44 Aves. 
AVES. 
PLATALiEJDiE. 
Ibis comata (Geronticus calvus) obtained at Biledjik, Asia Minor, 
where it breeds; 0. Gr. Danford, Ibis, 1880, p. 88. Exhibitel, P. L. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 35G, with remarks on its geographical distribu- 
tion. Figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxvii.-lxxix. 
Plutalcea leucorodia ; a visit to the colony near Amsterdam ; H. See- 
bohm, Zool. 1880, pp. 457-461. 
ODONTOGLOSS^. 
Phcenicoptbkid^. 
Pluenicopterus antiquorum : on its breeding in Southern Spain ; Lord 
Lilford, P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 446-450. 
ANSERES. 
ANATIDiE. 
See ScLATEii, P. L. 
Anas gracilis appears to bo distinct from A. gihberifrons \ F. W. 
Hutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xii. pp. 271 & 272. 
Anser \_Dernicla'] ruficollis obtained on the Lower Seine ; P.-E. 
Lemetteil, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. v. p. 75. 
Bucepliala islandica : on a peculiarity in the structure of the feathers 
which is absent in B. clangula ; J. A. Jeffries, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. 
p. 189. 
Cygnus americanus : on five specimens obtained in Scotland ; 0. A. 
Parker, Zool. 1880, p. 111. C.olor, C. musicus, C. immutabilis, C. bewicki, 
(heads) figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Ear. pts. Ixxvii.-lxxix. 
Dafila acuta : its second recorded occurrence in the Outer Hebrides ; 
R. Cray, P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1880, p. 361. 
Erismatura mersa : on its breeding in the lakes of the Kirgis steppes ; 
K. C. Henke, Zool. Cart. 1880, pp. 142-147. 
Alareca penelope occurs nearly every winter along the coasts of North 
Carolina and Yirginia ; R. Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 126. 
Mergus serrator obtained at Kurrachee, the first recorded occurrence in 
India; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ix. p. 268. M. merganser: on its distri- 
bution in Scotland daring the breeding season ; J. H. Buchanan, P. Phys. 
Soc. Edinb. 1880, pp. 189-193. 
Nomonyx, g. n., similar to Erismatura, but with the maxillary unguis 
as in Fulix: type. Anas dominica, L. ; R. Ridgway, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
i. [March, 1880] p. 15. 
Querquedula formosa, $ juv. obtained near Sultanpore ; A. 0. Hume, 
Str. Feath. viii. p. 494, Q. carolinensis recorded from Devon (H. 
Nicholls), and Hampshire (A. Fellowes) ; Zool. 1880, p. 70 [? identifi- 
cation]. 
Sornateria spectabilis obtained on the Californian Coast ; H. W. Hen- 
shaw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 189. 
