56 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1016] 
Ardea cinerea, in the Philippines, 
McGregor 503 p. 273. 
Notophoyx flavirostris, first description 
of eggs, White 897. 
[Oarzelta] Egretta garzetta kempi 
subsp. n. Queensland, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Reo. 3 p. 56. 
[ Demiegretta ] Hemigarzetta eulophotes 
in Ussuriland, Buturlin 130. 
Butorides virescens maculatas is the 
Green Heron of Guadeloupe, not B. v. 
cubanus, Noble 575. 
[Bubulcus] Ardea bubulcus, nesting 
habits in Transcaucasia, Smirnov 778. 
Ardetta minuta, field notes, Burdet 
114. 
ORDER PH CENICOPTERIFORMES. 
Phoenicopterus, osteology, Virchow 
876.— P. roseus, on Lake Urmia, in 
Persia, Schelkovnikov 737. 
ORDER ANSERIFORMES. 
Courtship habits of American ducks, 
Townsend 855. 
Field -notes on South American 
Waterfowl, Blaauw 82. 
Gygnus, male activities at the breed- 
ing season, Eckardt 237. — G. musicus, 
breeding on Oesel I., Sohweder 751, — 
G. olor, near Glasgow, Rennie 672. — 
jC. equitum sp. n. Malta pleistocene de- 
posits, Bate P.Z.S. 1916 p. 427. 
[Neitopus] Cheniscus coromandelianus 
tnackayi subsp. n. Queensland, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 66. 
[Lampronessa] Aix sponsa, female in 
male plumage, Finn 259. 
| Palaeochenoides mioceanus gen. et 
sp. n. Miocene beds of S. Carolina, 
Shufeldt Geol. Mag. 1916 p. 343. 
Anser erythropus, migration routes 
in Finland, Merikallio 529. — Melano- 
nyx brachyrhynchus in gouv. Nov- 
gorod, first record for Russia, Bianchi 
72. 
Philacte canagica, breeding in cap- 
tivity, Blaauw 80 81. 
Branta canadensis , migrating habits, 
Phillips 630. — Bufibrenta ruficollis, in 
Gouv. Taurien (Russ.), Pa<5oskij, 
596. 
Chldephaga hybrida malvinarum subsp. 
n. Falkland Islands, Phillips Auk 
33, p. 423. 
Chenoneila julata alexanderi subsp. 
n. N.W. Australia, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Rec. 3 p. 56. 
Dendrocycna arborea, resident in 
Grand Cayman, S. — English 726. 
Tadorna tadorna , note at pairing time, 
Hammlino, 327. 
Casarca rutila, nesting habits in 
Transcaucasia, Stancinskij 790. — G. 
feruginea, in Calvados, Brasil 99. 
Anas fulvigula maculosa and A. /. 
fulvigula, distinctive characters, Phil- 
lips 632. 
Nettion castaneum, sexual plumage dif- 
ferentiation. Blaauw 81. — Virago cas- 
tanea alexanderi subsp. n., S.W. Australia 
Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 56. — 
N. georgecum, history, breeding and 
other habits and taxonomic relations, 
Murphy 562. 
Dafila acuta tzitzihoa (Vieill.), should 
be the correct name for the American 
subspecies if distinct, Tiiayer and 
Bangs 831 p. 45. 
* Spatula rhynchotis dydimus subsp. 
n., S.W. Australia, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Reo. 3 p. 56. 
Marmaronetta angustirostris, breed- 
ing in Baluchistan, Ludlow 499. 
[Aythya] Nyroca ferina x Nyroca 
nyroca, hybrid described, Zarudnij 
935. — Fuhgula baeri, in Ussuri -land, 
and its distinctive characters, Butur- 
lin 132. 
[Fuligula] Nyroca fuligula, status in 
Germany, Tischler 848.. 
Tachyeres cinereus and T. patacho- 
nicus, distinctions discussed, Blaauw 
82 p. 488 pi. xiv. 
Clangula c. clangula, visits the Pri- 
bilof Is., new record for N. America, 
Hanna 330 ; Bucephala c. clangula, 
eclipse plumage. Baxter and Rintoul. 
Oidemta, proposed separation of the 
White-winged Scoters under the general 
name Melanitta , Miller 542. 
Somateria, on the races found in 
eastern North America, Beetz 55. 
Nomonyx dominions, resident in 
Grand Cayman, S. — English 726. 
ORDER PELICANIFORMES. 
Phalacrocorax carbo, two European 
forms distinguished P. c. carbo. and 
