44 Aves. 
III. AVES. 
Asio accipitrinus, breeding in Hungary ; E. Czynk, Aquila, iii, pp. 223 & 
224 ; A. Cerva, t. c. pp. 224-220. 
Syrniurn willkonskii , n. sp., Transcaucasia j M. Menzbier, Bull. B. 0. C. 
vi, p. vi. 
Order CORACIIFORMES. 
Sub-order PODARGI. 
Podargus papuensis, nest and eggs described ; D. Le Squef, Ibis, 189G, 
pp. 312 & 313. 
Sub-order CORACLE. 
Uratelornis chimaera , figured ; W. Rothschild, Nov. Zool. iii, pi. 2. 
Sub-order MEROPES. 
Merops apiaster , near Augsburg ; J. Kahle, Ornith. Monber. iv, p. 159. 
M. persicus, egg figured ; A. Koenig, J. Ornith. 1896, tab. vi, fig. 3. 
Sub-order IIALCYONES. 
Contributions to the anatomy of Picarian birds : Part iii — On some points 
in the Kingfishers ; F. E. Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1890, 
pp. 603-600, figg. 1-3. 
Pelargopsis dichrorhynoha , n. sp., Is. of Pelingand Banggai, N. E. Celebes; 
A. B. Meyer & L. W. Wiglesworth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1890-97, 
No. 2, p. 12. 
Ceryle alcyon , 300 miles from land (Lat. 37° 27' N., Long. 63° 20' W.); 
A. Miln e-Edwards, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1896, pp. 313 & 314. C . 
alcyon and C. americana septentrionalis, eggs figured ; C. Bendire, 
Life-Hist. N. Amer. B. pi. i, figg. 3 & 4. 
Monachalcyon capucinus , n. sp., E. Celebes ; A. B. Meyer & L. W. 
Wiglesworth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1896-97, No. 2, p. 12. 
Halcyon sordidus colonus, n. subsp., Egum Group, Louisiades ; E. Har- 
tert, Nov. Zool. iii, p. 244. 
Syma megarhyncha , n. sp., Moraka, S E. New Guinea ; T. Salvadori, 
Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvi, p. 70. S. torotoro tentelare , n. subsp., 
Aru I. ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 534 & 535. 
Sub-order BUCEROTES. 
Ptilohemus austeni, nesting ; E. C. Stuart Baker, Ibis, 1896, pp. 356 
& 357. 
Sub-order CAPRIMULGI. 
Caprimulgulce : notes on the family ; E. Hartert, Ibis, 1896, pp. 369- 
376. 
Caprimulgus europceus , habits of ; D. J. Rice, Sci. Gossip (2) ii, p. 177. 
C. europceus meridionalis , n. subsp., Southern Europe ; E. Hartert, 
Ibis, 1896, p. 370. C. macrurus ambiguus , n. subsp., N. India ; id. 
t. c. p. 373. C. macrurus nipalensis , n. subsp., Nepal ; id. t. c. 
p. 373. G. cegyptius , figured ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
pt. xxxiii : egg figured ; A. Koenig, J. Ornith. 1896, tab. vi, fig. 2. 
C . macuUcaudus in British Guiana ; P. L. Sclater, Bull. B. O. C. v, 
p. xxiii. 
Antrostoimis carolineusis and A. vociferus , eggs figured ; C. Bendire, 
Lite- llist. N. Amer. B. pi. i, figg. 8-11. 
