72 Aves. 
AYES. 
Nestor meridionalis (Kaka Parrot and var. “Kaka-Kura”), N. notabilis 
figured ; W. L. Duller, Birds New Zealand, pis. xvii & xviii. 
Platycercus auriceps, P. novce zealartdice , P. alpinus figured ; id. t. c. 
pi. xvi : abnormal coloration of the first ; T. W. Kirk, Tr. N. Z. Inst. 
1885 [xviii] pp. 129-130. P. pennanti nigrescens i n. subsp., Bellenden- 
Ker Range, Queensland ; E. P. Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, pp. 
34 & 35. 
* Prioniturus cyaneiceps ) n. sp. [£], near P. discurus , Palawan I. ; R. B. 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 194. P. platence, n. sp. [£ ?], Palawan I. ; W. 
Blasius, Braunschw. Anz. 1888, No. 37 (Feb. 12th). p. 335, and Ornis, 
1888, p. 305. 
Psittacula , cf. supra. 
String ops habroptilus figured ; W. L. Buller, Birds New Zealand, 
pi. xix. 
STRIGES. 
The order, see Fisher, A. Iv. 
Beddard, F. E. On the Classification of the Striges. Ibis, 1888, pp. 
335-341, 7 cuts. 
Basing his remarks with respect to the pterylography and osteology on 
Nitzsch and A. Milne-Edwards, with whom he appears to agree entirely, 
the auihor of this paper gives several additional particulars to confirm 
the division of the Striges into Strigidce and Bubonidce. These consist of 
differences (1) in the prefrontal processes of the ethmoid (swollen in 
Strix ), (2) in the relative lengths of the phalanges of the 3rd digit (more 
equal in Bubo , &c.), (3) in the dissimilar method of division of the tensor 
patagii brevis , (4) in the incomplete structure of the syrinx and in the 
attachment of its intrinsic muscles. He agrees with Milne-Edwards in 
considering Fhotodilus to be a form intermediate between the two groups, 
its osteology being that of Bubo , its pterylosis that of Strix , while Ilelio- 
dilus comes nearer to the latter. 
Lataste, F. Analyse Zoologique de pelotes de rejections de Rapaces 
Nocturnes. C.R. Ass. Fr. Sci. 1888, p. 194. 
. Analyse Zoologique de Pelotes de rejections de Rapaces Noc- 
turnes. Ann. Mus. Genov, xxvi, pp. 471-518. 
On examining 20 “ lots,” no remains of Batrachians or Reptiles were 
found, and few of Insects or Birds, while those of Mammals composed 
nearly the whole. 
Gadeau de Kerville, H. Faut-il ddtruire nos Rapaces Nocturnes? 
Bull. Soc. Rouen, 1888, pp. 247-260. 
After consideration of the food of Owls and examination of their 
pellets, the writer would only allow one species to be destroyed — 
“Hibou Grand-Due.” 
Glaucidium } notes on the habits, nests, and eggs of 2 species and 2 sub- 
species in America ; C. E. Bendire, Auk, 1888, pp. 366-372. G. gnomci 
