GRALLJ^j ANSERES. 
Aves 57 
Leptoptila argala and L. javanica : on their nidification ; 0. T. Bing- 
ham, Str. Feath. vii. pp. 25-33. 
Ibidid^. 
Ihidincp. : remarks on this sub-family ; E. Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) i. 
_pp. 167-183. 
Ibis harmandi and I. papillosa : heads figured ; id. 1. c. pi. vi. I. 
gigantea figured ; id. 1. c. pi. vii. 
Faicinellus thalassinus., Ridgw., = F. guarauna^ Gm., juv. ; E. Coues, 
in G. B. Sennett’s Notes, Bull. tJ. S. Surv. Terr, iv p. 67. 
Ibis cetMopica. Note on its breeding in the Zoological Gardens, and 
young and egg figured; P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1878, pp. 449-451, pi. xii. 
Obtained on Lake Menzaleh ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1878, p. 372. 
Plegadis faicinellus figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxi. & Ixxii. 
TANTALIDiB* 
Tantalus loculator : remarks on its trachea, with woodcut ; A. H. 
Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 625. 
Ardeidj:. 
See Ridgway, supra, p. 23. 
Ardea cinerea: heronries in Sussex; G. D. Rowley, Orn. Misc. iii. 
p. 65, pis. Ixxxix. & xc. A. comata: its first occurrence in Scotland; 
R. Gray, P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1876-78, p. 216. 
Ardea occidenialis, Aud. : its supposed identity with A. wurdemanni, 
Baird, and its dichromatic plumage ; R. Ridgway, Bull. U.S. Surv. Terr, 
iv. p. 227. 
Ardetta melcena, sp. n., T. Salvadori, Atti Ac. Tor. xiii. p. 1186, Island 
of Sanghir. 
Ardetta minuta (Linn.), obtained in Transvaal ; T. Ayres, Ibis, 1878, 
p. 300. , 
Dichromanassa, g. n., type Ardea rufa, Bodd. ; R. Ridgway, Bull. U.S. 
Surv. Terr. iv. pp. 224 & 246. 
Gorsachius melanolophus, Raffles, obtained in Eastern Assam ; H. H. 
Godwin Austen, J. A. S. B. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 21. 
Hydranassa, g. n. [no type indicated], R. Ridgway, Bull. U.S. Surv. 
Terr. iv. p. 224. 
Mesites : on its affinities and systematic position ; A. Milne-Edwards, 
C. R. Ixxxvi. [1878], p. 1029, and Ann. Sc. Nat. (6) vii. pp. 2-4. 
Syrigma, g. n., type Ardea sibilatrix, Temm. ; R.* Ridgway, Bull. U.S. 
Surv. Terr. iv. pp. 224 & 247. 
ANSERES. 
Anatidje. 
Anas wyvilliana, sp. n., distinguished from A. hoschas] P. L. Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 350, Sandwich Islands. A. castanea : the bulla ossea is 
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