†Sieberocitta Coues, Key to North Amer. Birds, 5th ed., I, 1903, pp. 497, 499 (type, Cyanocitta ultramarina var. arizonæ Ridgway). Recognized as a subgenus. (Cf. Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., XVII, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918, pp. 406-407.) Includes the following North American forms:
- Aphelocoma sieberi arizonæ (Ridgway).
- Aphelocoma sieberi couchii (Baird).
†Corvus corax europhilus Oberholser. New subspecies. Oberholser, Ohio Journ. Sci., XVIII, No. 6, April, 1918 (published, May 6, 1918), p. 215 (Ardell, Alabama). Range: eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
†Agelaius phœniceus arctolegus Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXIV, No. 3, July, 1907, p. 332 (Fort Simpson, Mackenzie, Canada). Reinstated as a subspecies. (Cf. Oberholser, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 1, Jan., 1918, p. 64.) Range: middle Canada and central northern United States, wintering in the southeastern United States.
†Icterus icterus (Linnæus). Oriolus icterus Linnæus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 161 (warmer parts of America). Recorded from a specimen taken at Santa Barbara, Calif. (Cf. Bowles, ‘The Auk,’ XXVIII, No. 3, July, 1911, pp. 368-369.)
Quiscalus quiscula quiscula (Linnæus) becomes Quiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot (Quiscalus versicolor Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXVIII, 1819, p. 488, North America), because Quiscalus quiscula quiscula is applicable only to Quiscalus quiscula aglæus Baird. (Cf. Wayne, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 440.)
Quiscalus quiscula aglæus Baird becomes Quiscalus quiscula quiscula (Linnæus) because the latter is based on the same bird. (Cf. Wayne, ‘The Auk,’ XXXV, No. 4, Oct., 1918, p. 440.)
†Passerculus sandwichensis bradburyi Figgins. New subspecies. Figgins, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., April, 1918, p. 2 (James Island, South Carolina).
†Nemospiza henslowii susurrans (Brewster). New subspecies. Passerherbulus henslowi susurrans Brewster, Proc. New Engl. Zoöl. Club, VI, Feb. 6, 1918, p. 78 (Falls Church, Va,). Range: United States east of the Allegheny Mountains.
Junco oreganus shufeldti Coale becomes Junco oreganus couesi Dwight (Junco oreganus couesi Dwight, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, p. 291; Okanagan, British Columbia), because Junco oreganus shufeldti Coale is regarded as a synonym of Junco oreganus oreganus (Townsend). (Cf. Dwight, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, June 1, 1918, pp. 289-295.)