Ill Avcs. 
SYSTEMATIC. — PstTTACIEORMES — CoRACJITFORMES. 
5831 
Psepliotus multicolor , note on the 
beak of a nestling, Pycraft. Avicult. 
Mag. Brighton 2 5 (270-272). — P. liocma- 
tonotus and P. xanthorrlious, Notes 
on, A. J. Campbell, Emu, 6 (190). 
— P. hoematonotus, Strange disease 
among wild birds, Ashby, Emu, Mel- 
bourne, vi (193, 194). 
Stringops habroptilus , in captivity, 
Seth-Smith, Avicult. Mag. Brighton 2 5 
(234-235). 
ORDER CORACIIFORMES. 
Sub-Order Podargi. 
Podargus, with three young birds in 
a nest, A. J. Campbell, Emu, 6 (137). 
Sub-Order Coraciae. 
Coracias garrula in Sussex, Millais, 
British Birds, 1 (189). — C. caudatus 
suahelicus, subsp. n. Usagara, E. Africa, 
Neumann, J. Ornith. Leipzig, 1907 
(593). — C. olivaceiceps, in N. E. 
Rhodesia, Neave, Manchester Mem. Lit. 
Phil. Soc. 51 No. 10 (30). 
Sub Order Haley ones. 
Alccdo ispida , Sonderbares Beneh- 
men, Jager, Ornith. Monatsclvr. : Gera, 
32, 1907, (255); Nestbau, Farbung der 
Geschlechter, Vorkommen im Gouv. 
Moskau, Poliakov, Psov. i ruzejn. 
ochota, 13, (247) ; Alcedo ispida in 
Tyrvaa Finland, Silfvenius, Helsinfors, 
Medd. Soc. Fauna et FI. Fenn. 31, 1906, 
(6) ; Plocq, Notes on, Paris, Bui. soc. 
zool., 32, (37-40). 
Alcyone azurca in Tasmania, A. L. 
Butler, Emu, 7 (89). 
Dacelo gigas in Tasmania, Fletcher, 
Emu, 7 (119). — D. cervina, notes on, 
Seth-Smith, Avicult. Mag. Brighton 2 5 
(172-174) fig. 
Halcyon sanctns in Tasmania, A. L. 
Butler, Emu, 7 (89). 
Sub-Order Bucerotes. 
Lophoceros neumanni, in N. E. 
Rhodesia, Neave, Manchester, Mem. Lit. 
Phil. vSoc. 51 No. 10 (34). 
Bycanistes cristatus in Gaza Land, 
Swynnerton, Ibis, 1907 (288).— B. leuco- 
pygius, notes on, Dubois, Ornis, London 
14 1907 (519-521). 
Ortholophus cassini, Further Notes 
on, Sharpe, Ibis, 1907 (430, 431). 
Sub Order Upupae. 
Hippolyte-Boussac, P, La Huppe 
dans l’ancienne Egypte. Naturalists, 
Paris, 29 (251-253). 
Upupa epops, at Fair Isle, Clarke, 
Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 1907 
(246) ; im Gouv. Moskau. Poliakov, 
Psov. i ruzejn. ochota, 13 (247). 
Irrisov viridis, young and eggs de- 
scribed, Haagner & Ivy, Pretoria, J. S. 
Afric. Ornith. Union, 1907 (100) pi. iii, 
fig. 8. 
Sub*0rder Meropes. 
Merops apiaster L. in the Netherlands. 
Snouckaert van Schauburg, Helder, 
Tijdschr. Ned. Dierk. Ver., 10 (285- 
302) ; breeding in S. Africa. W. L. 
Sclater, J. S. Afric. Ornith. Union, 
1907 (124). — M. bicolor at Lake Po- 
yang, China, Courtois, Ibis, 1907 
(510). — M. ornatus breeding on the 
Mornington Peninsula in Southern Vic- 
toria, SiiEniERD, Emu 6 (128, 129); 
on the Goulburn River, Cole, Emu 17 
(104); resident at Rockhampton. 
MoIlwraitit, Emu 7 (87). 
Sub -Order Momoti. 
Momotus momota nattereri from the 
Lower Amazon, Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. 
14 (28) ; M. momota momota from 
Obidos, R. Amazon, id. T.c. (36). 
Prionirhynchus platyrliynchus pyr- 
rholaemus from the Rio Madeira, notes 
on the species and its allies, Hellmayr, 
T.c. (403). 
Sub-Order Todi. 
Todus viridis, breeding habits, Atte- 
well, Avicult. Mag. Brighton (2) 5 (339- 
342). 
Sub-Order Caprimulgi. 
Chordeiles virginianus, Nest, Baily, 
Cassinia, No. 5, [1902], (22-23) pi.; 
