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body] forming an important character. S. F. Baird, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc, i. 
p. 321, pi. xxxi. fig. 1 ; W. H. Dali, tom. cit. p. 307. 
Sterna forsteri, its tail figured. D. G. Elliot, B. N. Am. Intr. p. 13. 
PROCELLARIID^. 
Hutton, F. W. Ou the Mechanical Principles involved in the 
Sailing Flight of the Albatros. [See General Subject.^^] 
Giglioli, H. H., and Salvadori, T. On some new Procella- 
riidce collected during a voyage round the world 1865-G8, 
by H.I.M’s.S. ' Magenta.^ Ibis, 1869, pp. 61-68. 
An English version (and the first actually printed) of the 
paper noticed last year (Zool. Rec. v. pp. 109, liO). 
Pelecanoidcs herardi, Q. & G., note on. H. H. Giglioli, tom. cit. pp. 241, 
242. 
Fidmarus rodgcrsi, Cass. (Proc. Ac. N. S. Philad. 1862, p. 290), occurs 
at St. George’s Island. W. II. Ball, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc. i. p. 303. 
American specimen described and figured. S. F. Baird, tom. cit. p. 323, 
pi. xxxiv. fig. 1. 
Thalassoica [lege Thalassccca~\ glacialioides, its head figured. D. G. Elliot, 
B. N. Am. Intr. p. 13. 
Mojaquens parkinsoni (G. R. Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 246) is fully described, 
with notes on other Procellariidce. F. W. Hutton, Ibis, 1869, p. 351, 362. 
jEstrelata [lege (Estrelata~\ gotddi is described as a new species from the 
Little Barrier Island, New Zealand. It is Pterodroma macroptera, Gould 
(Ilandb. B. Austral, ii. p. 449) {ncc A. Smith). Id. loc. cit. 
Nectris tenuirostris (Temm.) has occurred at Kotzebue Sound. W. H. 
Dali, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc. i. p. 303. American specimen described and 
figured. *S. F. Baird, tom. cit. pp. 322, 323, pi. xxxiv. fig. 2. 
Pnifinns cinereus [?], its occurrence on the Devonshire coast. A. de Hiie;el, 
Zool. S. S. p. 1720. 
Puffimis opisthomelas (Zool. Bee. i. p. 96), its head figured. D. G. Elliot, 
B. N. Am. Intr. p. 16. 
Thalamdroma pelagica (ad. & pull.) and T. hachi are figured. J. Gould, 
B. Gr. Br. pt. xvi. 
Thnlassidroma pelagica^ var. [?], “of a uniform sooty black, without white 
rump or white on the wings,” breeds on the islands outside the Mar Menor 
in Murcia. H. Saunders, Ibis, 1869, p. 171. 
PELECANIDiE. 
Elliot, D. G. A Monograph of the genus Pelecanus. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 571-591, pi. xliv. 
The author^s materials have been found in the collections of 
Philadelphia, London, and Paris. After a very extensive review 
of the literature relating to the genus, he gives at some length 
the characters of the subfamily, then an analytical table of the 
9 species he recognizes, and, finally, a description of the species, 
• which contains a full account of each, and enters largely upon 
