran Life zone of southeastern California, Arizona, and probably New Mexico; and northwestern Mexico" (A.O.U.).

Page 143. After No. 375f. add: =375g. Saint Michael Horned Owl= (_B. v. algistus_). Similar to No. 375d. but larger; face less ochraceous, upper surface paler ochraceous. W. 14.60 (Oberholser).

Range--"Coast Region of northern Alaska from Bristol Bay and the Yukon northward" (A.O.U.).

Page 143. After No. 275e. add: =375f. Labrador Horned Owl= (_B. v. heterocnemis_). Similar to No. 375c. "but bill larger; posterior lower parts paler; feet lighter colored and less heavily spotted; upper parts with usually less ochraceous." (Oberholser).

Range--"Northern Ungava and Labrador" (A.O.U.).

Page 147. After No. 390 add: =390a. Northwestern Belted Kingfisher= (_C. a. caurina_). Similar to No. 370 "but size greater, especially measurements of flight-feathers." W. 6.54 (Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub.

Zool., V. 1910, p. 388).

Range--Northwestern America, south along the Pacific coast in winter.

Status of California breeding birds still undetermined. (Grinnell, Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., V, 1910, p. 289).

Page 150. After No. 393f. add: =393g. Newfoundland Woodp.e.c.k.e.r= (_D. v. terraenorae_). Similar to _D. V. villosus_, "but slightly larger, the black areas of the upperparts increased, the white areas reduced both in number and in size, especially in the remiges and wing-coverts,"

(Batchelder).

Range--Newfoundland.

Page 150. After No. 393e. add: =393h. White-breasted Woodp.e.c.k.e.r= (_D. v. leucoth.o.r.ectis_). "Much like No. 393e. but decidedly smaller; wing-coverts practically always without white spots." W. 4.83; T. 3.07; B. 1.10 (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M. 40, 1908, p. 608).

Range--"Canadian and Transition Zones, from southern Utah, northwestern and central New Mexico and extreme southwestern Texas, south to the mountains of western Zacatecas, Mexico." (A.O.U.).

Page 151. After No. 396a. add: =396b. San Fernando Woodp.e.c.k.e.r= (_D. s. eremicus_). Similar to No. 396a, but larger; lower surface darker; upperparts darker, the white bars on back averaging narrower and less regular, the neck bars wider; black bars on posterior lower parts averaging somewhat wider." [Male] W. 4.16; T. 2.67; B. 1.02.

(Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M. 41, 1911, P. 151).

Range--Lower California, north of Ukai and Plaia Maria Bay, except extreme northeastern portion" (A.O.U.). The Range of No. 396a is thus restricted to the southern half of Lower California.

Page 351. _Dryobates scalaris bairdi_ proves to be restricted to Mexico; No. 396, its representative in the southwestern United States, has been named Cactus Woodp.e.c.k.e.r (_D. s. cactophilus_). (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M., 41, 1911, p. 152).

Page 154. After No. 414a. add: =414b. Mearns's Gilded Flicker= (_C. c. mearnsi_). Similar to _C. c. chrysoides_ but decidedly larger and paler, with pileum more strongly cinnamomeus, black bars on back, etc., narrower, spots on outer web of primaries more conspicuous primary coverts also sometimes spotted, gray of throat, etc. lighter, and spots on underparts usually smaller. W. 5.74; T. 3.77; B. 1.39 (Ridgway).

Range.--"Extreme southwestern California, northern Lower California, and southern Arizona south to southern Sonora" (A.O.U.). The Range of No. 414 is now restricted to "southern Lower California," that of No. 414 to "middle Lower California."

Page 160. After No. 439 add: =391.1 Salvin's Hummingbird= (_Uranomitra salvini_). Ad. [Male]. Head glittering blue; back dark shining green; tail dark glossy green, outer pair of feathers broadly tipped with drab; below soiled white; throat tinged with clayey white, sides of throat spotted with blue; sides of breast greenish blue; sides of body brilliant green. W. 2.07; T. 1.27; B. 1.02 (Brewster). Yng [Female].

Similar but duller, rump edged with rusty; sides of body brownish gray (Bishop).

Range.--"Huachuca Mountains, southern Arizona, and eastern Sonora (only two specimens known)" (A.O.U.).

Pages 162 and 166. The Waxwings alone now compose the Family BOMBYCILLID? (formerly AMPELID?) while the Phainopepla is placed in the Family PTILOGONATID?.

Pages 162 and 169. The subfamily Chamaeinae is now elevated to full family rank and stands as Family CHAM?ID?, Wren-t.i.ts. It contains solely the Wren-t.i.ts, (Nos. 742 to 742c) the only family of birds restricted to North America.

Page 178. After No. 498f. add: =498g. Vera Cruz Red-wing= (_A. p. richmondi_). Similar to _A. p. florida.n.u.s_ but slightly smaller; adult female much lighter colored (resembling female of _A. p.

sonoriensis_), about intermediate in color between females of _A. p. florida.n.u.s_ and _A. p. bryanti_. [Male] W. 4.40; T. 3.22; B. 90; depth of B. at base, .44. [Female]. W. 3.61; T. 2.67; B. .77; depth of B. at base, 39.

Range.--"Southern coast and Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south through eastern Mexico to Yucatan and eastern Guatemala; winters south to eastern Nicaragua and Costa Rica." (A.O.U.).

Page 185. After No. 478d. add: =478e. Coast Jay= (_C. s. carbonacea_).

"Intermediate in size and coloration between _C. s. stelleri_ and _C. stelleri frontalis_. Dorsal surface sooty black as in _stelleri_, but with blue on forehead nearly as extended as in _frontalis_. Tint of blue of posterior lower parts paler than in _=stelleri=_, and extending further forward into pectoral region as in _frontalis_"

(Grinnell).