AVES. 
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Sterna melanogaster is figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xix. 
Sterna paradisea is figured. Id. B. Gr. Br. part xi. 
Sterna lunata and Anous cinercm are figured. 0. Finsch k G, Hartlaul), 
Beitr. Faun. Centralpolyn. Taf. xiii. figg. 3, 4. 
Thalasseus caspius (ex America) is figured, D. G. Elliot, B. N. Am. 
part iv. 
Procellarud^, 
Some nineteen species of this family form the subject of very 
valuable remarks. F. W. Hutton, Ibis, 1867, pp. 185-193. 
Diomedea fuliginosa, Gmel./var. cornicoides, is the name of an apparently 
unnoticed variety, observed between lat. 36° 28' S., long. 2° 18' E.' [gu. W. P], 
and lat. 87° 26' S., long. 163° 43' E. Individuals vary a good deal, from being 
almost white on the back of the neck and shoulders to the normal colour of 
the species. Id, ut suprd, p. 186, 
Puffinus dichrous is described as a new species from M'Kean’s Island, ge- 
nerally resembling P. assimilis, but differing in the smoky-brown of the under 
tail-coverts, with which colour also the smoky-black of the head, lores, 
and space round the eyes is covered. 0. Finsch & G. Hartlaub, Beitr. Faun. 
Gentralpolyn. pp. 244, 245. 
Procellaria, sp. ?, a supposed new species, resembling P, hcesitata, Licht. 
(P. cinereUf Gmel.), observed in about lat, 36° S., long. 16° E. F, W, Hutton, 
Ibis, 1867, pp. 187, 188, 
Procellaria hucorrhoa^ Vieill., is the name by which P. leachi, auctt., 
should be known, J. P. van Wickeyoort-Crommelin, Arch, hfe^rl. 1867^ 
pp. 84-87. 
Thalassidroma leachi a bird so referred, but which cannot possibly have 
been .that species, observed from lat. 14° N., long. 26° W., to lat. 36° S. [Pos- 
sibly P. furcata, Gmelin P] F. W. Hutton, Ibis, 1867, p. 190. 
Thalassidrona mo7iorrhis is described as a new species from Middle China, 
resembling T. melania, Bp. (Consp. Av. ii. p. 196), but having only one 
opening to its nose.” R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, pp. 386-387, 
Ossifraga gigantea, Diomedea chlororhgnchus, Cymochoi'ea melania^ and 
Halocyptcna microsoma (Zool. Rec. i. p. 96) are figured. D. G» Elliot, B. ]M. 
Am. parts iv., v., and viii. 
Procellaria pelagica is figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixxvii. fig. 6. 
PELECANIDiE. 
Pelecaniis gracilis, Graculus mioccenm, O. littoralis, G. intermedins, Sula 
arvernensis, and S. ronzoni are figured and described. A, Milne-Edwards, Ois. 
Foss. Fr. pp. 260-271, pis. xxxviii.-xliv. 
Pelagornis 7nioccenus, heretofore referred to the Longipennes,” is placed 
among the Xotipalmes.” Id, op, cit, pp. 273-276, pi. xlv. 
Pelecanm ebiispicillatus is figured. S. Higgles, Orn, Austral, part xii, 
Siila sinicadccna (Zool, Rec, ii. p. 130) is referred to fiber (L.), E< Blyth, 
Ibis, 1867, p. 178, 
Phalacrocorax molus is described as a new species from Amoy, R. Swinhoe, 
Ibis, 1867, pp. .395, 396. , 
Gh'acidus hairdi is figured. H. G. Elliot, B, N, Am. part vi, . , . 
