CHARADRIIFORMES — PELARGIFORMES. 
Aves 41 
Suborder PARRAS. 
Hydrophcisianus chirurgus , egg figured ; II. E. Barnes, J. Bomb. N. H. 
Soc. vi, pi. to p. 129, fig. 901. 
Parra indica , egg figured ; id. t. c. fig. 900. 
Suborder (EDICNEMI. 
* Milnea, n. g. (fossil). Type, M. gracilis , n. sp., France ; R. Lydekker, 
Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. pp. 169 & 170. 
( Edicnemus crepitans : notes on habits ; F. M. Ogilvie, Zool. xlix, 
pp. 441-446. 
Suborder OTIDES. 
Otis affinis , n.sp. (fossil), Bavaria, R. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. 
p. 168. 0. tarda , in Wiltshire ; A. C. Smith, Wilt. Mag. xxv, pp. 359- 
363 : in Norfolk; J. G. Tuck, Tr, Norw. Soc. v, pp. 209-211 : in England ; 
J. E. Harting, Zool. xlix, pp. 103-106. O. dybowslcii, figured ; M. A. 
Menzbier, Orn. Turkest. pi. Ixiv. O. tetrax, in Norway; R. Collett, 
Forh. Selsk. Chr. 1890 [1891], No. 4, pp. 10-12. 
Houbara macqueenii , egg figured ; II. E. Barnes, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 
vi, pi. to p. 1, fig. 837. 
Choriotis australis , notes on ; C. French, Yict. Nat. 1891, pp. 11-14. 
Order GRUIFORMES. 
Suborder GRUES. 
^ Geranopsis, n. g. (fossil). Type, G. hastingsice , n. sp., England ; R. 
Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. p. 167. 
Grus mexicana , in South Carolina ; A. T. Wayne, Auk, viii, pp. 308 & 
309. G. leucogeranus, in the Hebrides ; W. E. Clarke, Ibis, 1891, p. 635. 
Dalearica gibbericeps , n. sp., East Africa ; A. Reiciienow, Ber. Allg. 
Deutsch. Orn. Ges. ix, p. 4. 
Suborder RHINOCHETIDES. 
Beddard, F. E. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Kagu ( Rhino - 
chetus jubatus ). P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 9-21. 
Order PELARGIFORMES. 
Suborder ARDE2E. 
* Proherodius , n. g. (fossil). Type, P. ovje?ii, n. sp. ; R. Lydekker, Cat. 
Fossil B. Brit. Mus. p. 60. 
Ardea paloccid entails, n. sp. (fossil), S.W. Oregon, R. W. Shufeldt, 
Auk, viii, p. 367. A. alba, figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
part xx : in Great Britain ; J. II. Gurney, Tr. Norw. Soc. v, pp. 186-190. 
A. bubulcus , figured ; W. E. H. Pidsley, B. Devon, frontisp. 
