91 Aves. 
Systematic. — Columbiformes — Ralltformes. 
5831 
Porphyrio poliocephalus seistanicus 
subsp. n. Seistan, Persia, Sarudny J. 
Ornifch. 59 p. 240. — P. melanotus, the 
claw of the pollcx in the young figured, 
SetH-Smitii P. Z. S. 1911 p. 985 fig. 200. 
Notornis hochstetteri, note on specimen 
in the Dresden Museum, Meyer 
Zoologist 15 p. 36. 
Fulica sp. in Tristan da Cunha, 
W. Sclater Bull. B. 0. C. 27 p. 94. 
0 R BE R PO I) tCI PE BT FORMES. 
The Grebes of Australia figured : — 
Podiceps novac-hollandiae, P. polio- 
cephalus, P. christiani , Mathews Birds 
Australia 1 pt. 5 pis. lxii-lxiv. 
Some account of the embryology and 
development of the Colymbidae (i.e., 
Podicipedidae), Rosenberg Zs. Wiss. 
Zool. 97 p. 199. 
[ Pr octopus ] Colymbus nigricollis and 
[Dytes] C. auritus, breeding ranges 
separated by the River Niemen, 
Rosenberg Zs. Wiss. Zool. 97 p. 216. 
[Lophaethyid] Podiceps cristatus, 
habits in the Midlands, Aplin Zoologist 
15 p. 9. — P. griseigena major in Iceland 
(Danish), Schioler Ornith. Tids. 5 
p. 147 1 fig. — Colymbus holboelli , in 
Kansas, Evans Auk 28 p. 107. 
f Aechmophorus lucasi sp. n. Pleisto- 
cene beds of Oregon, U.S.A., Miller 
Univ. Cal. Pub. Geol. 6 p. 83. 
ORBER COLYMBIFORMES. 
Colymbus arcticus, photographed on 
the nest, Pike Brit. Birds 5 p. 178. 
0 R, BER S PH ENISCIFO RM ES. 
On the ancestral history and syste- 
matic position of the Penguins (Im- 
pennes), Jacobi Verhandl. V. Intern. 
Orn. Kongr. 1910 p. 216. 
The Penguins of Australia figured : — 
Penguinus chryscome, Eudyptula novac- 
hollandiae, E. iredalei, Mathews Birds 
Australia 1 pt. 5 pis. lxv-lxvii. 
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES. 
\Oceanodroma'] Procellaria leucorrhoa, 
occurs in Norway (Norweg.), Grieg 
Bergen Naturen 35 p. 406. — O. so- 
corroensis and O. melania, in_|Lower 
California, Osburn Condor 13 p. 31. — 
O. monorliis, from Java seas, Oort 
Leiden Notes Mus. Jentink 33 p. 111. 
Puffinus chlororhynchus, taken off 
the coast of Luzon, first record for the 
Philippines, McGregor Philippine J. 
Sei. 6 p. 183. — P. obscurus atlanticus 
subsp. n. Porto Santo, Madeira, 
Rothschild <fc Hartert Bull. B. O. C. 
27 p. 43. — P. intermedins sp. n. Port 
Stephens, N.S. Wales, Hull Emu 11 
p. 98. 
(Estrelata aterrima , in the Gidf of 
Aden, Oort Leiden Notes Mus. Jentink 
33 p. 112. — CE. leucoptera, nest and egg 
described, Hull Emu 10 pp. 252 253. 
— ( E . montana sp. n. lord Howe 
Island, Hull Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 
1910 p. 785 pis. xxiv-xxv. 
Fulmarus glacialis, breeding in co. 
Mayo, first record for Ireland, UssHer 
& Barrington Irish Nat. 20 p. 149. 
Thalassogeron desolationis sp. n. 
Desolation Island, Straits of Magellan, 
Salvadori Torino Boll. Mus. 26 
No. 638. 
ORDER ALCIFORMES. 
f Plautus impennis, record of sales of 
birds and eggs, 1806-1910, Parkin 
Hastings and E. Sussex Nat. 1 (extra 
number) 1911 36 pp. ; on the mounted 
example and egg in the Norwich 
Museum, Gurney Norfolk Trans. Nat. 
Soc. 9 p. 214 2 pis.; an unrecorded 
egg at Dinard, France, Bidwell Ibis 
1911 p. 184. 
Alca torda, invasion in Yorkshire, 
Fortune Naturalist London 1911 p. 20. 
Alle alia an der deutschcn Kiiste, 
Weigold Ornith. Monatschr, Magde- 
burg 36 p. 123 1 Taf. 
Vria troile, an abnormal egg 
described, Bun yard Bull. B. O. C. 27 
p. 48. 
[Cepphus] Uria gryllc, im Gouv. 
Pleskau (Russ.), Sarudny Mess, ornith. 
Moskva 2 p. 21. 
Synthliborhamphus antiquus Sachalin, 
Merkmale (Russ.), Buturlin Nasa 
ochota 5 16 p. 7. 
Simorhynchus cristatellus , bei Sacha- 
lin, Merkmale (Russ.), Buturlin Nasa 
ochota 5 16 p. 8. 
