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and M. oberlex M. tyranmdus,Myiarchussagraeand M. antdlaruntex M. tus/ T. rutiIus;M intusmagmrostr•s / M. gdvus;Turdusconrims / T. migratorlus;

stolidus;
Tyrannuscouchliex T. melancholicus;
PrognesinaIoae ex P. subis; Vireofiavovlridls / V. olivac
eus;Vireoperquisltor
/ V.grlseus;
HyIophilus mmot/
Stelgldopteryx
serripeltnls
exS.ruficollis;
CaIocttta
coIhel
exC.formosa;
Certhla I; decurtatus; ParuIagraysonl/ P.pltlayuml;
Dendro•ca audubom / D. coronata;
anierlcana
ex C. famdtarls;
Campylorhynchusyucatamcusex C. brunnelca Geothl•,?is chapalensls/G. trichas;Granatellusfra•tcescae/G. venustus; Bast-
palhis;Campylorhynchus
gularisex C. jocosus;
MtcrocercuIus
marglnatusex leutcru•delattrii/B.rufifrons; Tanagra godmanl/ Euphonlaafilms;Chlorospm-
M. philomela;Turdu•obsoletus ex T. fumlgatus; Basdeuterus
•gnotusex B. gu>:ctedonl/C.
ptleatus;
Icterusfuertesi/I.spurius;
IcterusprosthemeIas/I.
mehlnogenys;Cyanerpes caeruleusex C. [ttcidlls,
Chlorosptngu5tacarcunae
ex dmmmccns•s;
Icterusgraysomtand I. sclater•/I.pustulatus;
IcterusbuIIockil/
C. ophthahnicus;Arremonops chIoronotus ex A. conirostris;
Melozoltebtar- I. fialbula;Carpodacus mcgregoriand C. antplus/C.mextcanus; Leucosticte
t uatumex M. kienert;Quiscahlsmajorex Q. mexicanus; Telespyzaulttmaex tephrt•cotis,
L. atrata,and L. austrahs/L. arctoa;
Antaurosp•za rehcta/A.con-
T cantans;Oreorayst•s
batrdt,O. mana,Paroreomyza montana,
and P.flammea •olor;Atlapetes apertus/A.brunnemucha; Atlapetesassintllis/A.
atricapdlus;
ex Loxopsmacu[atus. P•tnlomacronyx and P. maculatus/ P. erythrophthalmus;Amtophda peteinca/
A. botterit;
Passerculus princeps/P.
sandwlchcensls; Atamospiza nlgrescens
and
A. lnlrabltis
/A. ntarittnta;
•uncoalkelu,J.oreganus,andJ.caniceps/ J.hyernaIis;
Jimcobairdl/J.phaeonotu•.
APPENDIX4. Speciesin A.O.U. 1983 that appear un-
der a different name in the earlier lists because of
subsequentspecies-levellumping. The "lumped"
speciesis first in each pair. APPENDIX
6. Namesin A.O.U. 1983that were changed
for nomenclatural reasons.

Butoridesvirescens/B.
strlatus;Sark•d•or•lis
sylvlcola/S.melanotos;
Alias car
ohnctl•is
/ A. crecca;
Elanus [etlcttrtls
/ E caerulescelts;
Geranosplzantgra/ G.cae
l ulescens;
Polyboruscherlway/ Polyborus
plancus;
Leptotdarufaxdla
/ L. plum
bctccps;
Aratmgaastec/A.nana;Dendrocopos artzo•lae/Pico•des
strlcklandt;
PiculuscalIopterus
and P. simpIex/P.Ieucolaemus;
AcrochordopuszeIedoni/
Phlfilom¾las
burllleisterl;Sublexattlsarenarum/ S. modestus;
Onychorhynchus
mexicanus/O. coronatus;
Cettiacantans/C.dtphone;
Rhamphocaenus
rufiven-
tris/R.melanura;GeothIypis
chirlquensis/G.
aequinoctlahs;
Coereba
bahamen Tangaraguttarato T chrqsophrys
sts/C.fiaveoIa;
RamphoceIus
icteronotus/R.
fiammigerus;
Oryzoborus
nutttngt/
O. maximiliani;[Leucosticte
3 spp.]/L. arctoa.
Falcoalbl•ularls
to F. rufigularis
Plm•tu• to Alle

Tall•tgr•to Euphoma(I2 binomina affected)

APPENDIX
5. Species
that disappeared
altogetherfrom
A.O.U. 1983 becauseof species-levellumping. This
list was generated by checking the nomenclature
of A.O.U. 1957 against that of A.O.U. 1983. The Capellato Gallinago
"lumped" speciesis first in eachpair.

Puj•ltusaurlcularls/P.puJfinus, Ardea •cctdentalis/A.herodias; Brantani

grtcans/B.bernlcIa;Chencaerulesclles/C. hyperborea; Aliasdlazt/A.platy
lhynchos; MelmlittadegIandt /M. fusca;Chondrohierax wdsoni/C.uncinatus; APPENDIX7. Genera recognized in A.O.U. 1931 that
Accip•terchiono,•aster/A.
strlattts; Bttteoharlam/B.jamalcensts; Polyborus
do not appear in A.O.U. 1957 or in A.O.U. 1983.
tosub/P.plancus;Colinuslcucopogon/C. crlstatus;Columbachtrlquensls/C.
utgrtrostris;
Leptotdawellsil L. rutaxllla
; Otust,mac eus/ 0. kenmcottt;
Chaetura
Colymbt•s,
Thallassogeron,
Thyellodroma,
Guz•ra,
Sthenehdes,
Eunetta,Netlion,
i ichnlondl/C.
vauxi;Anthracothorax veragucnsls / A. prevostu;Thaluratna
j'an
Qucrq•cdula,Nyroca,Glaucionct
ta, Charttonetta
, Arcto•letta,Er•stmatura
, No
ityl/T. co[ontbica;
Cha[yburamelallorrhoa/C.urochrysia;
Lampornlsclnerel
monyx,Astur,Asturina,Urub•tinga,Thallasoaetus, Ionornis,PagolIa,Oxy
Aulacorhynchus caeruleogldarts/A.prasmu•;Rhantphastos antblguus/R. oclius,
Phaeopus, Rhyacophdus,Arquatella,
PIsobla,
Pehdna,SpiIopeha,
Me
lopeha,Oreo?eha,Micropallas,Scotlaptex,Cryptoglaux,Antrostomus,
stltd•'b/C.
attratus;Xiphorhyilchtls
strultlg•llarls/X.
flaviAaster;
Manacusau Nepltoec•'tt's,
Micropus,Coophloe•ls,BaIanosphyra,
Dryobates,
Myiochanes,
Otllcl•rt•,Che[idlmarllt,
Xanthoura,Cyanocepha[us,
Penthestes,
Baeolophus,
Nannus,Heleodytes, Arcouthorlus,Cyanosylvia,
Calldope,
Acanthopneuste,
Corthyl[o, Aethlop•ar,Compsothlypts,
Hedymeles,
Oberholserta.
rulus/T.aedon;Thryothorus zeledom/T.modestus; Thryothorus castaneus/T.
n•grtcapdtus;Thryothorlls
albinucha/T.ludovlclamls; Thryothorusmacuhpec

First Specimen of Stonechat($axicola torquata) for North America

TIMOTHY O. OSBORNE AND G. KASI-IA OSBORNE

AlaskaDepartmentof FishandGame,P.O. Box155,Galena,Alaska99741USA

On 19 April 1986G. K. OsborneinvestigatedBank empty,but someheld addledeggsand nestingma-

Swallow (Ripariariparia)burrowsalong the cutbank terial. In one hole, approximately40 cm deep, we
of the Yukon River in Galena, Alaska (64ø44'N, found the frozen carcassof a Stonechat(Saxicolator-
156ø55'W).The burrows had been occupied during quata)among the old nesting material. The bird was
the 1985 nestingseason.Most of the cavitieswere in freshfall immatureplumage,weighed8.4 g, and
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was in good condition, although the abdomen dis- to early October (Dement'ev and Gladkov 1954). The
integrated during preparation and the gonads were first subfreezing weather in 1985 occurredin Galena
not identifiable (D. D. Gibsonpets. comm.).The ster- during mid-October.The bird probably took refuge
num barely protruded from the pectoral muscles, in the burrow and died of exposure. This behavior is
which suggeststhe bird did not die from starvation. not improbable as Stonechatsnest on the ground, in
The specimen(Univ. Alaska Museum No. 5301) was low earth banks,in shouldersof roads,and alongside
identified by R. C. Banks and R. Browning of the ditches(Dement'ev and Gladkov 1954,Ali and Ripley
National Museum, Washington,D.C., as Saxicolator- 1973).
quata stejnegeri,which is the subspeciesthat occurs
closestto Alaska. The subspeciesbreedsin Asia as far LITERATURE CITED
eastas the Kolyma River in easternSiberia and win-
ters in southern China and southeastAsia (Dement'ev ALl, S., & S. D. RleLE¾. 1973. Handbook of the birds
and Gladkov 1954). It is also the most migratory of of India and Pakistan, vol. 9. London, Oxford
the Stonechatsubspecies(Robertson 1977). Univ. Press.
The speciesis on the unsubstantiated North Amer- AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 1983. Check-list
ican list based on a single observer sight record at of North American birds, 6th ed. Washington,
Gainbell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, on 6 June 1978 D.C., Amer. Ornithol. Union.
(A.O.U. 1983). The first substantiated North American DEMENT'EV, G. P., & N. A. GLADKOV(Eds.). 1954. The
record was a bird photographed in Canada at New birds of the Soviet Union, vol. 6. Jerusalem, Israel
Brunswick on 1 October 1983 (Wilson 1986). The ra- Program for Sci. Transl.
cial identity of the bird, an immature female,was not GIBSON,
D. D. 1985. Alaska region. Amer. Birds 39:
established.Presumably,it was either one of the two 340.
Siberian races S. t. maura or S. t. stejnegeri.Wilson ROBERTSON,
I. S. 1977. Identification and European
(1986) discussedthe routes the bird may have taken status of eastern Stonechat. Brit. Birds 70: 237-
to arrive in New Brunswick but was unable to reach 245.
a conclusion based on the scant data. An adult male WILSON,J.G. 1986. Stonechat (Saxicolatorquata)in
Stonechatwas photographed again at Gainbell, Alas- New Brunswick--first record for North America.
ka, on 5 June 1985 (Gibson 1985). Amer. Birds 40: 16-17.
We speculatethat our specimenbecamedisoriented
during fall migration from Siberia. The subspecies Received27 January1987, accepted11 March 1987.
departsfrom the breeding grounds from September