101 Aves. 
Systematic. — Procellariiformes — Lariformes. 
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medea caula, description of a S. African 
example, Haagner J. S. Afric. Ornith. 
Union 5 p. 87. 
ORDER ALCIFORMES. 
Plautus impennis, sale of an egg, 
Howarth Mus. Journ. 8 p. 293. 
TJria lomvia, occurrence in the Firth 
of Forth, Scotland, Clarke Ann. Scot. 
Nat. Hist. 1909 p. 76. 
[ Micruria ] Brachyramphus hypoleu- 
cus, nesting on Los Coronados Islands, 
Lower California, Lamb Condor 11 
p. 8. 
ORDER LARIFORMES. 
[Hydroprogne] Sterna tschegrava, auf 
der Insel Sylt, Hennicke Ornith. 
Monatschr. 34 p. 198 2 Taf. 
Sterna, number of eggs laid by Terns, 
Gilroy Brit. Birds London 3 pp. 129, 
222 ; Bunyard t.c. pp. 198, 223. — 
S. fluviatilis, nesting on the Holyhead 
skerries, Noble Brit. Birds London 
3 p. 90. — S. fluviatilis & S. cantiaca, 
notes on breeding, Robinson Brit. 
Birds London 3 p. 169. — S. fluviatilis 
und S. macrura, die Eicr, Goebel Zs. 
Oologio Berlin 18 pp. 138-144 19 pp. 2S- 
24 ; Hauptbrutplatzc in Norddeutsch- 
land, Domeier Zb. Oologio 18 p. 164 ; 
Reuter Zs. Oologio 19 pp. 9-10. — 
S. fuliginosa, occurrence near Bar- 
mouth, Rawlings Zoologist 13 1909 
p. 438. — S. minuta, the colony at Spurn 
Point, Yorkshire, Grabkam Brit. Birds 
2 1909 p. 317 pi. 7. 
Gygis Candida, nesting habits on 
Cocos-keeling Atoll with photographs, 
Jones Proc. Zool. Soc. 1909 p. 137. 
Xema sabinii, first recorded British 
adult male, Montagu Bull. Brit. Or- 
nith. Cl. 23 p. 103. 
Larus minutus, occurrence in Co. 
Meath, Barrington, Irish Nat. 18 1909 
pp. 99 183. — L. ridibundus, the sup- 
posed “colour-change” and spring 
moult, Bahr Brit. Birds 3 1909 p. 106 ; 
gullerios in Lincolnshire, Blatkwayt 
Zoologist 13 1909 pp. 138-144 ; ueber 
die Resultate, welclie von der Vogel- 
warto Rossitten, bishcr erziclt wurden, 
Thienemann Konigsberg Schr. physik. 
Ges. 49 p. 402 ; the guJs on the Lake 
of Geneva and their census, Forel 
Arch. Sci. Phys. Gen&ve 24 p. 611 et 
Lausanne Bui. Soc. Sci. Nat. 41 pp. 17- 
21 ; migrating to Copenhagen in 
winter, Helms Kobenhavn Ornith. 
Tids. 3 p. 141. — L. heermanni, nesting 
off Jalisco State, Mexico, Osburn 
Condor 11 p. 161. — L. marinus, para- 
sitic habits, Blackwood & Brock 
Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1909 p. 117. — 
L. audouini, note on eggs and nesting 
place, Jourdain Bull. Brit. Ornith. Cl. 
25 p. 39 also Ornith. Jahrb. 20 pp. ISO- 
MS ; new nesting colony in Corsica, 
Jourdain & Read Bull. Brit. Ornith. 
Cl. 25 p. 23. — L. canus, Brutvogel der 
sudlichen Nordseeinseln, Leege Or- 
nith. Monatschr. 34 p. 69. 
Pagophila eburnea, in the arctic 
regions, Haag Zs. Oologie 18 pp. 137 
163. 
ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES. 
Strepsilas interpres, habits in cap- 
tivity, Smith Avicult. Mag. 1 1909 
p. 68. 
Ilaematopus ostralegus, nesting at 
Spurn, Yorks. Grabham Naturalist 
1909 p. 307 2 figs. 
[Defilippid]H cmiparra hybrida sp. n., 
Ost-Afrika, Reiohenow Ornith. 
Monatsber. Berlin 17 p. 42. 
Vanellus vanellus, habits in Dumfries- 
shire, Hunter Dumfries Trans. Nat. 
Hist. Soc. 20 1909 p. 185; V. cris - 
tatus, Normentafel zur Entwicklungs- 
geschichte, Grosser & Tandler pp. 
vi + 58 3 Taf. Jena 1909 ; V. vul- 
garis, occurrence in Tirhut, Inglis 
Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 p. 262 ; 
amputation of toes by means of wool, 
Elton Brit. Birds 2 1909 p. 281. 
Charadrius dominicus, in Ohio in 
Rutumn, Henninger Auk 26 p. 77. 
[Ochthodromus] Charadrius bicinctus , 
instance of extraordinary sagacity in 
defence of her nest, Fulton Ibis 1909 
p. 384. 
Budromias morinellus, occurrenco 
near Oldham, Stubbs Lancs. Nat. 2 
p. 76. 
Oxyechus vociferus rubidus nom. n. 
for Charadrius torquatus Lipn6 1766, 
not torquatus Pontoppidan 1763, Riley 
Washington Proc. Biol. Soc. 22 p. 88. 
