RALLIFORMKS HBSPBRORNIT EIIFORMES. 
Aves 25 
J Stictolimnas , n. g., for S sharpii, n. sp., South America ; J. BOttikofer, 
Notes Leyden Mus. xv, p. 274. 
Crexcrex , in Australia ; A. J. North, Rec. Austral. Mus. ii, p. 82. 
C. pusilla , figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. xxvii. 
Pcnnula sandwichensis, notes on ; R. B. Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. xv, 
p. 269 : Distinct from P. ecaudata ; G. Hartlaub, Bull. B. 0. C. i, 
p. xxiv : R. B. Sharpe, t. c. p. xlii. 
Porzanula palmeri [Zool. Rec. xxix, Aves , p. 30], figured ; W. Roths- 
child, Avif. Laysan, pt. i, pi. 5. Nest and eggs figured, id. t. c . 
pl. 31, fig. 2. 
Porzana cinereiceps f notes on ; C. W. Richmond, P. U. S. Mus. xvi, 
pp. 529 & 530. 
Crex suahelensis ,• Tristram, == Porzana mar gin alts, juv. ; R. B. Sharpe, 
Notes Leyden Mus. xv, p. 270. 
Gallimda sandvicensis , figured ; S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans, Aves 
Hawaiienses, pt. iv. 
Porphyrio chathamensis , n. sp , Chatham Is. ; R. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1893, 
p. 531. 
4 Pal(€olim7ias, n. g. (sub-fossil) ; type, P. neivtoni , M.-E. ; H. 0. Forbes, 
Ibis, 1893, pp. 544 & 545. 
Fulica prisca, n. sp. (fossil) ; A. Hamilton, Tr. N. Zealand Inst, xxv, 
pp. 98 & 99. F. newtoni , bones figured ; E. Newton & H. Gadow, 
Tr. Zool. Soc. London, xiii, pp. 292 & 293, pl. xxxv, figg. 1-11. 
Family Heliornithidj:. 
On the Osteology, Pterylosis, and Muscular Anatomy of the American 
Fin-foot ( Heliornis surinamensis ) ; F. E. Beddard, Ibis, 1893, 
pp. 30-40. 
Notes on the family ; R. B. Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. i, pp. xxxvi 
& xxxvii. 
4 Ileliopais , n. g. ; type, H. personata (Gray) ; R. B. Sharpe, l. c. 
Podica camerunensis, n. sp., Cameroons ; Y. SjOstedt, Ornith. Monber. i, 
pp. 42 & 43. 
Order PODICIPEDIDIFORMES. 
Podiceps nigricollis , figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
pt. xxv. P. griseigena , figured ; id. op. cit. pt. xxvi. P. auritus , 
figured ; id. op. cit. pt. xxvii. 
Podylimbus podiceps^ its nesting habits; A. M. Collette, Tr. Kansas 
Ac. xiii, p. 49. 
Order HESPERORNITHIFORMES. 
^Conforms, n. g. Type C.altus, n. sp. [fossil], Montana; 0. C. Marsh, 
Amer. J. Sci. (3) xlv, pp. 81 & 82. 
