62 Aves, 
AVES. 
Mus. (2) ii. pi. vi. Q. angustirostris (pp. 493 & 623) and Q. falcata 
(p. 494) obtained in the Calcutta Market ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. vii. 
pt. 6 [March, 1879]. Q. eatoni figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. 
pi. vi. 
Somateria spectabilis : on the scapular feathers in this and some other 
species ; J. Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. i. Jan. 8th, 1879 [sep.]. 
Laeid.®. 
See Moseley, H. N., for habits of those observed in ‘ Challenger ’ 
Expedition. 
Larus affinis : on specimens from Lisbon, Leiden, Kamtchatka, and 
Macao ; O. Finsch, Ibis, 1879, p. 111. L. glaucescena breeds in Cumber- 
land Sound ; L. Kumlien, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 15, p. 98. L. ridi~ 
hundus : on a breeding colony of about 2000, at Adelsdorf ; H. Neumann, 
J. f. O. 1879, p. 194. L. ridibundus and L. melanocephalus figured ; H. 
E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxv. & Ixxvi. L. innominatus, sp. n., distin- 
guished from L. ichthyaetus ; A. 0. Hume, Str. Feath. viii. p. 394, 
Gopalpore, Ganjam coast. 
Rissa tridactyla^ juv., figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxiii. & 
Ixxiv. 
Stercorarius parasiticus [? S. crepidatus'] : W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst, 
xi. pp. 355-359, remarks on a species of which four specimens have now 
been obtained in New Zealand. S. antarcticus : on its habits in confine- 
ment ; id. tom. cit. p. 373. S. antarcticus and S. catarrhactes ; heads 
figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. pi. vii. figs. 1 & 2. S. para- 
siticus [crepidatus'] : young in down described and figured ; A. Marchand, 
R. Z. (3) vi. p. 311, pi. xii. 
Rhynchops nigra in New England and Massachusetts ; R. Deane, and 
also T. M. Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. pp. 242 & 243. 
Sternince : on the species visiting and breeding on the coast of Now 
England ; W. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. pp. 13-22. On the 
species observed in New Caledonia ; E. L. Layard, Ibis, 1879, p. 364. 
Sterna caspia^ breeding on coast of Virginia ; H. W. Henshaw, Bull. 
Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 243. S. media figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. 
pts. Ixxiii. & Ixxiv. 
Anous superciliosus (p. 463, Coast of Central America and Antilles), 
A. ptumbeigularis (p. 468, Red Sea), A. galapagensis (p. 469, Galapagos 
Archipelago), spp. nn. ; R. B. Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. 
PROCELLAlUIDiE. 
See Moseley, H. N., for habits of species observed in ‘ Challenger ’ 
Expedition. 
Fregatta mcsstissima, sp. n., O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 130, Samoan 
Islands. 
Prion banksi ; on its specific value ; W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xi. 
p. 351. 
