90 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1911] 
ORDER COLUMBIFORMES. 
The pigeons of Australia figured: — 
Leucotreron alligator , P til inopus regina, 
P. ewingii, P. superbus, Megaloprepia 
magnifica, M. assimilis, Myristicivora 
spilorrhoa, Lopholaimus antarcticus, 
Columba norfolciensis, Macropygia 
phasianella, Geopelia humeralis, G. 
placida, G. cuneata, Chalcophaps 
chrysochlora, Phaps chalcoptera, P. 
elegans, Histriophaps histrionica, 
Petrophassa albipennis, P. rufipennis, 
Geophaps scripta, G. smithi, Lopho- 
phaps ferruginea , L. plumifera , L. 
leucogaster, Ocyphaps lopholis, Leuco- 
sarcia mclanolenca, Mathews Birds 
Australia 1 pts. 2-3 pis. xx-xlv. 
Vinago calva, nesting habits in 
Cameroon, Bates Ibis 1911 p. 486. — 
V. orientalis sp. n. Boror, Cunning 
& Roberts Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 p. 109. 
[Sylphitreron] Plilopus gestroi and P. 
zonurus, remarks on plumage, Ogilvie- 
Grant Bull. B. O. C. 27 p. 84. 
Myristicivora spilorrhoa, migrations 
and nesting habits on a North Queens- 
land Island, Banfield My tropic Isle 
London 8vo p. 212. 
[Hemiphaga] Carpophaga novae-zea- 
landiae, field notes, M’Lean Emu 11 
p. 5. 
Columba leuconota, figured Avith avi- 
cultural notes, Newman Avicult. Mag. 
2 pp. 173 204. — C. palumbus, contents 
of crop, PetHYbridge Irish Nat. 20 
p. 54. — C. albinucha sp. n. Ft. Beni, 
near Lake Albert EdAvard, Sassi 
Ornith. Monatsb. 19 p. 68. — C. stalkeri 
sp. n. Ceram, Ogilvie-Grant Bull. 
B. O. C. 27 p. 104. 
Ectopistes migratorius, old records, 
Mack ay Auk 28 p. 261 ; Wright t.c. 
pp. 346 427 ; records from IoAva, 
Allbee Auk 28 p. 261 ; in Missouri, 
t.c. p. 259 ; in Pennsylvania, Dillin 
Cassinia 14 p. 33 ; in Maine, Mead 
J. Maine Ornith. Soc. 12 p. 1 ; Peter 
Kalm’s observations, Auk 28 p. 53 ; 
Thoreau’s notes, t.c. p. Ill ; a further 
search for, Hodge Auk 28 p. 49 ; only 
one bird left, Deane t.c . p. 262 ; an 
example killed in France in 1840, 
Bureau Bui. soc. acclim. 58 p. 353. 
Zenaidura macroura marginella 
(Woodhouse) is the name for the 
pallid western form of the mourning 
dove, Mearns Auk 28 p. 489. 
Melopelia asiatica trudeaui (Audu- 
bon) is the correct name for the white- 
winged dove of the United States, 
Mearns Auk 28 p. 489. 
[ Streptopelia ] Turtur semitorquatus, 
on the note, Schuster Ornith. Monatsb. 
19 p. 193. 
llcnico phaps foersteri, figured from 
the type from New Britain, Hartert 
Nov. Zool. 18 p. 168 pi. i. 
Columbina, type species is G. griseola 
Spix, Allen Science N.Y. 33 p. 336. 
ORDER R ALL! FORMES. 
The Ralline birds of Australia figured: — 
Rallus pectoralis, Eulabornis australis, 
E. castaneoventris, E. robinsoni, Crex 
crex, Porzana fluminea, P. palustris, 
P. immaculata, P. leucophrys, Tribonyx 
mortieri, T. ventralis, Gallinula tene - 
brosa, G. ruficrissa, Porphyrio bellus, 
P. neomelanotus, Fulica australis, 
Matheavs Birds Australia 1 pts. 4-5 
pis. xlvi-lxi. 
Rallus crepitans coryi, critical notes 
from Bahamas, Todd Ann. Carnegie 
Mus. 7 p. 412. — R. aquaticus, a peculiar 
type of feather on the head, Bonhote 
Brit. Birds London 5 p. 42, also Bull. 
B. O. C. 27 p. 82 ; on the question of 
its migrations, Forrest Brit. Birds 5 
p. 168. 
Ocydromus brachypterus, the type in 
the Museum of Caen described and the 
species discussed, Brasil Rev. Fr. 
d’Ornith. 2 p. 145. 
Crex pratensis, its decrease of late 
in England, Elliott and others 
Zoologist 15 pp. 74 114 150 238 315. 
Porzana cinerea brevipes, Sulphur Is., 
Bonin Group, p. 21, P. c. ocularis, 
Philippine Isles, p. 22, subspp. n., P. 
tannensis, correct name for Fijian form, 
jngram Bull. B. 0. C. 29 pp. 21-22. 
Sarothrura antonii sp. n. D. Ost-Afr., 
Madarasz Ornith. Monatsb. 19 p. 186. 
Ortygops macmillani sp. n. Kaffa, 
Abyssinia, Bannerman Bull. B. O. C. 
29 p. 38. 
Gallinula galeata, nesting at Branch- 
port N.Y., Burtcii Auk 28 p. 108. — 
G. galeata cerceris subsp. n. St. Lucia, 
West Indies, Bangs Proe. N. Engl. 
Zool. Cl. 4 p. 81. 
