XVII. Aves. 
50 Aves. 
[1915] 
anatomy and systematic relations, 
Mitchell 563. 
Rhinochetus jubatus, breeding habits 
in captivity, Finokh 245 ; R. kagu, 
anatomy and systematic relations, 
Mitoiiell 563. 
Mesites Geoffr. has priority over 
Mesites Schoenherr ?, Brazil 107. 
ORDER ARDEIFORMES. 
Dicliromatism in Herons, Bangs 52. 
Comatibis eremita, is it the Waldrapp 
of Gessner ? MusyJ)83. 
Harpiprion cayennensis, in the Argen- 
tine, Dabbene 194. 
Pseudotantalus leucocephalus , in 
Malay Peninsula, Robinson 703 p. 88. 
Giconia ciconia, parental relations, 
\ Hess 377. — G. nigra, migration in 
Bessarabia, Biiauner 106. 
Anastomus oscitans, visceral anatomy, 
Mitchell 562. 
Scopus umbretta bannermani, addt. 
description and range, Grant 289 p. 68. 
Ardea melanocepliala, curious nesting 
Hite, Roberts 699.— A. chierea, Swedish 
heronries, ^Erikson 233. — A. herodias 
wavdi and A. uiirdemanni synonyms of 
A. h. occidentalis, Bangs 52. 
Mesophoyx intermedia territori subsp. 
n. N. Terr., Australia, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Rec. 2 p. 126. 
[Notophoyx] Tonoplioyx aruensis 
normani subsp. n. Queensland, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 2 p. 126. 
[Garzettd] Egretta garzetta immacu- 
lata, in Victoria, Mathews 519 p. 134. 
Uydranassa tricolor, new to Cali- 
fornia, Huey 408. 
Nycticorax naevius , field notes in 
Massachusetts, Bailey 39. — N. caledoni- 
cus, field notes Hanscombe 322. 
[Bubidcus'] Ardeola ibis in Somerset, 
Lewis 472. 
[Ardetta] Ixobrychus minutus victoria 
subsp. n. Victoria, Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 3 1915 p. 24. — I. neoxenus, a 
synonym of I. exilis, Bangs 52. 
| Botauroides gen. n. for type B. par- 
vus sp. n„ eocene of Wyoming, U.S.A., 
Shufeldt Trans. Conn. Acad. 19 p. 33. 
Eoceornis gen. n. for type E. ardetta 
sp. n., eocene beds of Wyoming, U.S.A., 
Shufeldt Trans. Conn. Acad. 19 p. 39 
pi. xiii fig. 102. 
ORDER ANSER1FORMES. 
British breeding ducks, Meares 537. 
Moult of British ducks, Jackson 416. 
Food of wild ducks in N. America, 
MoAtee 501. 
The following Australian species 
figured : — Anas superciliosa rogersi pi. 
210, Virago castanea pis. 211-212, V . 
gibberifrons rogersi pi. 212, Spatula 
clypeata Indiana pi. 213, Malacorhyn- 
chus meinbranaceus pi. 214, Stictonetta 
naevosa pi. 215, Nyroca australis pi. 
216, Erismatura australis pi. 217, 
Biziura l. lobata pi. 218, Mathews 510. 
Cygnus review of the species occurring 
in India with col. plate of bills, Baker 
43. — Olor bucciwitor present status, 
Coale 164. 
Chen hypoborea, G. nivalis and G. 
caerulescens on the standing of these 
forms in Ballinsland, Hesse 379 p. 156. 
Anser segetum scrrirostris, taxonomy 
Hesse 380 p. 353. 
Chloephaga rubidiceps figured from 
life, Astley 27. 
Dendrocygna osteology and systematic 
position Shufeldt 789. — D. discolor in 
the Argentine, Dabbene 194. 
Anas boschas migrations in Sweden, 
Rendaiil 688. — A. platyrhynchos, diving 
habits, Hull 409. — A. superciliosa , 
albino, Poppelwei.l 666. 
Spatida clypeata x Querquedula sp., a 
wild-killed hybrid, Swarth 818. 
[Fuligida'] Nyroca ftdigula, breeding 
in Saxony, Zimmermann 933. 
Histrionicus histrionicus pacifteus, 
subsp. n., Kamchatka, Brooks Bull. 
Mus. Comp. Zool. 59 p. 393. 
Oedemia deglandi dixoni subsp. n. 
Arctic Alaska, Brooks Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool. 59 p. 393 fig. — 0. stejnegeri in 
Sachalin synonymy, etc., discussed, 
Hesse 380 p. 348. 
Somateria mollissima at Inishtrahull, 
Co. Donegal, Patten 629. 
Prionochilus gen. n. brasiliensis sp, 
nov. Paraguay, Bertoni 80 p. 8 [= Mer- 
ganser brasilianus (Vieill.)]. 
