C H AR ADRI I FORMES — GRUIFORMES. 
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Gallinago australis , obtained at Lord Howe Island; North, Rcc. Austral. 
Mus. v, p. 338: G. major , in Shropshire; Potter, Field* Sept. 9, 1905 ; 
Pycraft, Knowledge 1905, p. 255: in Shetland ; id. t. c. p. 64: G. 
sabinei , in Cambridgeshire; id. t. c. p. 15. 
Scolopax sabinei in Camoridgeshiro Pycraft, Ibis 1905, pp. 289-291. 
Rostratula bengalensis nesting in S. Somali Land ; . Erlanger, J. Ornitli. 
1905, pp. 78 & 79. 
Pkalaropus hyperborcus, in Shropshire; Forrest, Rec. Oaradoc Club xiv, 
p. 36 : P. fulicarius in Dalmatia ; Rossler, Ornitli. Monber. xiii, 
p. 74. 
Hydralector gallinaceus , from Southern Mindanao, Philippine Is. ; Mearns, 
P. Soc. Washington xviii, p. 89. 
Ortyxclus mei.ffreni , habits; A. L. Butler, Ibis 1905, pp. 386 & 387. 
Pluvianus ( vgyptius , breeding habits; Pycraft, Knowledge 1905, p. 229: 
its eggs ; Butler, Ibis 1905, pp. 399 & 400. 
Cursorius gallicus and allies; Erlanger, J. Ornitli. 1905, pp. 57 & 58, 
Taf. 1, C. gallicus littoralis , n. subsp., S. Somali Land; id. t. c. p. 58, 
Taf. 1, fig. 3 : C. somalensis littoralis , n. subsp., S. Somali Land ; 
Erlanger, J. Ornitli. 1905, p. 58, Taf. 1, fig. 3; Reichenow, Vog. 
Afrikas iii, Nachtrag iii, p. 801. 
Rkinoptilus, synopsis of the species, R. africanus sharpei, n. subsp. ; id. t. c. 
pp. 60 & 61 : in Italy; Griffoli, Avicula ix, p. 159: R. bisignatus 
hartingi from Somali Land is distinct from typical R. bisignatus ; 
Oberholser, P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, p. 839. 
Glareola fusca limbata is the form of Pratincole in N. E. Africa and 
W. Africa ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas iii, p. 800. 
(Edicnemus, notes on the African species ; Erlanger, J. Ornith. 1905, 
pp. 68-74 : (E. cedicnemus , near Lahej, S. Arabia ; id. t. c. p. 70 : 
( E \ gidaris, distinct from (E. vertniculatus ; id. t. e. pp. 71 & 72: 
(E. capensis dodsoni , notes on ; id. t. c. pp. 73 & 74 : CE. capensis 
var. n. psammochrous , Togo Land : var. n. damarensis, Damara Land ; 
Reichenow, Yog. Afrikas iii, Nachtr. p. 801. 
Ocyplanus , n. gen. [fossil] type 0. prases, n. sp., Pleistocene of Interior of 
South Australia; De Vis, Ann. Queensland Mus. No. 6, pp. 8 & 9, 
pi. i, fig. 5 b. 
Otis tarda Jcorejewi , n. subsp., Turkestan; Sarudny, Ornith. Monber. xiii, 
pp. 163 & 164: 0. tetrax , near Eisleben ; Kleinschmidt, Ornith. 
Monber. xiii, p. 64 : O. canicollis canicollis figured, Taf. ii, fig. 1 : 
0. c. somalie?isis , n. subsp., N. Somali Land ; Erlanger, J. Ornith. 
1905, p. 82, Taf. ii, fig. 2 = 0. canicollis ; Reichenow, Yog. Afrikas iii, 
Nachtr. i, p. 802 : O. c. erlangeri , n. sp., S. Somali Land to Iringa, 
E. Africa ; id. t. c. : O. macqueeni , note on ; Heath, J. Bombay Soc. xvi, 
pp. 372 & 373. 
Sypheotis benqalcnsis , its winter plumage ; Wall, J. Bombay Soc. xvi, 
pp. 388 & 389. 
Eupodotis arabs in the forest of Marmora, Marocco ; Meade- Waldo, Ibis 
1905, pp. 161-164 : notes on ; Butler, Ibis 1905, pp. 392 & 393. 
Lissotis notophila , n. sp., Natal ; Oberholser, P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, p. 836 : 
L. lovati Grant, is the true L. melanogaster (Rupp.) ; id. t. c. p. 836. 
Order GRUIFORMES. 
Grus nesiotes , n. sp., Isle of Pines; Bangs & Zappey, Amer. Natural, xxxix, 
pp. 193 & 194. 
Antigone sharpei , from Luzon ; McGregor, Bureau Govt. Labs. Manila, 
No. 34, p. 29. 
Rhinochetus jubatus, notes on ; Campbell, Emu iv, pp. 166-168, pi. xii. 
