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ORDER CH AR ADRIIFO RMES. 
Corrections in the synonymy of the 
24th yoI. of the Catalogue of Birds of 
the Bt. Museum, Hartert 347. 
Distribution, taxonomy and anatomy 
of the Chionididae, Lowe 493. 
Arenaria melanocephala, alleged occur- 
rence in India doubtful, Hartert 350. 
Oxyechus vociferus, field notes in 
Quebec, Brown 109. 
Aegialites peroni, recorded from Siam, 
Gyldenstolpe 317 p. 144. — Chara- 
drius minor, nesting and growth, Per- 
3 atcov 627. 
Rccuroirostra avosetta, protection and 
economics with photograph, Lindner, 
487 ; wintering in Holland, van Oordt 
587. 
Numenius tenuirostris, nest and eggs 
in Siberia, Ushakov 868 N. borealis, 
distribution habits, recent records and 
approaching extinction, Swenk 821. 
[Symphemia] Catroptrophorus semt~ 
palmatus, on migration off Newfound- 
land banks, Grinnell 303 ; breeding 
on Grand Cayman, S. — English 726. 
Totanus fuscus, field notes, Hagen 
322. — T. stagnatdis, in the Philippines, 
McGregor 503 p. 274. — Tringa melano- 
lenca, in Sussex, Ford-Lindsay 266. 
[Heteractitis] Tringa incana brevipes 
in Sussex, new to the British list, 
WlTHERBY & OTHERS 923 p. 205. 
Heteroscelus incanus porteri nom. n. 
Queensl., Mathews Bull. B. O.C. 36 
p. 82. 
[Tringoides] Actitis hypoleucos, nest- 
ing habits, S6erbina 732. 
Rhyacophila glareola picturata nom. 
u. N.W. Australia, Mathews Bull. 
B.O.C. 36 p. 82. 
Bartraniia longtcauda , taken in Co. 
Leitrim, Ireland, MoWilliam 506. 
Calidris arenaria on a reputed egg, 
JfoURDAIN 438. 
[Limonites] Erolia minutilla sub - 
tninuta is the correct name for the 
“ Long-toed Stint,” Hartert 344. — E. 
temminckii, breeding habits, Haviland 
359. 
[Heteropygia] Limnocinclus acumi- 
nalus rufesccns nom. n. N.W. Aus- 
tralia, Mathews Bull. B.O.C. 36 p. 82. 
— Erolia bairdi, probably recorded from 
South-west Africa in error, Hartert 
343. 
[Oallinago] Scolopax gallinago, win- 
tering in Germany, SonusTER 749. 
Scolopax rusticola, migrations in 
Sweden, RendAhl 670 ; field-notes in 
Esthonia, Engelhardt-Seiilen 247 ; 
voice, Soerbina 731. — S. rusticola mira 
subsp. n. Loochoo Is., Hartert Bull. 
B.O.C. 36 p. 64. — S. saturata and S. s . 
rosenbergi are distinct forms, Roth- 
schild 702. 
Hydralaclor v. Irediparra disoussed, 
Mathews 519 p. 305 ; O.-Grant 583 
p. 313. 
Cursorius gallicus kordofanensis 
subsp. n. Kordofan, Wettstein Anz. 
Ak. Wien 53 p. 131. 
Glareola, notes on the genus p. 89 
G. pratincola limbata, G. p. fulleborni 
and G. maldivarum , recognised forms 
Hartert 242. 
Dromas ardeola, taxonomy, life his- 
tory and anatomy, Lowe 493. 
[Oedicnemus] Burhinus oedicnemus 
astutus subsp, n. Fao, Persian Gulf, Har- 
tert Nov. Zool. 23 p. 93. 
Otis tetrax, nesting in captivity, St. 
Quentin 713 ; wing structure, moult, 
O. t. orientalis subsp. n. South Russia, 
Hartert Nov. Zool. 23 p. 339. 
ORDER GRUIFORMES. 
Aramus, its systematic position dis- 
cussed, Shufeldt 768. 
Rhynochetos jubatus, structure of 
nostrils, Reichenow 663. 
ORDER ARDEIFORMES. 
Thaumatibis gigantea in Siam, with 
figure, Williamson 917. 
/ Plegadis falcinellus in Saxony, Hildk- 
brandt 395. — P. f. rogersi subsp. n. 
N.W. Australia, Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 3 p. 66. 
Platalea minor in the Philippines, 
McGregor 503 p. 271. 
Ciconia ciconia in Thuringia, Timpel 
841 ; spring migration in Russia, 
Browner, 110; C. alba, wintering in 
northern Persia, Schelkovnikov 735. 
■ Anastomus lamelligerus, habits in 
Uganda, Somebbn 785 p. 206. 
