38 Aves 
III. AVES. 
Cerchneis fieldi , n. sp., Somaliland ; Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., Ornith. i, 
No. 2, p. 58. 
Tinnunculus tinnunculus , plumage of the female; Aplin, Natural. J. vi, 
No. 56, pp. 35 & 36, cum fig. 
Pandion halia'etus , in Inverness-shire; Buckley, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 
1897, p. 43. 
Polioa'etus ichthya'etus> notes on ; head figured ; Madarasz, Termes. Fuzetek, 
xx, pp. 327 & 328, Tab. vii, fig. 1. 
Order STRIGIFORMES. 
Owls and their longevity; Grabham, Naturalist, 1897, pp. 129-132. 
See Salvin, O. & Godman, F. D. (459). 
Bubo ascalaphus barbarus , B. ascalaphus desertorum , n. subspp., Tunis; 
Erlanger, Ornith. Monber. v, p. 192. B. bubo , in the Sudeten 
Mountains; Rzehajc, t. c. pp. 43 & 44. B. virginianus pallescens , 
n. subsp., Texas ; Stone, Amer. Natural, xxxi, p. 236. 
Scops ingens , n. sp., Ecuador; Salvin, Bull. Ornith. Club, vi, p. xxxvii. 
S. sanctw-catarince, n. sp., Santa Catarina, Brazil; id. t. c. pp. xxxvii 
& xxxviii. S. roraimce , n. sp., Roraima, British Guiana; id. t. c. 
p. xxxviii. S. trichopsis , figured; Salvin & Godman, Biol. Centr. 
Amer. Aves , iii, pt. cxxxviii, pi. 62. 
Pisorhina alfredi , n. sp., South Flores; Hartert, Nov. Zool. iv, pp. 527 
& 528. 
Megascops asio ; Chadbourne, Auk, xiv, pp. 33-39, pi. i. 
M. marmoratus , n. sp., Mexico; Nelson, Auk, xiv, p. 49. 
JVinox everetti, n. sp., Siassi I., Sulu Archipelago; Sharpe, Bull. Ornith. 
Club, vi, p. xlvii. 
Athene noctua } in Yorkshire; Backhouse, Naturalist, 1897, p. 76. 
Glaucidium cuculoides and G. brodiei , nesting ; Stuart Baker, J. Bombay 
Soc. xi, pp. 227-232. 
Nyctea scandiaca } in Sutherland; Buckley, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1897, 
p. 43. JY. nivea , fossil, in Italy; Regalia, Avicula, i, pp. 30 & 31. 
Syrnium nigricantius , n. sp., Mpapwa, Central East Africa; Sharpe, 
Bull. Ornith. Club, vi, p. xlvii. S. fulvescens , figured; Salvin & 
Godman, Biol. Centr. Amer. Aves , iii, pt. cxxxviii, pi. 61. S. uralense , 
notes on; Czynk, Aquila, iv, pp. 150-155. 
Strix Jlammea sumba'ensis, n. sp., Island of Sumba; IIartert, Nov. Zool. 
iv, p. 270. S. pratincola, notes on, in Eastern Pennsylvania; Reed, 
Auk, xiv, pp. 374-383. 
Order CORACIIFORMES. 
Sub-order Podargi. 
Hartert, Das Tierreich, Liefer, i, pp. 1-13. 
Podargus phalcenoides ) eggs described; Le Souef, Ibis, 1897, p. 393. 
Batrachostomus hodgsoni , nest and eggs ; Stuart Baker, J. Bombay Soc. 
x, pp. 553-555. 
Sub-order Coracia:. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 471. 
Sub-order Meropes. 
Intercentra in the vertebral column; Beddard, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1897, p. 471. 
