48 Aves . 
AYES. 
Megascops asio aikeni , u. subsp., Colorado, W. Brewster, Auk, viii, 
pp. 139 & 140. M. asio macfarlanei , n. subsp., Washington Territory, 
id. t. c. pp. 140 & 141. M. asio saturatus y n. subsp., British Columbia, id. 
t. c. pp. 141-143. M. vinaceus and M. aspersus, figured ; id. t. c. pi. iii, 
figs. 1 & 2. M. jlammeolus idahoensis, n. subsp., Idaho ; C. H. Merriam, 
N. Amer. Fauna, No. 5, p. 96, pi. i. 
Carine bactriana , figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Sci. Results Yark. Miss., 
Aves, pi. iii. C.pulchra , figured ; id. t. c. pi. xxi. 
Heteroglaux blewitti ) figured ; id. t. c. pi, xxii. 
Syrnium nuchale , figured ; H. Bolau, Zool. Gart. xxxii, taf. 1. 
Glaucidium passerinum orienlale f n. subsp., E. Siberia, L. Taczanowski, 
M6m. Ac. P6tersb. (7) xxxix, pp. 128-130. 
Ninox connivens: notification ; A. J. North, Rec. Austr. Mus. i, No. 6, 
p. 111. 
Speotyto : the West Indian species of the genus ; S. cunicularia baham- 
ensis } n. subsp., Inagua I. ; C. B. Cory, Auk, viii, pp. 348 & 349. 
Sceloglaux albifacies , near Nelson, N. Z. ; R. I. Kingsley, Tr. N. Z. 
Inst, xxiii, pp. 190 & 191. 
Nyctala tengmalmi } in the Tatra Mountains ; A. Kocyan, Orn. Jalirb. 
ii, pp. 250-252. 
Nyctea scandiaca, figured ; LordLilford, Col. Fig. B. Birds, part xviii. 
Surnia ulula , in Munster ; E. Altum, J. f. O. 1891, pp. 104-106, and 
E. Hartert, t. c. pp. 394-396. 
Stria j melitensis , n. sp. (fossil), R. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. 
p. 13. 
Order CORACIIFORMES. 
Suborder CORACLZE. 
Coracias indica ) in Lincolnshire ; J. Cordeaux, Ibis, 1891, pp. 147-149. 
Eurystomus orientalis ) notes on ; H. E. Dresser, t. c. pp. 99-102. 
Suborder HALCYONES. 
Family Alcedinid^. 
Halcyon pelewensis , n. sp., Pelew Is., L. W. Wigleswortii, Abh. zool. 
Mus. Dresden, No. 6, pp. 15 & 16. 
Sauromarptis kubaryi, n. sp., Constantine Harbour, New Guinea, A. B. 
Meyer. Ibis, 1890, pp. 414 & 415. S. gaudichaudi aruensis , n. sp., Aru 
Is., id. t. c. p. 413. 
Tanysiptera galatea rubiensis , n. subsp., N.W. New Guinea, id. Abh. 
zool. Mus. Dresden, 1891, No. 4, p. 8. 
Suborder BUCEROTES. 
Rhynchaceros melanoleucus : its breeding habits in South Africa ; K. 
Wilde, J. f. O. 1891, pp. 11-13. 
