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AVES. 
An&er scaldi, Cyynus herenthalsif and Anas creccoides [nec King, nec 
Brehm], spp. nn., foss. ; the first two from the Crag, the third, portions of 
wliich are figured, from the Rupelmonde clay. J. P. van Beneden, Bull. Ac. 
Belg. xxxii. pp. 218, 217, pi. figs. 3-6. 
Chm hyperhoreus, Somateria v-nigrum, and Clangula alheola^ their eggs de- 
scribed. A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 57, 68. 
Cyynus ( Coscoroba) davidi (Zool. Eec. vi. p. 99) described. R. Swinhoe, 
op. cit. 1870, p. 430, 1871, p. 416. 
Cyynus unwini^ sp. ? n., from India. A, O. Hume, Ibis, 1871, pp. 412, 413. 
Cyynus nigrioolUs breeding in Europe. JB. Zool. Gen. Amst. 1871, pp. 
196-198. 
CyynuSj sp., foss. in New Zealand. A. C. Purdie, Tr. N.-Z. Inst. iii. p. 100. 
Anas punctata, Cuv. {nec Burch.), $ .believed to have the same form of 
^ trachea as cf, and Virago accordingly suggested as the name, should the 
species be made the type of a new genus. A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 649- 
651, figs. * 
Mareca penelope, Spatula clypeata, FuUgida ci'istata, and Nyroca ferina are 
figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. pt. xix. 
Qucrquedula crecca, Q. formosa, Q. faloata, and Q. circia figured. K. B, 
Sharpe & H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. i., ii., v. 
Somateria stelleri and S. mollissima figured. lid. op. cit. pts. iii., iv. 
Anas stelleri supposed to breed in Russian Lapland. A. G. Nordvi, J. f. 0. 
1871, pp. 208, 209. 
Somateria dresseri, sp. n., from North America, hitherto confounded with 
S. mollissima [c/*. Zool. Rec. vi. p. 100]. R. B. Sharpe, Ann. N. H. (4) viii. 
pp. 61-63. 
Microptei'us patachonicus is M. cinereus, juv., which loses the power of flight 
as it grows older : R. O. Cunningham, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 262. Its anatomy : 
Id. Tr. Z. S. vii. pp. 493-601, pis. 58-62, 
LARIDiE. 
r- ScLATER, P. L., & S ALVIN, O. A Revised List of the Neotropical Laridce. 
P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 664-680, figs. 
A very excellent paper|Treating of 32 species, belonging to the subfamilies 
RhynchopincB, Sternince, Larince, and Lestridince, which are divided into four 
categories: — Tropical (15), Antarctic (4), Arctic (9), and Tropicopolitan (4), 
according to their range. Their synonymy receives the-authoi«^aecustomed 
care, and many rectifications ai’e made. No new species are described j but 
the heads of Stetma maxima, S, galericulata, Larus hcermanni, L. helchcri, and 
Leucophceus scoreshii are figured. The name Chroicocephalus should probably 
h be spelled Chroocephalu^ 
Larus cirrhocephalus, its habits. W. H. Hudson, tom. cit. pp. 4-7. 
Larus rcemdoncki, sp. n., loss., from the Rupelmonde clay and Edeghem 
nearly the size of L. argcntatus. J. P. van Beneden, Bull. Ac. Belg. xxxii. 
p. 216, pi. fig. 1. 
Larus funus figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. pt. xix. 
* [In tne explanation of figs. 1 & 2 beneath ” should be read for above.’ 
—Ed.] 
