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Chroicocephalus saundersi, sp. n., from China. R. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 
p. 274, pi. xxii. 
Xema sabimiy Chroicocephalm Philadelphia^ and Larus frankliniy their eggs 
figured. A. Newton, tom. cit. p. 57, pi. iv. figs. 5, 6, 4. 
Larus minutus and Sterna Jluviatilis figured. R. B. Sharpe & H. E. Dresser, 
B. Eur. pts. iv., vii. 
Sterna macroptera (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 113) is S. Jluviatilis, vest, hiem, lid. 
loc. cit. 
Sternula placens, sp. n., from Torres Straits, allied to S. minuta and S. 
nereis. J. Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) viii. pp. 192, 193. 
f Geloehelidon anglica figured. Id. B. Gr. Br. pt. xx. 
Sterna leucoptera and S.Jissipes in S. Africa. T. A 3 rres, Ibis, 1871, p. 267. 
Ilaliplana fuliginosa, var. crissalis, Baird,’* from the Tres Marias and 
Socorro Islands, has the lower tail-coverts tinged with ash-colouj. G. N. • 
Lawrence, P. Bost. Soc. 7 .June, 1871, 
PELECANID.E. 
ScLATER, P. L. Additional remarks on certain Species of Pelicans. P. Z. S. 
■ 1871, pp. 631-634, pi. li. 
C In continuation of the formei^ paper (Zool. Rec. v. p. 110), as well as remarks 
on those of Mr. Elliot and Prof, du Bocage (op. cit. vi. p. 101, vii. p. 63). 
Ten species are recognized, and Pelecanus minor said to occur in Europe. The 
plate represents P. sharpii ; and its head, as well as that of P. philippensis, is 
also figured^ 
Pelecanus, sp. ? A second humerus (cf. Zool. Rec. v. p. 110) found in 
Cambridgeshire. A. Newton, tom, cit. pp. 702, 703. 
Pelecanus onocrotalus in Courlaud. V. Russow, SB. Ges. Dorp. 23 Feb. 1870. 
Sula hassana in Hanover. Hr. von Minnigerode, J. f. 0. 1871, p. 73. 
Spheniscid^. 
Spheniscus mendiculus, sp. n., from the Galapagos, allied to S. demersus. C. 
J. Sundevall, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 129, 130. 
PoDICIPIDiE. 
Podicqys cristatus in New Zealand. W. T. L. Travers, Tr. N.-Z. Inst. iii. 
pp. 113-116. 
Alcid^. 
Alca impennis, an imrecorded egg of. T. H. Potts, Tr. N.-Z. Inst. iii. pp. 
109, 110. 
STRUTHIONES. 
STRUTHIONIDiE. 
Struthio australis (Zool. Rec. v. p. 112), its domestication at the Cape. 
Lanen, Bull. Soc. Acclim. viii. pp. 524-627. 
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