64 Aves , 
AYES. 
Numida marchii , n. sp., Gaboon, Franceville (Congo), figured ; E. 
Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) viii [1885], p. 305, pi. xiv. N. mitrata , skele- 
ton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Yogel-skel, pt. x. 
Peloperdix javanica, skeleton figured ; ul. op. cit. pt. xi. 
Ferdicula, notes on ; B. de Moutessus, Mem. Soc. S&one, vi [1885], 
p. 36. 
Perdix cinerea, skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Yogel-skel. pt. xi. 
Phasianus homaroicii , n. sp., from the Aschabad market, probably 
occurs in Herat and the Ssaryk-Turcoman country ; M'. Bogdanow, 
Bull. Pdtersb. xxx, p. 356; id. Mel. Biol, xii, p. 318. P. torquatus from 
St. Helena is not differentiated from the Asiatic species ; H. Seebohm, 
Zool. 1886, p. 225. 
Philortyx pcrsonatus, n. sp.,' Chietla, State of Puebla, Mexico ; R. 
Ridgway, Auk, iii, p. 333 : full description ; F. Forrari-Pcrez, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 176. 
Pucrasia meyeri , n. sp., Tibet ; J. v. Madar&sz, Ibis, 1886, p. 145. 
Bheinartius ocellatus figured ; E. Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) viii [1885], 
p. 256, pi. ii. 
Synoicus lodoisicBi new genus Perdortyx proposed for it ; B. de Mon- 
tossus, M6m. Soc. Sfione, vi, p. 36. 
MEGAPODIIDiE. 
Megapodius brenchleyi figured ; J. Gould [R. B. Sharpe], Birds of New 
Guinea, pt. xxii. 
Cracidj;. 
Nothocrax urumutwniy the male has a convoluted trachea, the female a 
simple trachea ; F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 321, cuts. 
Turnicid^:. 
Turnix blaJcistoni new to Japan, both as regards genus and species ; L. 
Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 634 [from Napa, Okinawa Shima, 
Liu-Kiu Is.]. 
FULICARLE. 
Rallidju. 
Rallidaiy sub voce “ Rail ” ; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, vol. xx. 
Gallinula chloropus figured; E. H. Giglioli & A. Manzella, Icon. Avif. 
Ilal. pi. cccxvii. 
Notorms[see Parker, T. J.]. 
. Ocydromus australis , its habits ; W. W. Smith, Tr. N. Z. Inst. 1885, 
pp. 131-134. 
