AVES. 
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CiCONIIDA?. 
Ciconia pniysscnaeri is described from the marshes of the Req-negroes 
(Central Africa). T. von Heuglin, J. f. 0. 1864, p. 275, and Ibis, 1864, p. 430. 
Platalea major varies extremely in size. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1864, pp. 364-370. 
Tantalid^e. 
Ibis strictipennis. Examples supposed to belong to this species have been 
obtained from the north coast of Ceram, and the east of Salawatty, New 
Guinea. G. von Rosenberg, J. f, O. 1864, pp. 136, 137. 
Eudocimus albm (?) is stated to have “ the power of indexing the upper 
bill, so as to run it along the groove of the lower mandible, and clean out 
whatever may be adhering there.” R. Hill, Proc. Acad. Philad.’ 1864, p. 65, 
note. Further on (p. 68, note') the same naturalist expresses a doubt whether 
the bird to which this extraordinary power is ascribed is not a Nmnenim. 
Palamedeid;e. 
Chauna nigricolUs is a third species of the genus from New Granada, in its 
distinct white throat and black neck agreeing with C. derbiana from Guate- 
mala, but in general coloration approaching C. chavaria from Brazil. The 
author gives diagnoses of the three known species. Several living specimens 
of the newly described species were presented to the Zoological Society in 
1863 by Mr. Greey. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 74-76. pi. xi. 
Parker, W. K. On the Systematic Position of the Crested 
Screamer {Palamedea chavaria) [lege Chauna nigrtcollis~\. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 ser. xiv. pp. 144-150. (From 
* P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 511-518.) 
From his examination of the skeleton, but chiefly relying on the bones of 
the head and wings and the number of the caudal vertebrne, the author 
comes to the conclusion that the bird “ may be a very lacertian Goose,” and 
further states that there are parts of its organization which make it very 
probable that it is one of the nearest living relatives of the marvellous Archae- 
opteryx." 
Avis incertvE sedis. 
Wiinochetus jubatus, G. Bennett, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 3 ser. xiii. pp. 342, 343 
(from P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 385, 386), and op, cit. xiv. pp. 141, 142 (from P. Z. S. 
1863, pp. 439, 440). A few short observations on this curious fonn. The 
female is much larger than the male. They are becoming scarce in New 
Caledonia. M. F. Joubert informs the author that there are two kinds, which 
he designates as the “ Bush-Kagu ” and the Grass-Kagu.” 
The abstract of Mr. Parker’s paper on the Osteology of this bird will be 
found noticed under the heading ^Descriptive Anatomy.’ 
. ANSERES. 
Anatid;e. 
Cygnus olor (?). Cygnets clad in down, obtained in the Dobrudscha, July 
1863, by Herr Zelebor, are doubtfully referred to this species. A. von Pelzeln, 
Joum. f. Om. 1864, p. 71. 
