ALECTORIDES GAVJ^. 
Aves 47 
americana : notes on ; J. D. Cator, iom. cit. p. 773. Grus fraterculus, 
Cassin : the second known specimen obtained at Rio Verde, Mexico, and 
the characters distinguishing it from G. canadensis pointed out ; J. A. 
Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 123. Remarks on : R. Ridgway, 
tom. cit. pp. 187 & 188 ; E. Coues, 1. c. 
Otidid/E. 
Eupodotis dcnhami : noiQ on a specimen in the Zoological Gardens; 
W. A. Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 477. Eupodotis edwardsi : note on, with 
especial reference to its gular pouch ; Sir W. Elliot, tom. cit. p. 486. 
Otis tarda: for records of an unusual number of occurrences in England, 
see Zool. 1880, pp. 25, 26, 110, 114, 296 ; on its migrations in France, 
J. E. Harting, tom. cit. p. 252. 
• LIMICOL.^. 
ClTARADRIIDJ5. 
uEgialitis jerdoni^ new name for the smaller Ringed Plover of Southern 
India, and its distinctive characters shown : W. V. Legge, P. Z. S. 1880, 
pp. 38 & 39. 
Hiaticula ruficapilla : this Australian species obtained near Otaki, New 
Zealand; T. W. Kirk, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xii. p. 246. 
SC0L0PACIDA5. 
Actiturus bartramius [longicaudus] obtained in the London market ; 
J. E. Harting, Zool. 1880, p. 508, exhibited, id. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 543. 
Arquatella couesi, sp. n., Aleutian Islands and Coast of Alaska, with 
comparative characters of A. maritima and A. ptilocnemis ; R. Ridgway, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. pp. 160-163. 
Gallinago ccdestis [i.e., the common Snipe] figured ; H. E. Dresser, 
B. Eur. pts. Ixxvii.-lxxix. 
Limosa hcemastica: note on, with measurements ; E. Coues, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, v. p. 59. 
Macrorrhamphus scolopaceus (Say) : remarks on its habits and its 
distinctness from M. griseus ; N. T. Lawrence, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. 
pp. 154-157, also R. Ridgway, tom. cit. pp. 157-160. 
GAYIM. 
Laridj?. 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera obtained at the Andamans ; A. O. Hume, Str. 
Feath. viii. p. 495. 
Larus audouini obtained on an island off the coast of Spain ; Lord 
Lilford, Ibis, 1880, pp. 480-483: the specimens presented to the Zoological 
