62 
AVES. 
Tantalidas. 
Ibis pag ana from the Miocene formation at Steinheim. O. Fraas, Wiirtt. 
JH. 1870, p. 284. 
Ibis falcinellus, its habits in Brazil. W. H. Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 799. 
Theristicus melanopis, egg described, A. Newton, Ibis, 1870, p, 602. 
[Figured P. Z. S. 1871, pi. iv. fig. 8.] 
CARIAMIDiE. 
Chunga burmeisteri in captivity. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 666, 
pi. xxxvi. 
ANSERES. 
^ OouES, Elliott. On the Classification of Water Birds, P. Ac. Pbilad. 
’ p 1869, pp. 193-218. 
(^he object of this paper is more restricted than would appear from its 
title, and is to prove that the Natatores form one of three primary divisions, 
or subclasses ” of birds, or at least of Carinate birds. After reviewing the 
various classifications of the gTOup which have been proposed by different 
systematists, the author comes to a conclusion very similar to that of Prof. 
Lilljeborg (Zool. Bee. iii. p. 46), and separates the ‘^subclass'' into four 
orders ” : — (1) Pygopodes including the Spheniscidee, Alcidee, Colymbidee 
and Podicipid< 2 \ (2) Lmigipennes comprising Procellariidce and Laridce\ 
(3) Steganopodes divided into six families,” Sulidee, PelecanidcB, Phalacro- 
coracid<^, Plotidce, Tachypetidee and Phaetontidee ) and (4) Lamellirostres 
consisting of The Phcenicoptei'idce are referred to the ‘‘subclass ” 
CnrsoreSf and the Heliornithidce regarded as allied to jP^/^ ca^ The whole 
paper furnishes additional proof of the author’s ability, already well displayed 
in his previous treatises, some of which have been before noticed in this 
annual (Zool. Bee. i. p. 95, iii. p. 113, v. p. Ill), and contains many facts 
not previously brought together; but it nmy be questioned whether his views 
will meet with very general acceptance. \{Cf > Am. Nat. iv. pp. 746-752^ 
Phcenicopterid^. 
Phoenicopterus antiquorum, breeding in France. J. W. Clark, Ihis, 1870, 
p. 439. 
Palcdodus steinheimensis is a new species resembling P. goliath and P. eras- 
sipes (Zool. Bee. v. p. 108), from the Miocene at Steinheim, as also P. gra- 
cilipes (/. c.). 0. Fraas, WUrtt. JH. 1870, pp. 285, 286, taf. vii., viii. 
Anatid^e. 
Laornis edtoardsianus from the greensand of the upper cretaceous marl-bed 
in New Jersey. O. C. Marsh, Am. J. Sc. 1870, p. 207. 
/Bannister, B. H. A sketch of the Classification of the American Anserince. 
/ P. Ac. Philad. 1870, pp. 130, 132. 
f"Of the 7 genera to which the 18 species are referred, three are new : Ores- 
sochen (type Anser melanopterus, Gay), Chloetrophus (type Bemicla polioce- 
phaluy Gray), and Philaete (type A. canagica, Sewastianoff). ^ 
