48 Aves 
III. AYES. 
[ 1905 ] 
Order ARDEIFORMES. 
Ibis (?) conditus , n. sp. [fossil]. Pleistocene of Interior of South Australia ; 
I)e Vis, Ann. Queensland Mus. No. 6, pp. 10 & 11, pi. ii, fig. 2 a, b. 
Theristicus olvvaceus and its allies, T. cupreipennis , T. splendidus , T. rarus, 
notes on ; Reichenow, Vog. Africas iii, Nachtrag, pp. 803-805, cum 
figg- 
Comatibis eremita , eggs described ; Rothschild, Bull. B. O. C. xvi, pp. 15 
& 16. 
Plegadis falcinellus , notes on ; Sclater, Knowledge 1905, pp. 48 & 49 : 
in Herefordshire ; Lloyd, Tr. Woolhopa Club 1904, p. 148 : from 
Mindanao ; Mearns, P. Soc. Washington xviii, p. 89. 
Ciconia alba, distribution in the Rhine Provinces during the breeding 
season ; Schuster, Jahrb. nassau. Ver. 58, pp. 191-194 : at North 
Wotton; Pycraft, Knowledge 1905, p. 255: nesting in Bavaria; 
Cenoler, Verb. Urn. Gos. Bayern v, pp. 45-64. 
Dissoura, 4 species recognised, D. neglecta, n. sp., Java, Sumbawa, Lombok, 
Celebes, Philippines ; Finsch, Ornith. Monber. 1904, p. 94 : id. Notes 
Leyden Mus. xxvi, pp. 150-154 (1905). 
Xenorhynchopsis , n. gen. [fossil]. Type, A", tibialis and X. minor, n. spp. 
Pleistocene of Interior of South Australia ; De Vis, Ann. Queensland 
Mus. No. 6, pp. 9 & 10, pi. i, figg. 6 a, b, c, pi. ii, figg. a, b. 
Xenoi'hynchus nanus, n. sp. [fossil]. Pleistocene of Interior of South 
Australia ; id. t. c. p. 9. 
Mycteria senegalensis, notes on habits ; Butler, Ibis 1905, pp. 379-381, 
cum fig. (Juv.). 
Balceniceps rex, notes on habits ; id. t. c. pp. 373-377. 
Ardea repens, n. sp., Isle of Pines ; Bangs & Zappey, Amer. Natural, 
xxxix, p. 186. 
Herodias timoriensis from Mindanao, Philippine Islands ; Mearns, P. Soc. 
Washington xviii, pp. 89 & 90. 
Florida ccerulea in Connecticut ; McCook, Auk xxii, pp. 76 & 77 : in 
Massachusetts ; Allen, t. c. p. 77 : Horn, t. c. p. 319. 
Nycticorax manillensis, note on ; McGregor, Bureau Govt. Labs. Manila, 
No. 34, pp. 10 & 11 : X. g rise us at Pevensey, Sussex ; Nicoll, 
Zoologist 1905, p. 267. 
Butorides javanica, note on ; McGregor, Bureau Govt. Labs. Manila, 
No. 34, p. 11, pi. viii. 
Ardetta neoxena from Michigan ; Taverner, Auk xxii, pp. 77 & 78. 
Zebrilus pumilus , notes on plumage of sexes ; Hellmayr, Ornis xiii, 
pp. 56-58. 
Nannocnus ijimai, n. sp., Islands between Kiushu and Formosa ; Ogawa, 
Annot. zool. Japon. v, pp. 215 & 216, pi. xi. 
Botaurus stellans in Ireland ; Johnston, Irish Natural, xiv, p. 119 : B. 
stellaris from Luzon ; McGregor, Bureau Govt. Labs. Manila, No. 34, 
p. 29. 
Order PHCENICOPTER1 FORMES. 
Phoenicopterus ruber, notes on the life history ; Chapman, Bull. Amer. 
Mus. xxi, pp. 53-77, text-figg. 1-16 : former status in the Lesser 
Antilles ; Clark, Auk xxii, pp. 318 & 319 : breeding habits ; Chap- 
man, Century Magazine, December 1904 : Pycraft, Knowledge 1905, 
p. 15. 
Order PALAMEDEIFORMES. 
Chauna cristata, breeding in the Zoological Gardens, Sclater, Ibis 1905, 
p. 143. 
