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LSNY Transactions V. 7, 1955 TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK Volume VII The Species of Middle American Birds A list of all species recorded from Mexico to Panama, with suggested English names, outlines of range, and a distributional bibliography, By Eugene Eisenmann With the collaboration in the selection of English names of Emmet R. Blake and Edward L. Chalif New York APRIL, 1955 Generated for member (Columbia University) on 2015-12-15 18:21 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000092613 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google QL- THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY 2) (n OF NEW YORK Regular meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from October to May. Informal meetings are held at least once a month during June to September, inclusive. All meetings (except the Annual dinner meeting on the second Tuesday of March) are held at the American Museum of Natural History, and are open to the public. j^ 3 1 O * */ Persons interested in natural history are eligible to membership in the Society. Annual dues for Active Members are $4.00, and for Associ ate Members (residing more than fifty miles from New York City) are $1.50. The Society conducts field trips and maintains a small circulating library for its members. It distributes free to all members a monthly News-Letter, and every two or three years an issue of Proceedings .containing articles and notes of ornithological interest. At irregular intervals longer papers and monographs called Transactions are pub lished, which members receive free or at a substantial discount. Communications, and inquiries regarding publications, should be ad dressed to: Secretary, Linnaean Society of New York, c/o American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York 24, N. Y. PRINTED IN THE U, S, A, Generated for member (Columbia University) on 2015-12-15 18:21 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000092613 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google Corrigenda to "The Species of Middle American Birds" (Trans. Linnaean Soc. N. Y. vol. 7, 1955) The following corrigenda are limited to such typographical errors as might be misleading, and such material published before the work went to press which, but for oversight, would have affected the range or nomenclature given. Various persons have advised me of several un published records, and there have been several papers recently pub lished that affect the ranges, nomenclature, or taxonomy of a few of the species listed. Though I am very anxious to receive any information that serves to correct, modify or extend the data contained in the list, changes based on unpublished data or on material published after Jan. 1955 would be in the nature of addenda rather than corrigenda, and are therefore not included here. I am grateful to the following for call ing pertinent matters to my attention: J. L. Bull, H. H. Collins, T. R. Howell, E. Mayr, K. C. Parkes, A. R. Phillips, P. Slud, A. Wetmore. TYPOGRAPHICAL p. iii: lines 30 and 31. For "41" read "42." p. 45: line 17. For "Powell" read "Howell." p. 57: line 9. For "thyroides" read "thyroideus." p. 60: line 5. For "Syndactila" read "Syndactyla." p. 75: line 23. For "argenticula" read "argentigula." p. Ill: line 24. Omit "A." after "Grinnell, J.". p. 118: line 25. For "Auk, 23" read "Auk, 18." p. 118: line 31. For "(1951) "read "(1941)." p. 123: Index, third column. For "Galinule" read "Gallinule." p. 123: Index, third column. For "Gmpsonyx" read "Gampsonyx." p. 125: Index, first column. After "Muscivora," for "64" read "66." p. 127: Index, third column. For "Syndactila" read "Syndactyla." p. 128: Index, second column. After "Woodcreeper" and "Woodhewer," for "57" read "58." OTHER CORRECTIONS or CLARIFICATIONS p. 11: line 9. Puffinus puffinus. Replace period by semicolon and add "ranging n. to California; recorded off Pac. coast Costa Rica (opisthomelas, Cabo Blanco, fide R. C. Murphy) ." p. 12: Footnote 5. Oceanodroma leucorhoa. After "socorroensis" insert "the form breeding on Guadalupe I." p. 17: lines 3-4. Phoenicopterus ruber. After "Greater Antilles" insert "Bonaire,"; at end replace period by semicolon and add "recorded in Florida, Colombia, Guianas, n. Brazil." p. 17: Footnote 8. Branta hutchinsii. Add "Includes minima as well as true hutchin- sii, both of which occur in Mexico and each of which Conover considers a separate species; Aldrich and Blake are here followed." Generated for member (Columbia University) on 2015-12-15 18:21 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000092613 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google p. 24: line 19. Falco sparverius. After "Guatemala" insert "Honduras." p. 27: line 17. Porzana flaviventer. Before "and" insert "Panama and n." p. 56: line 32. Centurus rubricomus. Replace "rubricomus" by "pygmaeus." In Foot note 10, replace, period by semicolon and add "but pygmaeus, the name of the Cozumel I. race, has priority and becomes the specific name." p. 60: line 15. Automolus rubiginosus. After "Brit. Honduras" add semicolon and "not recorded from Costa Rica." p. 67: line 20. Myiarchus cinerascens. Strike out "casually to n.w. Costa Rica." (The old record mentioned in Bent probably relates to nuttingi). p. 73: Footnote 5. Progne subis. Substitute for entire footnote: "Treatment above based on Hellmayr. Includes sinaloae of w. Mexico (chiefly mts. Chi huahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit), one record Guatemala (Peten); considered by some conspecific with West Indian dominicensis, if so Snowy-bellied Martin may be used for the complex. Includes also cryptoleuca of Cuba, recorded in winter from Brit. Honduras and Guate mala; considered by some a separate species, by others a race of domini censis, and by still others conspecific (including dominicensis complex) with subis." (For a recent review, see Zimmer, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1723: 1-7, 1955). " p. 74: line 24. Calocitta formosa. For "S.w. Mexico (Colima southward) substitute "W. Mexico Sonora ." (s. southward) p. 95: line 35. Icterus chrysater. After "Trop. Mid. Am." insert "(Costa Rican record doubtful)." p. 95: Footnote 10. Replace period by semicolon and add "corrected to Pendulinus (Wilson Bull., 64: 115, 1952) ." p. 98: line 14. Tangara chrysophrys. Footnote 2: Add new sentence: "Some authors consider guttata to have priority as the specific name." In addition to instances mentioned in the footnotes, many genera listed in this work, which are accepted in the A.O.U. Check-list, are merged with other genera by some ornithologists, particularly in Europe. Those most often merged are: Puf- finus (in Procellaria), Morus (in Sula), Chen (in Anser), Lophodytes (in Mergus), Squatarola (in Pluvialis, and sometimes both in Charadrius), Totanus and sometimes also Actitis (in Tringa), Ereunetes and Erolia (in Calidris), Steganopus and Lobipes (in Phalaropus), Catharacta (in Stercorarius), Thalasseus (in Sterna), Spinus (in Carduelis). BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 114: MEXICO: Under "South central" add: * Davis, W. B. and R. Russell. 1953. Aves y mamiferos del estado de J. Morelos. Rev. Soc. Mex. Hist. Nat., 14 (1-4) : 77-147. A list of the birds and mammals of Morelos, with localities and bibliography, p. 116. EL SALVADOR. Add: •* Rand, A. L. and M. A. Traylor. 1954. Manual de las Aves de El Salvador. Univ. de El Salvador. A guide to the birds, with keys and descriptions, p. 117. NICARAGUA. Add: Nutting, C. C. 1883-1884. On a collection of birds from Nicaragua. (Edited by R. Ridgway) . Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 6: 372-410. Birds taken or ob served at three representative localities. —EUGENE EISENMANN Generated for member (Columbia University) on 2015-12-15 18:21 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000092613 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 1 Method of Selecting English Names 2 Technical Names 4 Ranges 4 Comments on Middle American Bird Distribution S Tinamiformes (5)* Tinamidae—Tinamous (S) 9 Gaviiformes (3) — Gaviidae Loons (3) 9 Colymbiformes (5) Colymbidae —Grebes (5) 9 Procellariiformes (31) Diomedeidae —Albatrosses (6) 10 Procellariidae— Shearwaters, Petrels (14) 10 — Hydrobatidae Storm-Petrels (11) 11 Pelecaniformes (18) — Phaethontidae Tropicbirds (3) 12 Pelecanidae— Pelicans (2) 13 Sulidae —Gannets, Boobies (S) 13 — Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants (5) 14 Anhingidae —Anhingas (1) 14 Fregatidae —Frigatebirds (2) 14 Ciconiiformes (31) Ardeidae— Herons (20) 14 Cochleariidae —Boat-billed Herons (1) 16 Ciconiidae —Storks (2) 16 Threskiornithidae —Ibises, Spoonbills (7) 16 — Phoenicopteridae Flamingos (1) 17 Anseriformes (41) — Anatidae Ducks, Geese, Swans (41) 17 Falconiformes (65) — Cathartidae American Vultures (5) 20 Accipitridae —Hawks (44) 20 — Pandionidae Ospreys (1) 23 — Falconidae Falcons (15) 23 *The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of species here listed from Middle America in each order and family. [ffi] Generated for member (Columbia University) on 2015-12-15 18:21 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924000092613 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google PAGE Galliformes (31) Cracidae —Guans, Curassows (8) 24 Phasianidae —Pheasants, Partridges (21) 25 Meleagrididae— Turkeys (2) 26 Gruiformes (22) Gruidae —Cranes (2) 26 Aramidae —Limpkins (1) 26 Rallidae—Rails (17) 26 Heliornithidae —Sungrebes (1) 28 Eurypygidae —Sunbitterns (1) 28 Charadriiformes (87) — Jacanidae Jacanas (1) 28 Haematopodidae —Oystercatchers (2) 28 Charadriidae —Plovers
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