AN SERI FORMES, PELECANIFORMES. 
Aves 43 
Order ANSERIFORMES. 
Cygnus cygnus , in the Tirol ; L. Lazarini, Orn. Jahrb. ii, pp. 231-233. 
Anser hyperboreus , in Norway ; R. Collett, Forh. Selsk. Chr. 1890 
[1891], No. 4, pp. 12-17. A. condoni , n. sp. (fossil), S.W. Oregon, R. W. 
Siiufeldt, Auk, viii, p. 36(3. 
Branta propinqua , n. sp. (fossil), S.W. Oregon, id. i. c. p. 367. Berni- 
cula brenta and B. leucopsis , in Morocco ; C. A. Payton, Ibis, 1891, pp. 
296 & 297. Branta rufina X Anas boscas ; G. Martorelli, P. Z. S. 1891, 
p. 486. 
Chenalopex debilis , n. sp. (fossil), F. C. Moreno & A. Mercerat, An. 
Mils. La Plata, i, p. 446. 
Tadorna casarca , in Norway; R. Collett, Forh. Selsk. Chr. 1890 
[1891], No. 4, pp. 17-19 : figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
part xx. 
Spatula 8mithii , nom. emend.; E. Harteri*, Kat. Yog. Senck. Mus. 
p. 231, note. 
Dafila spinicauda : a functional ductus botalli ; F. Finn, P. Z. S. 1891, 
p. 178. I). spinicauda X AEx sponsa ; id. t. c. p. 330. 
Anas boscas X A. strepera ; W. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 213 & 
214. A. boscas X Mergus merganser ; W. Schluter, Orn. Jahrb. ii, pp. 
109 & 110, and Y. v. Tsciiusi, t. c. pp. 170 & 171. 
Querquedula crecca var. ; E. Arrigoni Deoli Oddi, Atti Soc. Ven.- 
Trent. Sci. Nat. xii, pp. 142-144. 
Camptolcemus labradorus : list of specimens in collections ; W. Dutcher, 
Auk, viii, pp. 201-216, pi. ii. 
Somateria spectabilis, in Norfolk ; T. Southwell, Tr. Norw. Soc. v, 
pp. 58-60. 
Micropterus cinereus (pi. iv) distinct from M. patagonicus (pi. v) ; both 
species figured ; E. Oustalet, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois. pp. 212-232. 
(Edcmia americana , (E . deglandi , and (E. perspicillata , in New England ; 
G. II. Mackay, Auk, viii, pp. 290-292. 
Fuligula ai'vernensis, n. sp. (fossil), R. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. 
Mus. p. 122. F. arelina, n. sp. (fossil), A. Portis, Orn. Yald. pp. 4-9, 
tav. i, figs. 1-10. F. sepulta , n. sp. (fossil), id. t. c. pp. 9-13, tav i, 
figs. 11-23. 
Erismatura australis : its habits ; K. H. Bennett, Ibis, 1891, pp. 
143-145. 
Mergus albellus, figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, part xix. 
Order PELECANIFORMES. 
Suborder PHAETHONTES. 
Phaethon rubricauda and P. candidus , in Japan ; ‘Key’ to the species ; 
L. Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, pp. 492 & 493. P. Jlavirostris : 
descript on of habits in Jamaica ; W. E. D. Scott, Auk, viii, pp. 250-256, 
