DICTIONARY OF BIRDS 



funerea, has since been described from Maui (P.Z.S. 1893, p. 



690). 

 Page 179, line 9 from bottom, /or foramen ovale read fenestra ovalis. 

 „ 189, „ 32, /or ark-line read ark-like. 

 „ 214, „ 1 0, /or 70 to 80 reac? 57. 

 „ 214, lines 21-23. Tbe statement needs correction, as tbe Rhea also swims 



rivers. 

 „ 215, line 2, after ERNE insert A.-S. Earn. 



„ 218, „ 6, for Miserythrus read Erythrormtchus. (See page 764, note 1.) 

 „ 221, „ 30, after In insert 1809 Tucker [Orn. Danmon. p. lix. ), and in. 

 „ 222, „ 8. Examples are now known to have been killed later than 1852, 



see Auk, 1894, pp. 4-12. 

 ,, 223, „ 9, for thirty-eight read forty-two or forty-three. 

 „ 229, „ 43. The iris in Harelda is said to be straw-colour in winter, dark 



hazel in summer. E. A. S. Elliot, Bull. B. 0. Olub, 20 May 



1896. 

 „ 235, note 1. Falco, as a man's name, was in earlier use. Q. Sosius Falco 



was a Roman Consul circa a.d. 193 ; see Capitolinus in Hist. 



August. Script. VI. " Pertinax " (Lugd. Bat. : 1671, p. 558). 

 „ 238, line 28, for Luggur read Luggar. 



„ 255, „ 20. The statement as to nidification of Phoenicopterus was con- 

 firmed by D'Orbigny, fide I. GeoflFroy St.-HUaire. 



„ 261, „ 2Q,for 45 per cent read ~, and line 21 /or 16 per cent read from 



7-57 10-55" 



„ 269. Fig. 8 is accidentally inverted (c/. Marey, Vol des Ois. p. 140). 



„ 277, line 28, for about read in or before. 



„ 277, „ 30, afier and insert Dexter, and dele Subsequently. 



„ 277 „ 34, and note 2. Many other remains from this deposit have been 



described by Prof. Marsh, Am. Journ. So. (3) xxxvii. p. 331 ; 



xlii. p. 267 ; xliii. p. 643 ; and xlv. p. 169. 

 „ 278, „ 5, for discovered read made known. 

 „ 279,- „ 4, for 20 read 12. 

 „ 281, note 2, for Ameyhino read Ameghino. 

 „ 284, line 41, for Halimtus read Haliaettcs. 

 „ 289, „ 26. The statement as to Gallus ferrugineus being found on the 



Raj-peepla hills is erroneous {cf. Blanford, J.A.S.B. xxxvi. pt. 



2, p. 199). 

 „ 291, „ 26, for 1869 read 1862. 

 „ 293, „ 31, for the elder Brandt read Illiger. 

 „ 316, „ 17, for Prosthemadura read Prosthemadera. 

 „ 320, „ 21, for Loplwphanes read Lophophaps. 

 „ 323, „ 8, /or Oligomyodi reac^ Oligomtod^. 

 „ 327, „ 6, for Prionotdes read Prionotelus. 

 „ 338, note 5, for Meado-Walde, read Meade-Waldo. 

 „ 349, line 4, after Rhynchsea add , Rhynchops. 

 „ 370, „ 10, /or American reae? Canadian. 

 „ 371. Insert GOONEY (prov. Engl, for a stupid or awkward person), a 



sailors' name for an Albatbos. 

 ,, 376, line 44, for Nettapus read Nettopus. 



