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AVES. 
Cnemiornis calcitrans^ Owen, is referred to the Lamellirostrate Nata- 
tores ; J. Hector, Tr. N. Z. Inst, vi, pp. 76-84 \cf. also P. Z. S. 1873 ; 
Ibis, 1874 ♦, and “ Anatomy and Physiology,” antea\. 
Strepsilas interpres. An arctic form, killed at the Black River in 
Mauritius. Tr. R. Soc. Maur. viii. (1873) p. v. 
Anas ohscura, \ni\ fulvigula, Florida ; R. Ridgway, Am. Nat. viii. p. 111. 
Mergus serrator and M. alhellus figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. 
xxxi.-xxxiv. 
LaEID2E3. 
CouES, E. Monograph of the North American Laridce. Birds of the 
North West, pp. 688-717. 
The whole of the internal anatomy and osteology is described, and ex- 
haustive synonymy given. The author unfortunately reinstates Moeh- 
ring’s names of genera, in which he will scarcely be followed by 
ornithologists. 
Larus phcsocephalus, Sw., is distinct from L. cirrhocephalus ; H. Saun- 
ders, P. Z; S. 1874, pp. 291-295. 
Larus leucophams from Mogador ; P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1874, p, 100. 
Larus ichthyaetus^ pull., figured ; A. Marchand, R. Z. (3) ii. pi. xiii. 
Xeyfia sahinii figured j H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xxxi. 
IlydrocheUdon nigra in Wisconsin ; E. Oouos, B. N. West, p. 708. 
Sterna alba. Note on ; W. L. Bullor, Tr. N. Z. Inst. vii. p. 214. 
Sterna leucoparia^ S. arctica, S. minuta^ S. hirundo, S. nigra. Heads 
of chicks figured ; A. Marchand, R. Z. (3) ii. pi. x. figs. 1-5. 
Sterna frobeni^ Phil. & Land., is distinct from trudeaui^ Aud. ; 
L. Landbeck, Arch. f. Nat. xl. p. 112. 
Sterna horustes^ Andamans, A. 0. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. p. 318 ; S. port- 
landica, Maine, R. Ridgway, Am. Nat. viii. p. 433 : spp. nn. 
Procbllaeiid.®. 
Thalassidroma pelagica and T. leucorrhcea figured ; H. E. Dresser, 
B. Eur, pt. xxvii. 
Puffinus major in Norway ; R. Collett, J. f. O. 1874, p. 455. 
Procellaria affinis^ New Zealand, W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. vii. 
pp. 215 & 216, figs. 1-4 ; P. aquitanica (foss.), A. Milne-Edwards, Bibl. 
H. liJtudes, xi, art. v. : spp. nn. 
Plotornis^ g. n, (foss.), type P. deltortrii^ sp. n. (foss.) ; A. Milne- 
Edwards, loc. cit. 
Ossifraga a/6a, sp. n.. New Zealand ; T. H. Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. vi. 
p. 152. 
Sulapygmwa^ sp. n. (foss.), A. Milne-Edwards, loc. cit. 
Peeeoanidje. 
Plotus novoe-hollandos in New Zealand ; W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst, 
vii. pp. 217 & 218. 
