GALLIC M. 
Aves 8 ? 
rupestris nelsoni , figured ; E. W. Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Alaska, pp. 131 
& 138, pi. v, fig. 3 & pi. x. L. mutus [summer (pair), autumn, winter (pair)] 
figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. ix. 
Tetrao tetrix figured ; id. t. c. pt. vii. T. marmorata , T. cristata , T. 
guttata, n. spp., S. Mexico (Popocatepec), N. Mexico (Mezquital), and 
near S. Mexico respectively ; P. de la Llave, Nat. Mex. vii [1885-86], 
pp. 63-65. T. medius, probably f T. tetrix £ T. urogallus ; V. v. Tschusi 
zu Schmidhoffen, Ornis, 1888, pp. 517-526, pi. ii. 
Phasianjd.e. 
The family, see Godiiy, E. 
Siiufeldt, R. W. Observations upon the Morphology of Gallus 
banlciva of India. (Including a complete account of its skeleton.) 
J. Comp. Med., Oct. 1888, 34 pp., 30 figs. 
The subjects of investigation were two “ wild-shot ” Birds from J ubbul- 
pore [^ ? ] ; and while the results do not seem to differ essentially from 
those attained by other naturalists, they are of great interest, and are 
worked out fully and carefully. 
Agelastes mcleagrides, coloration re-described ; J. Buttikofer, Notes 
Leyd. Mus. x [1888], pp. 98 & 99. 
Caccabis rufa figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. viii. 
Coturnix novce-zealandice [ $ $ ] figured ; W. L. Buller, Birds New 
Zealand, pi. xxiii. 
Francolinus spilogastcr [ £ ] n. sp., ITarar, E. Africa ; F. castaneicollie 
[ $ ] n. sp., Lake Ciar-Ciar, Slioa distriot ; T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xxvi, pp. 541 & 542. 
Lobiophasis bulweri , its range, with other details ; W. H. Treacher, 
Ibis, 1888, pp. 413-415. 
Mcleagris , sub voce “ Turkey”; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. cd. 9, 
vol. xxiii. 
Pcrdix , see Duclos, G. P. cinerea figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. 
Br. Birds, pt. ix. P. Montana , Brisson [a note] ; L. Petit, Bull. Soc. Z. 
Fr. 1888 [xiii] , p. 216. 
Phasianus per stem talischensis , Talisch, Lenkoran ; P. colcliicus septen * 
trionalis, N. of Caucasus; T. Lorenz, J. f. O. 1888, pp. 571 & 572. P. 
torquatus and its allies ; H. Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, pp. 312-316. P.vlangali , 
P. strauchi , P. shawi , P. ta.rimensis , note on synonymy, &c. ; P. satche- 
unensis = P. shawi ; id. P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 267 & 415. [Gf. Zool. Rec. xxi, 
Aves , p. 63.] 
Cracid^i. 
Or tails, see Delaurier, A. 
Megapodiidjs. 
Megapodius brenchleyi , notes; C. M. Woodford, P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 
249 & 250. M. cumingi, nesting habits ; J. Whitehead, Ibis, 1888, 
pp. 411 & 412. 
