734 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



mandible and a few facts concerning the dorsal vertebrae 

 and coracoid. The writer is more than ever convinced of the 

 low morphological rank of the Impennes, and of the great 

 difficulty in deciding upon their affinities. The skeleton of 

 Sphenisciis demersus is figured, as are also bones from the 

 leg of Aptenodytes and Eudyptes. 



142. Shufeldt on Scopus and Balseniceps. 



[Notes on the Osteology of Scopus U7nbretfa and Balcenicej^s rex. By 

 E. W. Shufeldt, M.D., C.M.Z.S. Jouin. Anat. Phys. xxxv. p. 405, 



1901.] 



As Dr. Shufeldt was unable to procure a specimen of 

 Balmiiceps for the purposes of this paper, he was obliged to 

 rely for his facts concerning that species entirely on the 

 memoir of W. K. Parker; but the detailed examination of 

 an excellent mounted skeleton of Scopus (which he figures) 

 has given him the opportunity of comparing the osteology 

 of the two forms at considerable length, and of corroborating 

 the views of Parker and Beddard as to their relationships. 

 In the skull, the axial skeleton, and the appendicular skeleton, 

 much greater affinity is shown to the Storks than to the 

 Herons. A table of the author's classification of the Hero- 

 diones will be found in the paper noticed below. 



143. Shufeldt on the Herudiones. 



[Osteology of the Herodiones. By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. Ann. Car- 

 negie Mus. i. pp. 158-249, 1900.] 



This illustrated memoir, though dated 1900 in the text, 

 was evidently written after the two foregoing articles, and 

 contains Dr. Shufeldt's final Classification of the Suborder, 

 which is as follows : — 



Superfamilies. Families. 



I Plataleidae. 



Suborder- ' 

 Herodiones 



^^^^°^^«^ ••••• jlbidida.. 



j Ciconiidte, 

 Ciconoidea ) c, ■ -, 



j Balpenicipidfe. 

 Bala^nicipitoidea . . \ Cancromidie. 



Ardeidae. 



