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Plotus melanogaster , notes on ; head and feet figured ; Madarasz, Termes. 
Fuzetek, xx, pp. 391 & 392, Tab. ix, figg. a~d. P. nanus [fossil] 
humerus figured; Andrews, Ibis, 1897, pi. ix, fig. 8. 
Fregata , skull figured; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 293, fig. 4. 
F. aquila, in Indiana ; Butler, Auk, xiv, p. 200. 
Dysporus serrator, note on the nesting habits; Buller, Tr. N. Zealand 
Inst, xxix, pp. 198-200. 
Phaethon , notes upon the anatomy ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, pp. 288-294, figg. 1-3. P. jlavo-aurantius , from Christmas 
Island, P. americanus , n. sp., Bermudas, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. 
Ornitli. Club, vii, p. xxiv. 
Order ACCIPITRIFORMES. 
See Salvin, 0. & Godman, F. D. (459). 
Intercentra in the vertebral column ; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 470. 
Circus pygargus , breeding in Ireland; Teesdale, Irish Natural, vi, 
p. 284 [is C. cyaneus ]: C. cineraceus , nesting in Kent; Hammond, 
Zoologist, 1897, p. 363. C. pallidus, breeding near Brunswick ; Blasius, 
J. Ornith. 1897, p. 510. C. macrurus , in Upper Silesia, Kollibay, 
Ornith. Monber. v, p. 180. C. sp. incog., British Now Guinea; De 
Vis, Ibis, 1897, pp. 373 & 374. 
Melierax poliopterus somalicnsis , n. subsp., West Somaliland; Neumann, 
Ornith. Monber. v, p. 192. [= M. poliopterus.'] 
Micrastur rujicollis , young male described ; Salvadori, Boll. Mus. Torino, 
xii, No. 292, p. 29. 
Astur maculosus , n. sp., Victoria ; Coles, Victorian Natural, xiv, pp. 43 & 44. 
Accipiter nisus punicus , n. subsp., Tunis ; Erlanger, Ornith. Monber. v, 
p. 187. A. erythrauchen , young male described; De Vis, Ibis, 1897, 
pp. 372 & 373. A. atricapillus , breeding in Pennsylvania; Stone, 
Auk, xiv, pp. 317 & 318. 
Buteo ferox , in Lowor Austria; Reichenow, Ornith. Monber. v, p. 128. 
B. borealis harlani , in Indiana; Butler, Auk, xiv, p. 200. 
Aquila pomerana , nom. emend, pro A. pomarina, Brehm; Albarda, 
J. Ornith. 1897, p. 171. 
Spizaetus ceylonensis , notes on; Madarasz, Termes. Fuzetek, xx, pp. 323 
& 324, fig. 1. 
Circaetus gallicus, life habits ; Czynk, Aquila, iv, pp. 254-259. 
Spilornis melanotis , head figured ; Madarasz, Termes. Fuzetek, xx, 
Tab. vii, fig. 2. 
Pithecophaga jeferyi, figured ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1897, pi. v, and with 
figg. 1-4 in text. 
Haliaetus leucocephalus alascanus , n. subsp., Alaska; Townsend, P. Soc. 
Washington, xi, pp. 145 & 146. H. albicilla , in Wiltshire; Morries, 
Natural. J. vi, No. 59, p. 73. , 
Milvus korschun desertorum , n. subsp., Tunis; Erlanger, Ornith. Monber. 
v, p. 192. M. migrans, nesting; Arrigoni, Atti Inst. Veneto, lvi, 
pp. 93-106. 
Elanus leucurus , nesting ; Barlow, Auk, xiv, pp. 14-21. 
Microhierax meridionalis , n. sp., Mindanao; Ogilvie-GIiant, Ibis, 1897, 
pp. 220-222. 
Falco gyrfalco and its allies, notes on ; Kleinschmidt, J. Ornith. 1897, 
pp. 514-517. F. saker y in Italy; Martorelli, Avicula, i, pp. 33 & 34; 
Atti Soc. Ital. xxxvi, pp. 199-202. F. communis , male incubating; 
Stewart, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 43. F. cesalo?i, nesting in a 
tree in Midlothian ; Godfrey, t. c. pp. 251 & 252. F. feldeggi , in Italy ; 
Arrigoni, Avicula, i, pp. 157-159: figured; Csorgey, Aquila, iv, taf. i. 
