HI ALL:
A format error turned Wilson's Snipe into Wilsons Snipe.

Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
ipaulsen at krl.org
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way"

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Morgan Tingley <mtingley at fas.harvard.edu>
To: Ian Paulsen <ipaulsen at krl.org>
Subject: Re: AOU Supplement

Ian -- Well, I copied text from the .pdf and perhaps this is more than you
want, but oh well. ;) There are some wacky formatting things that
happened via cut and paste, but they're not hard to figure out. Enjoy -
morgan tingley

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This is the second Supplement since publication of the 7th edition
of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists Union
1998). It sum-marizes decisions made by the AOUs Committee on
Classification and Nomenclature between 1 January 2000 and 31 December
2001. The Committee has con-tinued to operate in the manner outlined in
the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). Changes in this Supple-ment fall into 10
categories: (1) four species are add-ed to the main list or are
transferred from the Ap-pendix to the main list because of new
distributional information (Larus cirrocephalus, Larus dominicanus,
Aratinga mitrata, Phylloscopus inornatus); (2) four spe-cies are added to
the main list because of splitting of species previously on the list
(Pterodroma sandwich-ensis, Gallinago delicata, Chaetura fumosa,
Baeolophus atricristatus); (3) two species replace others now on the list
because of splitting from extralimital forms (Phaethornis longirostris,
Phaethornis striigularis); (4) one species (Amazilia cyanifrons)is
removedfromthe list because its only representative in our area has been
reassigned status and moved to the Appendix; (5) five species names are
changed because of generic reallocation (Platalea ajaja, Porphyrio
martinica, Por-phyrio flavirostris, Allenia fusca, Passerina caerulea);
(6) spelling of the scientific names of two species is changed because of
rules relating to agreement in gender with generic names (Phalaropus
fulicarius, Donacobius atricapilla); (7) authorship and date of
publication of one species are changed for nomen-clatural reasons
(Centrocercus minimus); (8) three En-glish names are changed, one because
of a species split (Galapagos Petrel), one to avoid implicit geo-graphic
limitations (Mariana Swiftlet), and one to re-flect relationships more
clearly (Eared Quetzal); (9) two species are added to the Appendix
(Agapornis ro-seicollis, Amazilia alfaroana); and (10) species limits and
statements of distribution are changed for two species because of splits
of extralimital populations (Zenaida asiatica, Carduelis flammea). In
addition, the distributional statements of some species already on the
list are amended in instances where significant new information has become
available, or where ac-ceptance of distributional records modifies the
list of birds known from north of the MexicoUnited States border,
essentially the southern limit of the AOU Check-list before the 6th
edition. The additions to and deletion from the main list bring the number
of spe-cies recognized as occurring in the Check-list area (main list) to
2,030. Literature that provides the basis for the Committees decisions is
cited at the end of the Supplement, and citations not already in the
Lit-erature Cited of the 7th edition become additions to it. An updated
list of the bird species known from the AOU Check-list area may be
accessed at http:// www.AOU.org/aou/birdlist.html.

The following changes to the 7th edition (page
numbers refer thereto) result from the Committees
actions:

pp. xviiliv. In the list of bird species known from the Check-list area,
change 2023 (from 42nd Supple-ment) to 2030. In the list, insert the
following species in the proper position as indicated by the text of this
Supplement:

Pterodroma sandwichensis Hawaiian Petrel (H)
Gallinago delicata Wilsons Snipe
Larus cirrocephalus Gray-hooded Gull (A)
Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull
Aratinga mitrata Mitred Parakeet (I)
Chaetura fumosa Costa Rican Swift
Phaethornis longirostris Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis striigularis Stripe-throated Hermit
Baeolophus atricristatus Black-crested Titmouse
Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed Warbler (A)

Remove the following names:

Phaethornis superciliosus Long-tailed Hermit
Phaethornis longuemareus Little Hermit
Amazilia cyanifrons Indigo-capped Hummingbird

Change the following scientific names, with no change in English names:

Ajaia ajaja to Platalea ajaja
Porphyrula martinica to Porphyrio martinica
Porphyrula flavirostris to Porphyrio flavirostris
Phalaropus fulicaria to Phalaropus fulicarius
Donacobius atricapillus to Donacobius atricapilla
Margarops fuscus to Allenia fusca
Guiraca caerulea to Passerina caerulea

Change the following English names:

Pterodroma phaeopygia Galapagos Petrel
Aerodramus bartschi Mariana Swiftlet
Euptilotis neoxenus Eared Quetzal

Rearrange the species (and English) names in Pas-serina into the following
sequence:

Passerina caerulea
Passerina amoena
Passerina cyanea
Passerina rositae
Passerina leclancherii
Passerina versicolor
Passerina ciris

p. 10. The occurrence of Thalassarche melanophris in Atlantic waters off
the United States has been veri-fied by Patteson et al. (1999). In the
paragraph be-ginning Casual, after the record for Martinique, insert: and
Virginia (about 65 nautical miles east of Virginia Beach, 6 February 1999;
Patteson et al. 1999). Change the last clause of the paragraph to earlier
sight reports from off the coast of North America, from Newfoundland to
Florida, remain unsatisfactory.

p. 14. The occurrence of Pterodroma cahow in waters off the Atlantic coast
of the United States has been verified by Wingate et al. (1998). Change
the second paragraph in the Distribution statement for the spe-cies to
read:

Ranges at sea, exact area unknown; at least 10 re-cords, nearly all recent
and many substantiated by photos, off the coast of North Carolina between
late May and mid-August (Wingate et al. 1998, ABA 1999).

p. 15. Pterodroma sandwichensis is recognized as a species distinct from
P. phaeopygia on the basis of dif-ferences in vocalizations and morphology
(Tomkins and Milne 1991, Browne et al. 1997) that are com-parable to
species-level differences elsewhere in the genus.

Change the English name of P. phaeopygia to Ga-lapagos
Petrel.

Replace Distribution of P. phaeopygia with: Breeds in the Galapagos
Islands (Isabella, San Sal-vador, Santa Cruz, Floreana, and San Cristo
bal). Ranges at sea in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Clipperton Island
and Costa Rica (Slud 1964) south to northern Peru, perhaps north to
western Mexico (Howell and Webb 1995).

Replace the Notes under P. phaeopygia with: Under English name Dark-rumped
Petrel, formerly includ-ed P. sandwichensis, now recognized as distinct.
See comments under P. hasitata and P. sandwichensis.

Insert the following after P. phaeopygia: Pterodroma sandwichensis
(Ridgway). Hawaiian Petrel. OE[stralata] sandwichensis Ridgway, 1884, in
Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 13, vol. 2, p. 395.
(Sandwich Islands 5 Hawaii.) Habitat.Nests in burrows in rain forest;
forages in tropical oceans. Distribution.As for sandwichensis group in P.
phaeopygia account. Notes.Formerly included with P. phaeopygia as
Dark-rumped Petrel but separated on the basis of differences in
vocalizations, morphology, and genet-ics (Tomkins and Milne 1991, Browne
et al. 1997). A photograph and sight reports from California, and a sight
report from Oregon, may be of either species.

p. 16. Bulweria bulwerii has been documented as oc-curring in waters of
the United States. Delete the last phrase sight reports from Florida from
the second paragraph on Distribution and add a newparagraph as follows:

Accidental in summer off Outer Banks, North Car-olina (LeGrand et al.
1999) and in Monterey Bay, Cal-ifornia (Field Notes 52: 498, 1998; photo).
There are sight reports from Florida (Robertson and Woolfen-den 1992).

p. 50. The genus Ajaia is merged into Platalea,fol-lowing most recent
treatments (e.g. Matheu and del Hoyo in del Hoyo et al. 1992). Replace the
generic heading with:

Genus PLATALEA Linnaeus Platalea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., (ed. 10), 1:
139. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray 1840), Plata-lea leucorodia
Linnaeus. Retain the citation for Ajaia as a synonym. Change the species
heading to: Platalea ajaja Lin-naeus. Roseate Spoonbill. Change Notes to
read: For-merly placed in the monotypic genus Ajaia.

p. 112. Add to Notes under Ortalis ruficauda:For updated information on
distribution, see Smith and Smith (1999).

p. 119. Replace the heading, citation, and type lo-cality for Centrocercus
minimus Bradbury and Vehren-camp, inserted by the 42nd Supplement (AOU
2000) with:

Centrocercus minimus Young et al. Gunnison Sage-Grouse.
Centrocercus minimus Young, Braun, Oyler-Mc-Cance,
Hupp, and Quinn, 2000, Wilson Bull. 112: 446.
(Approximately 32 km southeast of Gunnison, Gun-nison
County, Colorado.)
The name was used by Bradbury and Vehrencamp
only in a caption to identify a bird pictured on the
cover of their 1998 book Principles of Animal Com-munication.
It was not used in the text, and it does not appear in the second
printing of the book. As a name proposed as a means of temporary reference
and not for formal taxonomic use as a scientific name in zoological
nomenclature, it is excluded from the provisions of the International Code
of Zoological Nomenclature under Article 1(b)(6) of the third edi-tion
(ICZN 1985) and Article 1.3.5 of the fourth edi-tion (ICZN 1999) of the
Code. The first available name is that proposed by Young et al. (2000). In
for-mal listings, as in the citation in this Check-list, all au-thors of
the name Centrocercus minimus should be given; in less formal listings, as
in the species head-ing, the authorship of Centrocercus minimus can be
given merely as Young et al., 2000.

p. 136. Following Olson (1973) and others, the ge-nus Porphyrula is merged
into Porphyrio. Replace the generic heading with:

Genus PORPHYRIO Brisson

Porphyrio Brisson, 1760, Orn. 1, p. 48; 5, p. 522. Type by tautonomy,
Porphyrio Brisson 5 Fulica por-phyrio Linnaeus. Retain the citation for
Porphyrula as a synonym but delete Notes under generic heading. Change
species headings to Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus). Purple Gallinule and
Porphyrio flaviros-tris (Gmelin). Azure Gallinule. Under each species, add
a Note: Formerly placed in the genus Porphyrula.

p. 177. Because of differences in the winnowing display sounds and
morphology (Tho nen 1969, Mill-er 1996), Gallinago delicata (Wilsons
Snipe) is recog-nized as a species distinct from the Old World G.
gal-linago, which retains the name Common Snipe. Insert the following
before the account for G. gallinago: Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilsons
Snipe. Scolopax delicata Ord, 1825, in reprint Wilson, Amer-ican
Ornithology, 9, p. ccxviii (Pennsylvania.) Habitat.Wet grassy areas, from
tundra to tem-perate lowlands. Distribution.as the delicata group in
account of G. gallinago. Notes.Formerly considered part of G. gallinago
because of overall morphological similarities (Ober-holser 1921), but now
separated on the basis of dif-ferences in winnowing display sounds
associated with differences in the outer tail feathers (Thonen 1969, Tuck
1972, Miller 1996) that are comparable to differences between other
closely related species in the genus. Modify the account of Gallinago
gallinago by re-moving references to the delicata group. Change Notes to
read: Formerly included G. delicata,now considered distinct. South
American and African taxa also have been considered conspecific with, or
closely related to, G. gallinago by some authors, but are now generally
treated as distinct (e.g. Fjeldsa and Krabbe 1990).

p. 180. The name of the Red Phalarope should be Phalaropus
fulicarius,notfulicaria. The specific name is an adjective and must agree
in gender with the ge-neric name (David and Gosselin 2000).

p. 187. Larus cirrocephalus, the Gray-hooded Gull, is moved from the
Appendix to the main list because of additional information on
distribution. Before the account for Larus modestus, insert the following
ac-count: Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot. Gray-hooded Gull. Larus
cirrocephalus Vieillot, 1818, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. (nouv. ed.) 21: 502.
(Bresil 5 Rio de Janiero, Brazil.) Habitat.Bays, estuaries, and lagoons;
fresh wa-ter marshes and lakes. Distribution.Resident in South America,
from southern Ecuador to Peru on the Pacific coast and from Uruguay to
central Argentina on the Atlantic coast; and in tropical and southern
Africa and Mad-agascar. Eastern South American populations winter within
their breeding range north to Paraguay and southern Brazil. Accidental in
the panhandle of Florida (Franklin County, 26 December 1998; McNair 1999)
and in the Mediterranean region (Spain). There is a sight report for the
Pacific coast of Panama (Ridgely 1976). Notes.Also known as Gray-headed
Gull.

p. 193. The Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus, is moved from the Appendix to
the main list because of ad-ditional information on distribution. After
the ac-count for Larus marinus, insert the following: Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein. Kelp Gull. Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823, Verz.
Doubl. Zool. Mus., Berlin, p. 502. (Coasts of Brazil.) Habitat.Seacoasts,
estuaries, rivers, and lakes, from sea level to 1,500 m.
Distribution.Resident in South America from southwestern Ecuador and
southeastern Brazil south to Tierra del Fuego; in Africa from central
Namibia and eastern South Africa south to the Cape; in south-ern
Australia; in New Zealand; and on islands in the southern oceans. Casual
since at least 1989 on Chandeleur Islands, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
(specimen) where hy-bridization has occurred with Larus argentatus (Amer.
Birds 44: 1147, 1990). Records from the Yu-catan in 1991, 1993, and 1994
have been accompanied by photographs (Howell et al. 1993) as have reports
from Texas and Indiana. One individual was present at the same site in St.
Marys County, Maryland, in January and February 1998 and 1999 (Kostenko
1999). In Africa, casual north to Senegal, Kenya and Mauritania (Pineau et
al. 2001).

p. 222. Add to Notes under Streptopelia decaocto:For updated information
on the rapidly changing distri-bution of this species, see Romagosa and
McEneaney (1999) and Romagosa and Labisky (2000).

p. 223. On the basis of comparative genetic, mor-phological, and vocal
evidence (Johnson and Clayton 2000, Gibbs et al. 2001), the meloda group
of Zenaida asiatica is recognized as a species. From the citation for
Melopelia in the synonymy of the genus Zenaida, remove the phrase 5Columba
asiatica Linnaeus. Remove information about the meloda group, and the
words asiatica group, from the account of Zen-aida asiatica. Change Notes
to read: Formerly includ-ed Zenaida meloda (Tschudi, 1843) [Pacific Dove]
of the Pacific coast of South America, now separated as a species on the
basis of differences in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, vocalizations, and
morphology (Johnson and Clayton 2000, Tubaro and Mahler 1998, Gibbs et al.
2001). The two form a superspecies that is the sister group to the other
species of Zenaida.

p. 235. Aratinga mitrata, established in southern California, is added to
the Check-list. After the ac-count for Aratinga finschi, insert: Aratinga
mitrata (Tschudi). Mitred Parakeet. Conurus mitratus Tschudi, 1844, Arch.
f. Naturg. 10,

p. 304. (Peru; restricted to Chanchamayo Valley by Zimmer, Field Mus. Nat.
Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 17: 263, 1930.) Habitat.Montane Evergreen Forest
(1,0003,400 m); urban areas where introduced. Distribution.Resident in the
eastern Andes from central Peru south to central Bolivia and western
Argentina. Introduced and established in southern California (Los Angeles
and Orange counties), where present since at least 1980 (Collins and Kares
1997, Garrett 1997); also reported (Garrett 1998) fromelsewhere in
California (San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Di-ego areas) and from
peninsular Florida, where it has bred (Stevenson and Anderson 1994).

p. 243. Add the following paragraph to the Distri-bution of Amazona
viridigenalis: Introduced and established in southern California (Los
Angeles and Orange counties) since the 1960s (Garrett 1997).

p. 264. Asio stygius is recognized as a species that occurs in the United
States. Insert a new paragraph under Distribution as follows:

Accidental in southern Texas; single birds seen and photographed at
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, 9 December 1994
(Cooksey 1998) and 26 December 1996 (Wright and Wright 1997).

p. 278. On the basis of morphologic characters an-alyzed by Marn (2000),
Chaetura fumosa is recog-nized as a species distinct from C.
spinicauda.Re-move the Costa Rican part of the distribution from the
account of C. spinicauda (on p. 279), and insert central and eastern
before Panama. To that ac-count, add:

Notes.Formerly included C. fumosa Salvin; see comments under that species.
p. 279. After the account of Chaetura spinicauda, in-sert: Chaetura fumosa
Salvin. Costa Rican Swift. Chaetura fumosa Salvin, 1870. Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lon-don, 1874, p. 204. (Bugaba, Chiriqu, Panama.) Habitat.Lowland Humid
Tropical Forest (Trop-ical zone). Distribution.Resident in southwestern
Costa Rica (El General, Terraba, and Golfo Dulce regions) and western
Panama (Chiriqu). Notes.Formerly considered conspecific with C.
spinicauda, but separated on morphological grounds by Marn (2000), who
considers C. spinicauda, C. fu-mosa, and the South American C. egregia
Todd, 1916 [Pale-rumped Swift] to form a superspecies with C. martinica,
contra Sibley and Monroe (1990). Add to Notes under C. cinereiventris and
C. martin-ica: See comments under C. fumosa.

p. 280. The English name of Aerodramus bartschi is changed from Guam
Swiftlet to Mariana Swiftlet, to express its distribution more accurately.
Add to the note: Formerly known as Guam Swiftlet.

p. 283. We follow Hinkelmann (1996) and Hinkel-mann and Schuchmann (1997)
in separating the Phaethornis longirostris complex from P. superciliosus
of South America on morphological grounds and be-cause no satisfactory
basis for their merger (Peters 1929) was ever given. Replace the account
for P. su-perciliosus with the following:

Phaethornis longirostris (DeLattre). Long-billed Hermit. Ornismaya
longirostris DeLattre, 1843, E cho du Monde Savant, no. 45, col. 1070.
(Guatemala.) Habitat.as for P. superciliosus. Distribution.as for
griseoventer, mexicanus, lon-girostris, andbaroni groups in present
account of P. superciliosus. Notes.Groups: P. griseoventer Phillips, 1962
[Jal-isco Hermit], P. mexicanus Hartert, 1897 [Harterts Hermit], P.
longirostris (DeLattre, 1843) [Long-billed Hermit], and P. baroni Hartert,
1897 [Barons Hermit]. Formerly treated as conspecific with P.
superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) [Rusty-breasted Hermit] with the English
name Long-tailed Hermit, but separated on the basis of coloration and size
by Hinkelmann (1996) and Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997). Howell and Webb
(1995) treated mexicanus and gri-seoventer as a species [Mexican Hermit]
under the for-mer name, distinct from longirostris.

p. 284. We follow Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997) in separating the
Phaethornis striigularis com-plex from P. longuemareus of northern South
America, both on morphological grounds and because no sat-isfactory basis
for their merger (Griscom 1932) was ever given. Replace the account for P.
longuemareus with the following: Phaethornis striigularis Gould.
Stripe-throated Hermit. Phaethornis striigularis Gould, 1854, Monogr.
Tro-chil., pt. 8, pl. 15, 5 pl. 37 of Vol. 1. (Bogota , Colombia.)
Habitat.as for P. longuemareus. Distribution.Resident on the
Gulf-Caribbean slope of Middle America from Veracruz, northern Oaxaca,
Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, and Quintana Roo south through Belize and
eastern Guatemala to Honduras, on both slopes in Nicaragua (rare on
Pa-cific slope), Costa Rica (rare in dry northwest) and Panama, and in
northern Venezuela, northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador.
Notes.Along with the western Amazonian P. atrimentalis Lawrence, 1858
[Black-throated Hermit], formerly included in P. longuemareus (Lesson,
1832) and known as Little Hermit, but the three were sep-arated by
Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997). Howell and Webb (1995) also suggested
that strii-gularis should be recognized as a species but treated the
complex in the genus Pygmornis Bonaparte; see Gill and Gerwin (1989).
Populations from Mexico to northwestern Colombia and western Ecuador were
treated as the adolphi group by AOU (1998) and rec-ognized as a species P.
adolphi Gould, 1857 [Boucards Hermit] by Davis (1972). Here they are
treated as part of striigularis and not considered to constitute a group.
Hinkelmann and Schuchmann (1997) note the existence of hybrids between
nominate striigularis and other taxa included in this species in northern
Colombia.

p. 298. Weller (2001) proposed that the single spec-imen of Amazilia
cyanifrons from the Check-list area, tentatively treated (AOU 1998) as the
subspecies A. c. alfaroana, should be recognized as a species, A.
al-faroana Underwood, 1896. We accept the removal of that unique specimen
from the species A. cyanifrons, but place it in Part 2 of the Appendix on
the basis that its status as a species rather than a hybrid individual has
not been adequately demonstrated. As a result of this treatment, Amazilia
cyanifrons becomes extralim-ital to the Check-list area and the account
for that spe-cies is deleted.

p. 318. The English name of Euptilotis neoxenus is changed from Eared
Trogon to Eared Quetzal, to in-dicate its affinities more precisely,
following Howell and Webb (1995). Change the Notes under that spe-cies to:
Notes.Formerly known as Eared Trogon.

p. 330. In the top line, pleuricinctus should be pluricinctus.

p. 410. Records of the Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, in the
United States are recognized. Re-place the last sentence in the species
account (on p. 411) with: Accidental in southeastern New Mexico (Lea
County, 17 September 1996 [NAS Field Notes 51: 100, 1997]), Texas (Big
Bend National Park, 4 April 1998 [Field Notes 52: 356, 407, 1998] and on
an oil rig off the coast of Kenedy County, 2122 October 2000 [North
American Birds 55: 72, 248, photo, 2001]), and southern Florida (15 March
1991). The latter record was initially published as a Variegated
Flycatcher (Bradbury 1992). See ABA (2001).

p. 414. Add to the Notes under Tyrannus caudifas-ciatus: For updated
information on distribution, see Smith et al. (2000). No records in the
United States (Florida) are recognized. Delete the first clause of the
second paragraph under Distribution.

p. 466. A reevaluation of the nature of the hybrid zone, genetics, and
vocal differences in Baeolophus bi-color results in the two groups being
separated as species. Remove groups from Baeolophus bicolor account, and
replace text with that for bicolor group. Change Notes for B. bicolor
account to read: Formerly con-sidered conspecific with B. atricristatus.
These two species hybridize freely in a stable, narrow zone through
east-central Texas (Dixon 1955, 1989, 1990), but they are distinct
genetically (Braun et al. 1984, Avise and Zink 1988, Sheldon et al. 1992)
and vocally (Dixon 1955, Coldren 1992).

p. 467: Insert the following account after B. bicolor. Baeolophus
atricristatus (Cassin). Black-crested Titmouse. Parus atricristatus
Cassin, 1850, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5: 103. (Texas, on the
Rio Grande.) Habitat.As for atricristatus group in bicolor account.
Distribution.As for atricristatus group in bicolor account. Notes.See
comments under B. bicolor.

p. 471. The name of the Black-capped Donacobius should be Donacobius
atricapilla,notatricapillus.The specific name was originally used as a
noun and does not change gender to agree with the generic name (David and
Gosselin 2000).

p. 490. Phylloscopus inornatus is added to the main list because of a
well-documented distributional re-cord from Alaska. After the account for
Phylloscopus fuscatus, insert: Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth).
Yellow-browed Warbler. Regulus inornatus Blyth, 1842, Journ. Asiat. Soc.
Bengal 11: 191. (near Calcutta [India] fide Ticehurst, 1938, Syst. Rev.
Genus Phylloscopus, p. 100.) Habitat.Open broadleaf, often riparian,
forest. Distribution.Breeds in western Siberia from up-per Pechora River
district east across Siberia to north shore of Sea of Okhotsk and south to
south-central Siberia, eastern Mongolia, northern Manchuria, Us-suriland,
and possibly North Korea. Winters in the lower Himalayas fromcentral Nepal
eastward, and in plains and hills of northeastern In-dia and Bangladesh
east to southeastern China and Taiwan (rare) and Hainan and south through
all of southeast Asia. Wanders, especially in fall, to Scandinavia and
northern Europe, especially to northern European countries bordering the
North Sea coasts. Much rarer or casual in central and southern Europe and
other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Very rare migrant to
Japan and casual in Iceland. One sight report for Sumatra. Accidental in
Alaska (Gambell, St. Lawrence Is-land, 2324 September 1999, Lehman 2000a,
b). Notes.Formerly included Phylloscopus humei (Brooks, 1878) [Humes Leaf
Warbler], recently sep-arated as a species (see British Ornithologists
Union 1997).

p. 502. A record of Catharus aurantiirostris in the United States is
accepted. Add the following para-graph to the section on Distribution:
Accidental in Texas (Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge), 8 April
1996 (photographs; Papish et al. 1997, ABA 1999).

p. 522. The genus Allenia, currently merged into Margarops, is separated
on the basis of genetic dif-ferences (Hunt et al. 2001). Before the genus
Margar-ops, insert the heading:

Genus ALLENIA Cory

Move the citation for Allenia fromthe synonymy of Margarops. Move the
species now called Margarops fuscus into Allenia as Allenia fusca (Mu
ller). The Notes under that species should be changed to read: Sometimes
placed in the genus Margarops.

p. 636. The monotypic genus Guiraca is merged into Passerina as a result
of an analysis of mtDNA (Klicka et al. 2001) which reveals a close
relationship between G. caerulea and P. amoena. Other traits (e.g.
behavior, molts, plumages) support this treatment (Phillips et al. 1964,
Blake 1969, Mayr and Short 1970). Replace the heading of the genus Guiraca
with the heading and citation for Passerina now on p. 637. Remove the note
under Guiraca; move the citation of Guiraca to the synonymy of the genus
Passerina. Change the heading of the species Guiraca caerulea to:

Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus). Blue Grosbeak.
Insert at the end of the account for that species the
following:

Notes.Formerly in the monotypic genus Guiraca, but merged into Passerina
because of similarities in mtDNA (Klicka et al. 2001) as well as in
behavior, molts, and plumages (Phillips et al. 1964, Blake 1969).

p. 637 ff. The species in the genus Passerina are re-arranged in the
sequence caerulea, amoena, cyanea, ros-itae, leclancherii, versicolor,
ciris. This sequence reflects strongly supported genetic data (Klicka et
al. 2001) that suggests a close relationship between P. caerulea and P.
amoena and between P. versicolor and P. ciris. The position of P. cyanea
near P. amoena is maintained on the basis of other indications
(hybridization, vocal similarity) of a close relationship.

p. 664. The populations of Common Redpoll in the British Isles and central
Europe, constituting the subspecies Carduelis flammea cabaret, are
separated as a distinct species (Knox et al. 2001) on the basis of
differences in morphology, vocalizations, and behav-ior, and sympatric
breeding of the two forms in southern Norway. Delete the phrase the
British Isles and central Eu-rope (Alps), from the statement of breeding
distri-bution of Carduelis flammea. To the Notes for that spe-cies, add:
Formerly included Carduelis cabaret (Mu ller, 1776) [Lesser Redpoll],
recently separated by Knox et al. (2001).

p. 692. Larus cirrocephalus and Larus dominicanus are moved from the
Appendix to the main list.

p. 693. After the account for Columba goodsoni, in-sert: Agapornis
roseicollis (Vieillot). Peach-faced Lovebird. Psittacus roseicollis
Vieillot, 1817 (1818), Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. (nouv. ed.) 25: 377.
(Interior of the Cape of Good Hope.) This popular cage bird, native to dry
country of southwestern Africa, is considered established in and around
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (North American Birds 54: 85, 2000). It
has been re-ported nesting in cavities in saguaro cactus and in palms (T.
Corman pers. comm., G. Clark pers. comm.). Escapees have been reported in
southern Florida (Stevenson and Anderson 1994).

p. 700. Insert the following after the account for Amazilia bangsi:
Amazilia alfaroana Underwood. Alfaros Hummingbird. Amazilia alfaroana
Underwood, 1896, Ibis, 1896, p. 441 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Rica.)
This unique specimen has been treated (Stiles and Skutch 1989, AOU 1998)
as a subspecies of Amazilia cyanifrons (Bourcier, 1843) following Carriker
(1910). Weller (2001) thinks that the specimen was missexed, and that it
is a distinct species because of color and size characters that do not
quite match either A. cy-anifrons or A. saucerrottei. The possibility of
hybrid origin has not been ruled out convincingly.

p. 705730. In the list of French names of North American Birds:

Insert the following in the appropriate places, as indicated by the
preceding text:

Pterodroma sandwichensis Petrel des Hawa
Gallinago delicata Becassine de Wilson
Aratinga mitrata Conure mitree
Chaetura fumosa Martinet du Costa Rica
Phaethornis longirostris Ermite a` longue queue
Phaethornis striigularis Ermite a` gorge rayee
Baeolophus atricristatus Mesange a` plumet noir
Phylloscopus inornatus Pouillot a` grands sourcils
Agapornis roseicollis Inseparable rosegorge
Amazilia alfaroana Ariane dAlfaro

Move the following from the Appendix list to the main list:

Larus cirrocephalus
Larus dominicanus

Change the following scientific names, retaining the French names:

Ajaia ajaja to Platalea ajaja
Porphyrula martinica to Porphyrio martinica
Porphyrula flavirostris to Porphyrio flavirostris
Phalaropus fulicaria to Phalaropus fulicarius
Donacobius atricapillus to Donacobius atricapilla
Margarops fuscus to Allenia fusca
Guiraca caerulea to Passerina caerulea

Delete the following from the list:

Phaethornis superciliosus
Phaethornis longuemareus
Amazilia cyanifrons

Change the French names of the following:

Caracara cheriway to Caracara du Nord
Campylopterus curvipennis to Campylopte`re pampa
Euptilotis neoxenus to Quetzal oreillard
Philydor fuscipennis to Anabate a` ailes sombres
Pica hudsonia to Pie dAmerique
Calyptophilus tertius to Tangara dHati
Icterus bullockii to Oriole de Bullock

Rearrange the species in the genus Passerina as fol-lows:

Passerina caerulea
Passerina amoena
Passerina cyanea
Passerina rositae
Passerina leclancherii
Passerina versicolor
Passerina ciris

p. 760. Insert the following reference in the proper position:

Sealy, S. G., H. R. Carter, W. D. Shuford, K. D. Pow-ers,
and C. A. Chase, III. 1991. Long-distance va-grancy
of the Asiatic Marbled Murrelet in North
America, 19791989. Western Birds 22:145155.

p. 768. In the citation to Zink and Blackwell, insert
the date 1996.

Taxonomic proposals considered but not yet ac-cepted by the Committee
include: separation of Ca-lonectris borealis from C. diomedea; splitting
the genus Anas into two or three genera; separation of Anas car-olinensis
from A. crecca; separation of Pyrrhura eisen-manni from P. picta;
separation of Cynanthus double-dayi from C. latirostris; separation of
Amazilia wagneri from A. viridifrons; separation of Petrochelidon pallida
from P. fulva; separation of Toxostoma palmeri from T. curvirostre;
recognition of Sporophila corvina rather than S. americana in our area;
and merger of Cyano-compsa into Passerina.