A.VES. 
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Palceortyx hoffmanni, P. hlanchardi, P. gallica, P. hrempcs, P. phasanoideSj 
P. longipes, P. pisca [q[ii, P. sansanicnsis, P. medm<i, P. altus and P. 
desnogcrsi, Taoperdtx pessictit, Tclrao albus, T. lagopus and T. urogallm^ Perdix 
grisea [sc. cinerea\ and Coturnix communis, their fossil remains figured. A, 
Milne-Ed wards, Ois. Foss. Fr. pis. cxxiv.-cxxxiii., cxxxiv. figs. 1-18, 22-26, 
Tetrao tetrix, domestication of. C. Bouchard, Bull. Soc. Imp. d’Acclimat, 
1809, pp. 592, 593. 
Bonasa umhellus, note on its drumming,” R. Raymond, Am. Nat. iii. 
p. 105. 
Lagopus suhalpina [sc. alhus~\, observations on. G. R. Barth, J.f. 0. 1869, 
pp. 87-92. 
Pteroclid^e. 
Pterocles decor atus is described and figured as a new species from Lake 
Jipe, in the interior of East Africa, distinguishable at once by the markings 
of its head — the forehead, region round the bill, spot behind the eyes, and 
throat being black, with a spot on the middle of the forehead, a border to 
the black of the front of the head, and a superciliary streak white. J. Ca- 
banis, J. f. 0. 1868 (published in 1869), p. 413,* Id. Von der Decken’s Reisen, 
iii. 1, p. 43, pi. xiii. 
Pterocles sepultus, its fossil remains figured. A. Milne-Edwards, Ois. Foss, 
Fr. pi. cxli. figs. 1-9. 
Sgrrha2Jtes paradoxus. In July 1863 two were shot on Sandsjd, near Fl- 
lipstad ; and 10th November three were seen at GriisgSrd, in GUand, of which 
one was shot. W. Meves, OEfvers. K. Vet.-Ak. Forhandl. 1868, p. 272. In 
East Friesland. F. von Droste, J. f. 0. 1868, p. 406. At Felin, in Livonia, 
in 1863. II. Gobel, op. cit. 1869, p. 194. In Gothland, in 1863 (cf. Ibis, 1864, 
p. 192). L. Holtz, tom. cit. p. 256. In Sicily. II. Saunders, Ibis, 1869, p. 397. 
Ill North Germany. B. Borggreve, Vogel- Faun. Norddeutschl. p. 146. Abs- 
tract of its invasions of Europe [several particulars incorrect]. E. Newman, 
Zool. S. S. pp. 1794, 1795 j Baron Droste, Vogelw. Borkum, pp. 12.3-133, 889. 
In confinement. Ld. Binning, Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 151. 
Turnicid^, 
Turnix dussumieri is figured. J. Gould, B. As. pt. xxL 
MEGAPODIIDiE, 
Megapodius hrazieri is the name proposed for a species found in Banks’s 
Island, whence an egg has been sent by Mr. Brazier. P, L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 
1869, pp. 528, 629. 
Megapodius {an sp. nov. ?) is found in Nuipo, Friendly Islands. F. W. 
Hutton, Ibis, 1869, p. 353. 
TiNAMIDJ5. 
Crypturus modestus is a new species from Costa Rica, of small size, coming 
near C. meserythrus, Sclat., dull brown above, brighter on the rump, paler on 
the breast, and the crown dusky, eyebrows cineraceous, throat white, abdo- 
men brownish-grey tinged with tawny in the middle, lower part of the belly 
ash-coloured, and under tail-coverts fulvous spotted with dusky. J. Cabanis, 
J.f.O. 1869, p. 212, 
