38 J-i’es. 
III. AYES. 
(Estielata cervicalis and (E. axillaris , figured ; id. t. c. pis. vi & vii. CE. 
mollis , figured ; H. E. Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. ix, pi. 721. 
Buliveria columbina , in China; H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1896, p. 156. 
Pelecanoides exsul , n. sp., Southern Indian Ocean ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxv, p. 438. 
Diomedea chiouoptera , n. sp., Kerguelen Land ; 0. Salvin. t. c. p. 443. 
D. irrorata , figured ; id. t. c. pi. viii. 
Thalassogerou layardi , n. sp., Cape Seas ; id. t. c. p. 450 : T. eximius , 
n. sp., Gough I. ; G. E. Yerrill, Tr. Connect. Ac. ix, pp. 440-445, 
pi. viii, figg. 1 & 2. 
Order ALCIFORMES. 
Alcidce: notes on the inter-relationship of; F. E. Beddard, P. Zool. 
Soc. Loudon, 1896, pp. 543-547. 
Alca impennis , exhibition of an egg ; E. Bidwell, Bull. B. 0. C. v, 
p. xxxviii : in Ireland ; G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Irish 
Naturl. v, pp. 121 A 122. 
Uria grylle , nesting habits ; W. S. Green, Irish Natural, v, pp. 117 & 118. 
U. bruennichi , note on its specific validity ; O. Grabham, Zoologist, 
1896, pp. 229-231 ; II. W. Feilden, t. c. p. 255 : figured ; Lilford, 
Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. xxxii. 
Mergulus alle, notes on ; J. Paterson, Tr. Soc. Glasgow (2) iv, 
pp. 195-198 : W. C. Angus, t. c. pp. 241-243 ; visitations of ; A. 
Newton, Sci. Gossip (2) ii, pp. 1 & 2: notes on; C. Campbell, 
Tr. Edinb. Field Soc. iii, pp. 145-148. 
Order LARIFORMES. 
Catalogue of the Gavice in the collection of the British Museum ; 
H. Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv, pp. 1-313. 
Laruhe : Classification of ; F. E. Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, 
pp. 303 A 543-547. 
The Terus of Muskeget I., Massachusetts. Part ii ; G. H. Mackay, 
Auk, xiii, pp. 47-55. 
IJydrochelidon leucoptera , II. nigra , figured ; G. Vallon, Boll. Soc. 
Adriat. xviii, tav. vii, figg. 1-6. 
Sterna dougalli , its geographical distribution ; H. Saitndehs, Ibis, 1896, 
pp. 246-250. S. gracilis , distinct from S. dougalli ; A. Reiciienow, 
Ornith. Mouber. iv, pp. 112 & 113. S. maxima , figured; H. E. 
Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. viii, pi. 716. S. fuliginosa , 
figured ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. xxxiii. 
Sternula australis , Licht., notes on ; A. Reiciienow, Ornith. Monber. iv, 
p. 113. 
Actochelklon sandvicensis , notes on ; E. Arrigoni Degli Oddi, Atti Soc. 
Ital. xxxvi, p. 17-32. 
Rhynchops , anatomy; F. E. Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, 
pp. 299-303, figg. 1-3. 
Xema subinii , in Aberlady Bay, Firth of Forth ; W. Evans, Ann. Scott. 
Nat. Hist. 1896, pp. 257 & 258: in Cornwall; A. Thorburn, 
Zoologist, 1896, pp. 475 A 476. 
Rhodostelhia rosea , its breeding place (F. Nansen) ; H. Schalow, Ornith. 
Monber. iv, pp. 193-196 : Nansen’s discovery of the breeding 
haunts ; W. II. Feilden, Zoologist, 1896, p. 436. 
Larus Philadelphia, figured ; H. E. Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. ix, 
pi. 717. L. minutus , breeding in Germany ; W. Baer, Ornith. 
Monber. iv, pp. 128 A 129. L. argentatus , its eggs ; H. J. Pearson, 
Bull. B. O. C. v, p. xlv. L. mar inn sj habits of ; E. Hamilton, 
Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1896, pp. 256 A 257. L. argentatus, note on 
the eggs ; H. J. Pearson, Ibis, 1896, pp. 584 A 585. 
