88 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1911] 
Oceans and Antarctic Region. 
North Pacific, the birds collected and 
observed during the cruise of the U.S. 
Fisheries steamer “Albatross” in the 
North Pacific Ocean, and in the Bering, 
Okhotsk, Japan, and Eastern seas in 
1900 ; Clark, 271. 
Atlantic and S. Pacific, wahrend der 
Reise von Hamburg nach Chile und zu- 
riick beobachtete Seevbgel ; Paessler, 
1014. 
Tristan da Cunha, occurrence of a 
Coot ( Fallen sp. ?} ; Sclater, 1262. 
Antarctica, on the birds obtained by 
the Charcot expeditions 1903-5 and 
1908-10 ; Babin, 48 : Gain, 436. 
III.— SYSTEMATIC. 
The arrangement of Sharpe’s “ Handlist 
of birds ” is here used; where generic 
names differ, the name in the Handlist 
is prefixed in square brackets. ' 
Tho distribution of the recent and 
extinct Ratitae, with definitions of the 
groups and keys to all the species, 
Rothschild Verhandl. Y. Intern. Orn.- 
Kongr. 1910 pp. 144, 1000. 
ORDER RHEIFORMES. 
Rhea rothschildi nom. n. for R. ameri- 
cana auct., R. americana Linn, to be sub- 
stituted for R. macrorhyncha Scl. et auct. 
and R. pennata d’Orb. for R. darwini 
Could et auct., Bn a bourne & Chubb 
Ann. Mag. N. H. 8 1911 p. 273.— A. 
darwini, semi-fossil in the north-west 
of the Argentine, Dabbene An. Mus. 
Nat. Buenos Aires 14 p. 304. 
ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES. 
Der Strauss und seine Zucht, Basser- 
mann Breslau 1911 (iv + 40), also 
Berlin 1911 (ix -f- 157), also J. Ornith. 
59 p. 149. 
Struthio, the differences of tho eggs 
of the various species, Mitchell P.Z.S. 
1911 p. 987 ; a special glandular 
apparatus described, Vallillo Milano 
Atti Soc. Ital. sc. nat. 48 p. 318. — S. 
australis, the plumages, Duerden 
Agric. Journ. Union S. Afr. 1 No. 1, 
also Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1910 p. 501. — 
8, massaicus , photographs of nest, 
young and adult in the Kilimanjaro 
district, Sjostedt Kilimandjaro-Meru 
Exped. pt. 3 p. 37 pi. iii. 
■\Psammornis rothschildi gen. et sp. n. 
founded on fragments of eggshell from 
Southern Algeria, Andrews Verhandl. 
V. Intern. Orn.-Kongr. 1910 p. 173. 
ORDER C AS U AR 1 1 FORM ES. 
Dromaius irroralus, on the valvular 
muscle of the heart, Piaz Anat. Anz. 
40 p. 323. 
Casuarius claudii sp. n. Iwaka River, 
Dutch N. Guinea, Ogilvie Grant 
Bull. B. 0. C. 29 p. 25. 
ORDER GALLIFORMES. 
Systematic and experimental re- 
searches on the Guinea-fowls, Ghigi 
B ologna Mem. Acc. sci. 7 p. 331. 
Megapodius , its distribution in the 
islands of the Pacific, Lister P. Z. S. 
1911 p. 749, also Proc. Phil. Soc. Cam- 
bridge 16 p. 148. 
Leipoa ocellata, introduced and estab- 
lished on Kangaroo Island, S. Australia, 
Mellor Emu 11 p. 35. 
Penelope perspicax sp. n. W. 
Columbia, Bangs Proc. Biol. Soc. 24 
p. 187. 
Lagopus scoticus, remarks on an 
abnormally coloured example, Smith 
P. Z. S. 1911 p. 100; On the partial 
summer plumage of the male, Millais 
& Ooilvie Grant Bull. B. O. C. 27 
pp. 55-57 ; Report of the Grouse 
Committee on the life history, anatomy 
and pathology of the bird, Lord Lovat 
& Others London 1911 ; Successfully 
naturalized on moorlands near Spa, 
Belgium, Somerville Ibis 1911 p. 368 ; 
Pneumo-enteritis caused by Coccidia 
in the air passages, FantHam & Smith 
P. Z. S. 1911 p. 46. — L. lagopus ungavus 
subsp. n. Ungava, Riley Proc. Biol. 
Soc. 24 p. 233. — L. mutus, note on 
colour change in feathers without 
moult, Ogilvie-Grant Bull. B. O. C. 
29 p. 41. 
