Part 30

Page 117. After No. 297b add: =297c. Sierra Grouse= (_D. o. sierræ_). Male resembles male of No. 297, but back less black and more heavily vermiculated with brown and gray; terminal tail-band narrower and more speckled with blackish; medium tail-feathers more heavily marked with gray or brownish; white neck-tufts practically absent; feathers of sides, flanks and under tail-coverts with less white. Much paler and more heavily vermiculated above than No. 297b.

Range--Ft. Klamath, Oregon south through the Sierras to Mount Pinos in South California.

Page 117. The ranges of the races of this bird (now known as Spruce Partridge, rather than Spruce Grouse) are given in the A.O.U. 'Check-List' as follows:

=298. Hudsonian Spruce Partridge= (_Canachites canadensis canadensis_).

Range--"Boreal forest region from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains west of Edmonton, Alberta, east to Labrador Peninsula; also a disconnected area in Alaska from Bristol Bay to Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound."

=298b. Alaska Spruce Partridge= (_C. c. osgoodi_).

Range--"Mt. McKinley and the Yukon region east to Great Slave and Athabasca lakes."

=298c. Canada Spruce Partridge= (_C. c. canace_).

Range--"Manitoba, southern Ontario, and New Brunswick south to northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England."

Page 119. After No. 301a add: =301b. Alexander's Ptarmigan= (_L. l. alexandræ_). Similar to _L. l. lagopus_ in corresponding plumage, "but coloration darker throughout, especially dorsally; bill smaller and relatively much narrower." (Grinnell).

Range--Baranof and adjacent islands west to Shumagin Islands (A.O.U.).

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 shore 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 Woodpecker= (_D. v. terrænoræ_). 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 Woodpecker= (_D. v. leucothorectis_). "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 Woodpecker= (_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 Woodpecker (_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 BOMBYCILLIDÆ (formerly AMPELIDÆ) while the Phainopepla is placed in the Family PTILOGONATIDÆ.

Pages 162 and 169. The subfamily Chamæinæ is now elevated to full family rank and stands as Family CHAMÆIDÆ, Wren-Tits. It contains solely the Wren-Tits, (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. floridanus_ but slightly smaller; adult female much lighter colored (resembling female of _A. p. sonoriensis_), about intermediate in color between females of _A. p. floridanus_ 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).

Range.--"Breeds in the humid Pacific coast strip from southern Oregon to the Santa Lucia mountains, California and east to the mountains on the west side of Napa Valley; in winter east to the Gabilan and Mt. Diablo ranges" (A. O. U).

Page 192. Cancel No. 530b, United States specimens of which prove to be merely adults of No. 530. Further west, however, black-backed birds are not found, and this western bird has been described as new. (Consequently after No. 530, add: =530a). Green-backed Goldfinch= (_A. p. hesperophilus_). Similar to _A. p. psaltria_ "but ear-coverts, sides of neck with back, nape, and rump, in fully adult plumage, olive-green instead of black" (Oberholser). Fig. 530 represents this area.

Range.--"Southwestern United States. Breeds from southern Oregon and Utah to southern Lower California, Sonora and extreme southwestern New Mexico; winters from central California to Cape San Lucas" (A.O.U.).

The Range of _A. g. psaltria_ is therefore restricted to "northern Colorado to central northern Texas and south throughout Mexico, except in northwestern and extreme southern portions; casual in Wyoming." (A.O.U.).

Page 194. Cancel No. 618d, Northern Yellow-throat, which proves to be the same as No. 681, Maryland Yellow-throat.

Page 196. After No. 652b. add: =652c. California Yellow Warbler= (_D. æ. brewsteri_). Differs from _D. æ. æstiva_ in smaller size, paler (or less brightly yellow) coloration and, in the male, narrower streaking on under surface." Differs from _D. æ. rubiginosa_ "in much smaller size and yellower coloration," and "from _D. æ. sonorana_ in smaller size and darker coloration." [Male] W. 2.45; T. 1.96. [Female]. W. 2.33; T. 1.93 (Grinnell).

Range.--Pacific Coast, west of the Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada from Washington to southern California. (The range of _D. æ. æstiva_ is correspondingly restricted).

Page 210. Cancel No. 464.2, Santa Barbara Flycatcher, which proves to be the same as No. 464, Western Flycatcher.

Page 211. Cancel No. 472a, Ridgway's Flycatcher, which proves to be the same as No. 472, Beardless Flycatcher.

Page 212. After No. 632c. add: =632a. Fraser's Vireo= (_V. h. cognatus_). Similar to _V. h. stephensi_, but wing averaging decidedly shorter, tarsus longer, and coloration paler. Wing, 2.48; Tar. .74 (Ridgway).

Range.--"Cape San Lucas district of Lower California (Sierra de la Laguna; Victoria Mountains); resident" (Ridgway).

Page 214. After No. 633a. add: =633b. Texas Vireo= (_V. b. medius_). "Similar to _V. b. belli_, but coloration paler and tail averaging longer; pileum and hindneck brownish gray instead of grayish brown; olive of back, etc. grayer; underparts whiter with olive-yellow of sides and flanks much paler; under tail-coverts and axillars white, yellowish white, or very pale sulphur yellow" (Ridgway).

Range.--"Southwestern Texas (Presidio, Brewster and Kinney Counties) south to Coahuila and Guanajuato, central Mexico" (A.O.U.).

Pages 215, 216. The Wren-Tits have been revised and their ranges more correctly defined, and to the two forms given two more have been added. The four races now recognized stand as follows: =742. Wren-Tit= (_Chamæa fasciata fasciata_). Characters as described and figured.

Range.--"Upper Sonoran zone on the eastern and southern shores of San Francisco Bay and adjacent Santa Clara Valley" (A.O.U.).

=742a. Pallid Wren-Tit= (_C. f. henshawi_). Similar to _C. f. fasciata_, "but decidedly paler, the back, scapulars, rump, etc. grayish brown (deep hair-brown), the pileum and hindneck brownish gray (nearly mouse-gray or deep smoke-gray), and general color of underparts varying from very pale grayish buff to buffy ecru-drab, or pale, vinaceous-buff, fading to nearly white on lower abdomen" (Ridgway).

Range.--"Upper Sonoran Zone of foothills and valleys of interior and southern California from Shasta County south to northern Lower California, and along the coast from Monterey Bay southward" (A.O.U.).

=742b. Coast Wren-Tit= (_C. f. phæa_). Characters as stated on page 216.

Range.--"Humid Transition Zone of Pacific Coast of Oregon and northern California (from Columbia River to Humboldt Bay)" (A.O.U.).

=742c. Ruddy Wren-Tit= (_C. f. rufula_). Intermediate in color between No. 742 and No. 742b. More richly colored than the former, but not so dark as the latter.

Range.--"Humid Transition coast strip of California from southern Humboldt County to Santa Cruz" (A.O.U.).

Page 217. Cancel No. 710a. Pasadena Thrasher, which proves to be the same as No. 710 California Thrasher.

Page 223. After No. 542b, add: =542d. Nevada Savannah Sparrow= (_P. s. nevadensis_). Resembles _P. s. alaudinus_ "but much paler throughout in all plumages; white replacing buff, black streaks thus more conspicuously contrasted, there being a minimum amount of hazel marginings; size slightly less." Differs from _P. s. savanna_ "as above, but in greater degree" (Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool. V, 1910, p. 312).

Range.--"Humboldt and Washoe Counties, Nevada, and probably throughout Great Basin, south in winter to the Colorado Desert and Los Angeles Co., California" (A.O.U.).

Page 228, after No. 574b (which, as shown in the Systematic Table, now becomes 574.1a) add: =574.1b. California Sage Sparrow= (_Amphispiza nevadensis canescens_). Similar to _Amphispiza belli_ but size somewhat greater, and coloration throughout very much paler; resembles _Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis_, but size very much less, and coloration slightly darker. [Male] W. 2.79; T. 3.03. [Female] W. 2.63; T. 2.87 (Grinnell).

Range.--"Upper Sonoran Zone in Owens Valley and adjacent areas in eastern California and extreme western Nevada" (A.O.U.).

Page 229. After No. 581c. add =581s. Suisun Song Sparrow= (_M. m. maxillaris_). Size of _M. m. heermanni_; but black streakings everywhere broader, and the general tone of coloration darker; larger than _M. m. samuelis_ and with brown more extended and deeper in tone (bay rather than hazel); unique in having the base of the maxilla inflated or swollen with "lateral bulbosities" (Grinnell).

Range.--Marshes bordering Suisun Bay, Solano Co., California.

Page 230. After No. 581d. add: =581p. Mendocino Song Sparrow= (_M. m. cleonsis_). Size of _M. m. samuelis_ but lighter and more rusty; black markings of back more restricted; spots of breast broadly edged with rusty; black on side of head and neck almost entirely replaced by rusty or reddish brown" (McGregor).

Range.--"Coast strip of southern Oregon and northern California from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, California" (A.O.U.).

Page 231. After No. 585d. add: =585e. Sooty Fox Sparrow= (_P. i. fuliginosa_). "Similar to _P. i. townsendi_ but darker and less rufescent, the upperparts, sides of head and neck and lateral underparts sepia or sooty brown, the upper tail-coverts and tail slightly more castaneous; spots on underparts dark sooty brown, larger and more confluent than in other forms" (Ridgway).

Range.--"Northwest coast strip. Breeds on the coast of British Columbia, Vancouver Island and northwestern Washington; winters south along the coast to San Francisco, California" (A.O.U.).

=No. 585f. Kadiak Fox Sparrow= (_P. i. insularis_). "Similar to _P. i. unalaschensis_ but much browner and more uniform above (back warm sepia), spots on chest, etc., larger and much deeper brown and under tail-coverts more strongly tinged with buff" (Ridgway).

Range.--"Alaska coast strip. Breeds on Kadiak Island and on the coast from Prince William Sound south to Cross Sound; winters along the coast to southern California" (A.O.U.).

Page 234. After No. 715 add: =715a. San Nicolas Rock Wren= (_S. o. pulverius_). Similar to _S. o. obsoletus_ "but entire plumage, especially the upperparts, suffused with ochraceous or dust color, almost identical with the tint of the soil on San Nicholas Island" (Grinnell).

Range.--San Nicholas Island, California.

Page 236. Cancel No. 821b, _Troglodytes aëdon aztecus_, which proves to be the same as No. 721a, _T. a. parkmani_. The common name, Western House Wren, however, is retained in place of the common name Parkman's Wren.

Page 237. After No. 725c add: =725d. Prairie Marsh Wren= (_T. p. iliacus_). "Similar to _T. p. palustris_, but slightly larger and with the coloration more rufescent, the brown of the upperparts russet-brown to cinnamon-brown or russet, the flanks conspicuously deep cinnamon-buff or cinnamon" (Ridgway).

Range.--Plains and prairies of central North America. Breeds from central Alberta and southwestern Keewatin south to central Mississippi Valley and east to Indiana; winters southward into Mexico and along the Gulf coast to western Florida (A.O.U.).

Page 238. After No. 759c add: =759d. Monterey Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. slevini_). General color extremely pale and ashy, nearly as much so as in _H. g. sequoiensis_; above hair-brown, slightly browner on top of head; upper tail-coverts and tail isabella color; spots on breast sepia, small in size and few in numbers. (Grinnell).

Range.--"Breeds in Transition Zone of the coast belt in California from northern Trinity County to southern Monterey County; south in migration to Lower California and Sonora" (A.O.U.).

=759e. Sierra Hermit Thrush= (_H. g. sequoiensis_). Similar in coloration to _H. g. slevini_, but decidedly larger and slightly darker or browner; similar to _H. g. guttata_, but larger, paler, and grayer; decidedly smaller." W. 3.65; T. 2.82. (Ridgway).

Range.--"Breeds in Boreal Zones from southern British Columbia to high mountains in southern California; south in migration and in winter to Lower California, western Texas, and northern Mexico" (A.O.U.).

Page 239. Cancel 758b, Monterey Thrush, and No. 758c, Alma Thrush, which are now considered to be the same as No. 758, Russet-backed Thrush.

Pages 240 and 241. The decisions of the A.O.U. Committee on numerous proposed changes in the standing of our Juncos were not published until after the first edition of the Color Key appeared. One new form (No. 567h) has been added to those therein given one (_J. o. shufeldti_) has been omitted and the following changes have been made in nomenclature:

No. 568. _Junco mearnsi_, becomes No. 567g, Junco hyemalis mearnsi, and the Range of this form is now given as "Rocky Mountain region. Breeds from southwestern Saskatchewan to southern Idaho and northern Wyoming and Colorado to southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and northeastern Sonora" (A.O.U.).

No. 567.1 _Junco montanus_, becomes No. 567f. _Junco hyemalis montanus_.

No. 571.1 _Junco townsendi_, becomes No. 567i, _Junco hyemalis townsendi_.

No. 569 _Junco caniceps_, becomes No. 570b. _Junco phæonotus caniceps_.

No. 570a. _Junco dorsalis_, becomes _Junco phæonotus dorsalis_.

No. 567a. _Junco oreganus_, becomes _Junco hyemalis oreganus_.

No. 567c. _Junco oreganus thurberi_, becomes _Junco hyemalis thurberi_.

No. 567d. _Junco oreganus pinosus_, becomes _Junco hyemalis pinosus_.

The common names of all the preceding species remain unchanged.

No. 567b. Coues' Junco (_Junco oreganus connectens_) becomes Shufeldt's Junco (_Junco hyemalis connectens_), and this form also includes _J. o. shufeldti_ of the 'Color Key,' which is therefore cancelled. The Range of 567b, thus stands as follows:

Rocky Mountain region. Breeds from the coast of southern British Columbia east to west, central Alberta and south to northern Oregon; winters over entire Rocky Mountain tableland to eastern Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Chihuahua, and Sonora; casual in northern Lower California" (A.O.U.).

The one new form added follows No. 568. after which insert =567h, Ridgway's Junco= (_J. h. annectens_). Back with a reddish brown patch as in _J. p. caniceps_, but sides washed with pinkish brown, as in _J. h. mearnsi_.

Range.--"Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico" (A.O.U.).

Page 242. Cancel No. 744.1, Santa Rita Bush-Tit, which proves to be the same as No. 745, Lloyd's Bush-Tit.

Page 243. Cancel No. 731a, Texan Tufted Titmouse, which proves to be the same as No. 731, Tufted Titmouse.

Page 243. After No. 732 add: =732a. Sennett's Titmouse= (_B. a. sennetti_). "Similar to _B. a. atricistatus_, but decidedly larger; upper parts much clearer gray, with little, if any olive tinge; adult female with crest feathers more often and more extensively tipped with gray, and both sexes with the forehead more often tinged with brown or rusty, sometimes deeply so" (Ridgway).

Range.--Central Texas, "from Tom Green and Concho Counties east to the Brazos River, and from Young County south to Nueces and Bee Counties" (A.O.U.).

Page 244. After No. 741b. add: =741c. Valdez Chestnut-sided Chickadee= (_P. r. vivax_). Like _P. r. rufescens_ in coloration but larger, tail proportionately longer and bill bulkier. W. 2.48; T. 2.32 (Grinnell).

Range.--Prince William Sound Region, Alaska.

Page 244. Cancel 740a. Kowak Chickadee, and No. 740b, Columbian Chickadee, which prove to be the same as No. 740, Hudsonian Chickadee. _Parus h. littoralis_ becomes No. 740a, Acadian Chickadee.

Page 244. After No. 738 add: =738a. Bailey's Mountain Chickadee= (_P. g. baileyæ_). Similar to _P. g. gambeli_, "but coloration dorsally and laterally more plumbeous, less brownish, and bill larger." B. 41 (Grinnell).