CHARADR11F0RMES PELARGIFORMES. 
Aves 31 
Suborder GLAREOLiE. 
Glarcola grallaria , egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs Austr. B. 
pi, xvi, fig. 9. 
Suborder PARRZE. 
Parra gallinacea , egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs. Austr. B. 
pi. xvi, fig. 8. • 
Suborder CEDICNEMI. 
(Edicnemus grallarius , egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs 
Austr. B. pi. xix, fig. 3. 
Suborder OTIDES. 
Compsotis , nom. emend, pro “ Afrotis , Bp.” ; F. Heine, Nomencl. Mus. 
Hein. p. 325. 
Otis tetrax, in Norfolk ; T. Southwell, Zool. 1890, pp. 462 & 463. 
Order GRUIFORMES. 
Suborder GRUES. 
Grus communis figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. xii, 
G. virgo figured ; id. t. c. G. melitensis , n. sp. [fossil], from Malta ; R. 
Lydekker, P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 408 & 409, pi. xxxvi. 
Suborder PSOPHLE. 
Beddard, F. E. On the Structure of Psophia , and its Relation to other 
Birds. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 329-341. 
Suborder DICHOLOPHI. 
Chunga burmeisteri, the heart figured ; F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1890, 
p. 144, fig. 2. 
Order PELARGIFORMES. 
Suborder ARDEiE. 
^ Siryctes, n. g. (not diagnosed); type, S. cyanocephalus (Mol.); F. 
Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 309. 
^ Hydranassa [already preoccupied in Birds], nom. emend, pro “ Demi- 
egre.Ua , Baird ” ; id. t. c. p. 306. 
J Glaucerodius, nom. emend, pro “ Florida , Baird ” ; id. t. c. p. 307. 
