ANSERES. 
Aves 59 
Stercorarius catarrhactes obtained on tlie coast of Massachusetts ; T. M. 
Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. p. 188. 
Sterna anglica figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixix. & Ixx. 
Sterna melanoptera,i^^ habits on the Island of St. Paul; 0. Velain, 
Arch. Z. exp4r. vi. p. 53. 
Anous cceruleus occurs at Ellice Islands, and is distinct from A. cinereus ; 
R. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 271. 
Procellariid^. 
Argillornis longipennis^ g. & sp. nn. (foss.), a large bird of flight from 
the Eocene of Sheppy ; R. Owen, J. Gr. Soc. xxxiv. pp. 124-130, pi. vi. 
Bulweria columhina figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixvii. & 
Ixviii. 
Dioniedia cauta obtained in the North Island, New Zealand ; W. L. 
Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. x. p. 217. 
Fulmariis glacialis figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixix. & Ixx. 
Oceanites oceanicus figured ; id. op. cit. pts. Ixvii. & Ixviii. 
Pvffinus anglorum, P. yelhouan, P. obscurus, P. haroli, remarks on ; 
J. Vian, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. iii. pp. 64-59. 
Phaeton TiDiB. 
Phaeton ruhricauda obtained in Now Zealand j W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. 
Inst. X. p. 219. 
Pelecanid.®. 
See Mivart, supra, p. 18. 
Dysporus hernandezi, sp. n., J. Gundlach, J. f. O. 1878, p. 298, Cuba. 
Pelecanus harhieri, sp. n., E. Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 
pp. 208-211, Ancon, Peru [? = P. molince, ad.]. 
Pelecanus philippensis, on its nidification in Burma ; E. W. Oates, Str. 
Feath. vii. p. 41. 
Phalacrocorax carbo, remarkable account of its breeding in Eastern 
Narra, Sind ; S. Doig, Str. Feath. vii. p. 468. 
Plotus levaillanti, on its anatomy ; A. H. Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 679. 
Tachypetes chambeyroni, sp. n., C. R. Montrouzier, Bull. Soc. G^ogr. 
Fr. (6) xii. [1876], Islands of Huon and Surprise. 
PoDICiPIDyE. 
Podiceps griseigena figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxi. & Ixxii. 
Algid®. 
Alca impennis, on its reported occurrence in the Faeroes in 1870; 
H. W. Feilden, Zool. 1878, p. 199. . 
