MENUR®, PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 43 
Order MENURiE. 
Menura. The species described ; R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
xiii, pp. 661-663. 
Menura victories , egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs Austr. B. 
pi. x, figs. 1 & 2. M. albertiy M. superba ; id. t. c. pi. x, figs. 3 & 4. 
Order PASSERIFORMES. 
PASSERES. 
The diagnostic characters for the ordor are tho ZGgithognathous palate 
and the freedom of the hind plantar from the front plantars ; H. See- 
boiim, Ibis, 1890, p. 33. 
Section A. OSC1NES. 
Fam. Corvid jc. 
Shufeldt, R. W. The Myology of the Raven ( Corvus corax sinuatus). 
1890, 8vo, pp. i-xix & 1-343. 
The Raven has been selected as an example for demonstrating the 
muscular anatomy of Birds. The book is profusely illustrated. 
Corvus tingitanus , eggs figured ; A. Kcenig, J. f. O. 1890, taf. viii, fig. 10. 
C. coronoides, egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs Austr. B. pi. vii, 
fig. 8. 
Corone australis , egg figured ; id. t. c. pi. vii, fig. 7. 
Corvus samarensis , n. sp., Samar ; J. B. Steere, List Birds and Mamm. 
Philipp, p. 23. 
Nucifraga caryocatoctes } migration ; J. Cordeaux, Zool. 1890, pp. 432 
& 433 : breeding in the Hartz Mountains ; L. W. Wiglesworth, t. c. 
p. 388. 
Picicorvus columbianus , breeding in Colorado ; C. E. Bendire, Auk, 
1890, p. 92. 
Strepera cuneicaudata , egg figured ; A. J. North, Nests and Eggs 
Austr. B. pi. vii, fig. 1. 8. fuliginosa\ id. t. c. pi. vii, fig. 2. 
Pica caudata figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. xii. 
Garrulus glandarius , skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Yogel- 
skel. pts. xiv & xv, pi. cxlvi. 
Cyanocitta stelleri littoralis , not distinct from C. stellexi ; F. M« Chap-- 
man, Auk, 1890, p. 91. 
Aphelocoma [ californica ] hypoleuca , nest and eggs ; W, E. Bryant, 
Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. (2) ii, p. 24. A. californica obscura, n. subsp., San 
Pedro Mts., Lovrer California ; A. W. Anthony, PP- 75 & 76. 
Fregilus graculus ) habits ; A. H. Malan, J. R. Inst. Cornwall, x, 
pp. 97-108. 
Podoces panderi, nests and habits ; N. Zarudnoi, Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 
1 889, No. 3, pp. 455-465 : two nests figured ; id. t. c. taf. v. 
