54 Aves. 
XVJI. Aves. 
[1916] 
[Ossifraga] Mqcronectes giganteus 
dovei subsp. n. N.S. Wales, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 54. 
Halobaena caerulea victoriae subsp. n. 
Victoria, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 3 
p. 54. 
[Pn'on] Pseudoprion iurtur nova 
subsp. n. N.S. Wales, Mathews Austr. 
Av. lteo. 3 p. 55. 
Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis 
subsp. n. Chatham Is. p. 65, P. georgica 
sp. n. S. Georgia p. 66, Murphy & 
Harper Bull. Amer. Mus. 35. 
Diomedea immutabilis , breeding and 
other habits on Laysan I., Dill 224. 
[Thalassogevon] Diomedella cauta 
rohui subsp. n. N.S. Wales, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 55. — T. chrysos- 
toma alexanderi subsp. n. W. Australia, 
Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 55. 
f Qigantornis eaglesomei gen. et sp. n. 
eocene of Southern Nigeria, Andrews 
P.Z.S. 1916 p. 523. 
ORDER ALCIFORMES. 
Uria t. troille, type locality is 
Sweden, Cooke 185. — U. lomvia on 
the coast of West Prussia, Dobbrick 
228. 
[Micruria] Brachyrqmphus craverii, 
type locality is Isla Raza, Gulf of Cali- 
fornia, Cooke 183. 
[Simorhynchus] Aethia is the correct 
generic name for the Auklets, Hartert 
355. 
Lunda cirrhata, general account with 
plate, Didier 223. 
Fratercula arctica, field notes and 
economics in Norway, Patursson 608. 
ORDER LARIFORMES. 
Corrections of errors in the 25th vol. 
of the Catalogue of Birds, Hartert 
352. 
Gulls of the New South Wales coasts, 
Hull 414. 
Gulls at San Francisco, Mailliard 
509. 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera belli subsp. n. 
Lord Howe I., Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 3 p. 55. — H. 1. grisea, validity of 
subspecies questioned, Thayer & 
Banos 831 p. 44. 
Sterna melanogaster, seasonal plumage 
variation, Whistler 892 p. 109. — S. 
Inrun do, field notes in Massachusetts, 
Cahn 137 ; nesting and growth, 
Persakov 627 ; colour patterns of 
nestlings, Ingram 418. — S. repressa 
nom. n. for S. qlbigena ,auct. the 
Arabian See-Tern, Hartert 349. — S. 
dougalli, field notes in Massashusetts, 
Cahn 137. — S. dougallii bangsi is the 
form in N. Caledonia, Brasil 101 
p. 197. — Thalasseus bengalensis robini 
subsp. n. Queensland, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Rec. 3 p. 55. — S. bergii and S. 
anaestheta breeding in Siam, William- 
son 916. — Onychoprion fuscatus ker- 
madeci subsp. n. Kermadeo I., Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 3. p. 55. — Sternula nereis, 
eggs and young photographed, Barrett 
46. — S. minuta , colour patterns of nest- 
lings, Ingram 418 ; nesting and 
growth, Persakov 627. — Sterna antil- 
larum, nesting on Grand Cayman, 
S. -English 726. — S. a. browni subsp. n. 
S. California, Mearns Proc. Biol. Soc. 
Washington 29 p. 71. — S. melanauchen, 
breeding in Siam, Williamson 916. 
Procelsterna cerulea kermadeci subsp. 
n. Kermadec I., Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 3 p. 55. 
Anous stolidus, photographed on 
Houtman’s Abrolhos Is., W- Australia, 
CONIGRAVE 181 pis.,, XV Xvi. 
[ Micranous ] Megalopterus minutus 
kermadeci subsp, n. Kermadeo I., 
Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 55. 
Larus atricilla atricilla and L. a. 
megalopterus on the distinctness of 
these two races, Noble 575 p. 367. — 
L. cirrhocephalus, nesting habits, 
Someren 785 p. 194. — L. ridibundus, 
change in habits, Coward 190. — L. f. 
fuscus in Fife, Baxter & Rintoul 50. 
— L. argentatus, field notes from Canada, 
Dunlop 236. — L. californicus on Gt. 
Salt Lake, Utah, Palmer 597. — L. 
glaucus in Calvados, France, Brasil 102. 
Gabianus p. pacificus, dropping 
Turbo-shells to extract contents for 
food, S. White 904 p. 76. — G. p . 
kingi subsp. n. Queensland, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 56. 
Stercorarius longicaudus in Indiana, 
first record, Stoddard 798. — S . para- 
siticus taken in S. Australian waters. 
White 902. 
