34 Aves. 
III. AYES. 
Family Strigid^e. 
Stria sancti albani , n. sp. (fossil), Miocene of France j R. Lydekker, 
P. Zool. Soc. London, 1893, p. 518, pi. xli, figs. 1-4. S. suazieri, n. sp. 
(fossil), Mauritius ; E. Newton & H. Gadow, Tr.Zool. Soc. London, 
xiii, pp. 286-288, pi. xxxiii, figg. 11 & 18. 
Order CORACIIFORMES. 
A monograph of the Coraciidce . or family of the Rollers ; H. E. Dresser. 
Farnborough, Kent: 1893, folio, xx & 112 pp., pis. i-xxvii. The 
following species are figured i—Coracias abyssinicus , C. lorti , C. cau- 
datus , C. spatula tus, C. iveigalli, C. garrulus , C. indicus, C. ajftnis, G. 
ncevius , G. mosambicus , C. cyanogaster , G. temmincki , Eurystomus 
glaucurus , E. afer , E. gularis, E. orientalis , E. paeificus, E. Salomon - 
ews/s, 22. azureus ) Brachypteracias leptosomus, B. squamiger , Atelornis 
pittoidesj Leptosomus discolor , L. gracilis. 
Suborder HALCYONES. 
Halcyon fortis , n. sp., Senegal ; A. Reiciienow, Ornith. Monber. i, 
pp. 201 & 202. II. sorduluSf account of nesting habits ; A. J. North, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2) vii, p. 395. 
Suborder CAPRIMULGI. 
Caprimidyus ruficollia , figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
pt. xxiv. 0. nigriscapularis , n. sp., Central Africa (Sconga) ; A. 
Reiciienow, Ornith. Monber. i, p. 31. 
Suborder CYPSELI. 
See Salvin, 0., & Godman, F. D. ; and also Shufeldt, R. W. 
Swifts and Humming-birds ; F. A. Lucas, Ibis, 1893, pp. 365-371. 
>.Belornis } nom. emend, pro. Tachyornis , M.-E. ( nec Gosse) ; A. Milne- 
Edwards, Bull. B. O. C. i, p. lii. 
Chcetura lawrencei , n. sp., Grenada, West Indies ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Mus. xvi, pp. 43 & 44. 
Cypseloides cherriei, n. sp., Costa Rica ; id. t. c. 
Panyptila cayanensis (Gm.), its nest ; C. W. Richmond, Auk, x, pp. 84 
& 85. 
Order TROCHILI. 
See Shufeldt, R. W. 
The genera of Humming-birds ; A. Boucard, Humming Bird, pp. 32 & 
55-106. The following new species are described : — Metallura peru- 
viana . , Peru, p. 6 ; Lesbia cequatorialis , Ecuador, p. 95 ; Oreotrochilus 
