104 Avea. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1900] 
erbeutet, Thienemann Ornith. Monats. 
ber. 17 pp. 24 70 117-118 15C-152 181- 
182 ; Fruhjahrszug in Ungarn, Schenk 
J. Ornith. 57 p. 89 ; Allerlei vom 
Storch, Loeffel 2s. Oologie 19 pp. 12- 
13; aus der Wetterau, Sude Gefied. 
Welt 38 p. 71; Franker der Jungen 
Cerva Aquila 15 pp. 311-312. 
Xenorhynchus asiaticus, breeding 
notes with plate cf young birds 
on nest, Cornwall Emu 8 p. 140 pi. xii. 
Ardea cinerea, preening and powder- 
down habits, Dewar Brit. Birds 2 
p. 285 ; on a heronry near Schotz, 
Canton Lucerne, Switzerland, Fischer- 
Sigwart Verh. Schweiz Naturf. Ges. 
92 1909 pp. 229-232 ; contributions 
to life history, Saxtorph Kobenhavn 
Ornith. Tids.‘ 3 p. 144. 
Herodias alba, in the Malay Penin- 
sula, Robinson J. Fed. Malay Mus. 4 
p. 131 ; im Ussuri-Gebiet, Buturlin, 
Nasa ochota 3 11 p. 85. 
[ Florida ] Ardea coerulea, influx in 
New Jersey, U.S.A., Howe Auk 26 
p. 76 ; Harlow t.c. p. 189 ; in Michi- 
gan, Taverner t.c. p. 83. 
[Leucophoyx] Egretta candidissima > 
occurrence in New Mexico U.S.A., 
Bergtold Auk 26 p. 76 ; E. candidis- 
sima brewsteri subsp. n. Mexico, 
Thayer & Bangs Proc. New Engl. 
Zool. Cl. 4 pp. 39-41. 
Tigrisoma marmorata , egg figured, 
Hartert & Venturi Nov. Zool. 16 
p. 247. 
Ardetta minuta, occurring in Oxford- 
shire, Aplin Zoologist 13 p. 468 ; 
in Orkney, Cowan, Brit. Birds 3 p. 58. 
— A. pulchra Hume, a resident tropical 
race in the Malay Peninsula district 
from A. sinensis, Robinson J. Fed. 
Malay Mus. 4 p. 131. — A. exilis, breed- 
ing in Chester co., Pa. Pearson Auk 
26 p. 426. — A. involucris, egg figured, 
Hartert & Venturi! Nov. Zool. 16 
p. 247. 
ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMES. 
Phoenicopterus , identified on Egyp- 
tian vases, Forbes Nature 82 p. 38. — 
P. roseus, on the Cabul river, N.W. 
Frontier Province, India, Tenison J. 
Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 p. 525. — P. minor, 
occurrence in Cutch, Rao Khengarji 
Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 p. 262. 
ORDER ANSER1FORMES. 
The Indian Ducks and their allies 
by E. C. Stuart Baker ; with 30 plates. 
London and Bombay 292 pp. 1908 8vo. 
The Waterfowl of India and Asia, 
by Frank Finn. Calcutta 1909 8vo. 
The brown stain occasionally seen 
on the feathers of wild ducks, Bales 
Wilson Bull. 21 p. 221. 
Notes on some Australian ducks. 
Hall Emu 9 pp. 77-79. 
Zur Naturgeschichte der Wildganse, 
Madarasz Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. 
Hung. 7 pp. 302-306 Taf. v. 
Gygnus cygnus, its history in Scandi- 
navia, Ekman Fauna och Flora Upp- 
sala 3 p. 292. — C. columbianus, de- 
struction of large numbers at Niagara 
Falls, D’Evelyn Avicult. Mag. T 
p. 92. — C. olor, pugnacity in defence of 
nest, Cottam Lancs. Nat. 2 p. 71. 
Plectropterus gambensis & P. niger r 
their intergradations, Haagner J. S. 
Afric. Ornith. Union 5 p. 88. 
Asarcornis scutulata, in Tenasserim, 
Macdonald Bombay J. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. 19 p. 263. 
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea occurrence 
in Burma, Jardine Bombay J. Nat. 
Hist. Soc. 19 p. 264. 
Nettapus coromandelianus, in Sind, 
Gibson Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 
19 p. 263 ; in the Konkan, Western 
India, Bacon t.c. p. 264. 
Chen hyperborea nivalis, in Gorham, 
Maine, Norton Auk 26 p. 304. — Chen 
sp. ? in Massachusetts, Brewster £uk 
26 p. 188. 
Anser cinereus. Regeneration des, 
Schnabels, Werber & Goldschmidt 
Arch. EntwMech. 28 pp. 661-677 1 Taf.; 
A. domesticus Wirkung des Futtcrs auf 
das Wachstum, Blliajev Pticevodn. 
choz. 11 pp. 242-244. — A. neglectus , 
Farbung des Schnabels, Madarasz. 
Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 7 
pp. 302-306 Taf. v ; Anser sp. 
{neglectus ? ) subfossil in boulder-clay, 
Sweden, Lonnberg Ark. Zool. 6 No. 3 
p. 17. — A. albifrons, on its occurrence 
in Italy, Arrigoni degli Oddi Ibis 
1909 p. 562. — A. brachyrhynchus, in 
Italien, Beaux Ornith. Monatsber. IT 
pp. 53 85 ; Melanonyx brachyrhynchus , 
