Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Cardinal

The Cardinal of Florida has been described, under the above name, by Mr. Ridgway, as "smaller and darker colored than C. cardinalis; adult male with the terminal margins of feathers of back, etc., olivaceous instead of gray; adult female with more red in crest and on tail, the chest frequently much tinged or intermixed with red." (Manual N. A. Birds, 2 ed., p. 606.) 595. Change Habia ludoviciana (Linn.) to Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.), the generic name Habia having been wrongly applied. (See Coues, The Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 39.) 596. Change Habia melanocephala (Swains.) to Zamelodia melanocephala (Swains.) for reasons given under the preceding species. 645. Change Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.) to Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.), the former name being preoccupied. (See Faxon, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 264.) 648a. Add Compsothlypis americana usnese Brewster.

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