32 Aves 
III. AYES. 
Columba leuconota , in Ferghana; Stolzmann, Bull. Soe. Moscou, 1897, 
p. 55. 
Megaloprepia magnified , note on the nidification ; North, Rec. Austral. 
Mus. iii, pp. 16 & 17 ; Campbell, Victorian Natural, xiv, p. 5. 
Macropygia kerstingi , n. sp., German New Guinea ; Reichenow, Ornith. 
Monber. v, p. 25. 
Osculatia purpurea , from N. Ecuador ; Hartert, Bull. Ornith. Club, vii, 
p. iv. 
Melopelia leucoptera , in Osceola county, Florida ; Ridgway, Auk, xiv, 
pp. 88 & 89. 
Leptoptila callauchen } L. saturata , n. spp., San Lorenzo ; Salvadori, Boll. 
Mus. Torino, xii, p. 33; L. chlorauchenia, in Bolivia; id. t. c. p. 33. 
Oeopelia cuneata, figured ; Cresswell, Avicult. Mag. iii, pp. 171-174, 
pi. to p. 171. 
Order OPISTHOCOMIFORMES. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column’; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 470. 
Order RALLIFORMES. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 470. 
A list of the species of Paludicolce occurring in the State of Louisiana ; 
Mcilhenny, Auk, xiv, p. 287. 
Crex crex } breeding in confinement ; Bonhote, Zoologist, 1897, p. 35. 
Porzana obscura t n. sp., Masai Land ; Neumann, Ornith. Monber. v, 
p. 191. 
Gallinula [i.e., Porzand\ porzana , its autumn migration ; von Homeyer, 
t. c. p. 4. 
Gallicrex cristatus , in Cutch ; Lister, J. Bombay Soc. xi, p. 321. 
Tribonyx roberti , n. sp. [fossil], Central Madagascar ; Andrews, Ibis, 
1897, pp. 356-358, pi. ix, figg. 4-7. 
Porphyrio cceruleus y figured ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B., pt. xxxv. 
PJuryonotuSy n. g. [fossil], typo E. brachypterus , n. sp. (? Miocene), Pata- 
gonia’ Mercerat, An. Soc. Argent, xliii, pp. 238 & 239. E. argen- 
tinus, n. sp. (? Miocene), Patagonia ; id. t. c. p. 239. 
N 
Order COLYMBIFORMES. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, 
pp. 468 & 469, fig. 2. 
The generic name of the Loons ; Allen, Auk, xiv, p. 312. 
Gavia adamsi , early notice of ; Coues, Auk, xiv, p. 402. 
Colymbus glacialis and 0. arcticus, nesting in Shetland ; Aplin, Zoologist, 
1897, pp. 425 & 426. 
C. arcticus , figured; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B., pt. xxxv. 
Order PODICIPEDIDIFORMES. 
Podicipes : feathers in the stomach; Biedermann, Ornith. Jahrb. viii, 
pp. 6-8. 
Podiceps cristatus , nesting in the valley of the Forth ; Lee, Ann. Scott. 
Nat. Hist. 1897, pp. 161-163. 
JSchmophorus, skull figured ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 293, 
fig. 5. 
