AVES. 
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described does not seem to resemble that mentioned by Mr. Gould (Handb. 
B. Austral, ii. p. 189)*. 
OxiDIDiE. 
Otk tarda, the aperture and sphincter of its gular pouch (cf. Zool. Rec. v* 
p. 106) figured and elaborately described. J. Murie, P. Z. S. 1809, pp. 140- 
142. [See Anatomy.’^] Its parasites {cf. Zool. Rec. v. pp. 652, 653). H. 
Krabbe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. pp. 47-61, pi. iii. Occurs in 
Morocco. 0. F. Tyrwhitt Brahe, Ibis, 1869, pp, 161, 164. 
Otis tetrax O. houhara are figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. ixxv. 
figs. 1-3. 
Otis {Lissotis) maculipmnis is described and figured as a new species from 
East Africa, differing from O. melanogastra by its longitudinally streaked neck, 
with the middle of the feathers pale, blackish-brown at their sides, the back 
variegated, the tips of the feathers pale, with a black v-shaped pale mark, the 
wings black, most of them having white transverse spots on the inner or both 
webs. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1808 (published in 1869), p. 413 j Id. Von der 
Becken’s Reisen, iii. 1. p. 45, t. xv. 
Gruid^. 
Grvs cinerea, its migration in Southern Russia (Kiev). II. Gobel, J. f. O 
I860, pp. 193, 194. Occurred several times in Great Britain during 1869. 
H. L. Saxby, Zool. S. S. pp. 1763, 1764 ; J. H. Gurney, Jun., W. Hart, H. 
Stevenson and H. Nicholls, jun., tom. cit. pp. 1803, 1841, 1842, 1866. 
Ardeid^e. 
Ardea perplexa (sp. nov.) (Zool. Rec. v. p. 107) described from a frag- 
mentary humerus. A. Milne-Edwards, Ois. Foss. Fr. ii. pp. 108, 199. 
Ardea {Ilcrodias) procerxda is described as a new species from East Africa, 
much like A. garzetta, but larger. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1868 (published in 
1809), p. 414 ; Id. Von der Becken’s Reisen, iii. 1. pp. 48, 49. 
Ardea (Ilerodias) cmeracea is described and figured as a new species from 
East Africa, of a paler grey than A. schistacea, but, like that, with a white chin ; 
the bill, however, is more slender and nearly black, and all the proportions 
are less. Id. tom. cit. pp. 414 et 49, 60, t. xvii. 
Ardea novce-hoUandice occurs in New Zealand. W. Buller, Trans. & Proc. 
New Zeal. Inst. i. p. 110. 
Ardea purpurea, Butorides javanicus, and Kycticorax griseus, notes on their 
nidification in India. A. Hume, Ibis, 1809, p. 238. 
Bidorides atricapilla (Afzel.), from the Cape, is said to be inseparable from 
B.javanica (Horsf.). H. B. Tristram, tom. cit. pp. 437,438. [The contrary 
opinion adopted, Ibis, 1870, p. 161.] 
Ardea minuia and A. nycticorax are figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. 
pis. Ixxvi. figs. 1, 2, Ixxv. figs. 4, 6. 
* Though on a former occasion (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 116) we placed this genus 
among the Turnicidce, we have now little doubt, after (through the kindness 
of Prof. Flower) inspecting its osteology in the Museum of the College of 
Surgeons, that it really belongs to the Limicolcc. Its sternal apparatus has a 
great resemblance to that of Attagis j and it is possible that both these forms, 
with perhaps some others, should be separated as a distinct family. 
