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XVII. Aves. 
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Gatheturua lathami, account of a nest 
and its opening in Woburn Park, Engl., 
Loisel, Bull. soc. acclirn. 59 p. 745. — 
Alectura lathami robinsoni subsp. n. 
Mid. Queensl., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 
p. 177. 
Penelope columbiana sp. u. Colum- 
bia, Todd Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8 p. 213. 
Ghamaepetea sanctae-marthae sp. n. 
Western Columbia, Chapman, Bull. 
Amer. Mus. N.H. 31 p. 141. 
Lagopus lagopua, in Halbinsel Yamal 
(Russ.), Vitkov. Ann. mus. zool. 17 p. 
329 Textf. 7 ; field notes in the Alps, 
Morand, Verb. Schweiz. Naff. Ges. 95 
p. 233 ; figured in colour, Grinnell, 
Bird- Lore li p. 376. — L. lagopua brcvi- 
roatria subsp. n. Altai Mts., Hesse, 
Oruith. Monatsber. 20 p. 101. — L. 
rupestris aanfordi subsp. u. Aleutian 
Isles, Bent, Smiths. Misc. Collect. 56 
No. 30 p. 1. 
Lyrurua tetrix, distribution in 
Holland, Beaufort, Ardea 1 p. 50. 
Tetrao urogallua , Balzlautheit, Oppel, 
D. Jagor Munchen 34 p. 401 ; Wurm, 
pp. 461 590; Oppel, pp. 514 631. 
Tympanuchua cupido, report on its 
present condition on Martha’s Vineyard 
Island, Massachusetts, Field, Report 
Mass. Comm. Game for 1907 Boston. 
Bonaaa umbellus togata, distribution 
and habits in Canada, Maonamara, 
Ottawa Nat. 26 1912 p. 101. — B. 
umbellus thayeri subsp. n. Nova Scotia, 
Bangs, Auk 29 p. 378. 
. Tetrogallua himalayenaia, photo- 
graphed at Gilgit, Appleford, Bombay 
J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 p. 1084. 
Gaccabia rufa, tip of first primary 
marked with a light-coloured speck in 
young birds, Noble, Brit. Birds 8 p. 
248. 
Francolinua lathami achubotzi , subsp. 
n.Uelle river, Belgian Congo, Reioiienovv, 
J. Ornith. 60 p. 320. — F. granti, 
recorded from S. Africa, Solater, Ibis 
1912 p. 38. — F. caataneicollia, F. bottegi 
and F. gofanua, on the distinctness of 
these three species, O.-Grant, Bull. 
B. O. O. 29 p. 116. — F. castnneicolUa, a 
rare species in Italian Somaliland, 
Salyadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa 45 p. 
306. — F. johnatoni, egg figured, G rote, J. 
Oruith. 60 p. 516 pi. 9 fig. 8, 
Perdix perdix, on the breeding and 
eclipse plumages, Ogilvie-Grant, Brit. 
Birds 5 p. 234 4 figs. ; economics and 
food habits, Thaisz, Aquila 19 p. 166, 
CsiKl ibid. p. 202 ; do they shift their 
young, Sword, Stirling Trans. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. 1911-12 p. 67. — P. daurica occi- 
dentalism P. daurica turcomana (Russ.), 
Buturlin, Mess, ornith. 3 p. 63. 
Coturnix coturnix, experiments in 
variation and geographical subspecies, 
Cavazza, Verb, intern. ZoolKongr. Jena 
8 p. 783 ; due speciali forme, Cavazza, 
Riv. ital. Orn. 1 p. 131 1 tav. ; experi- 
mental studies in the geographical 
variation, Cavazza, Archivio zool. ital. 5 
p. 29 5 pis. ; its migrations, Menegaux, 
Rev. Fr. d’Orn. 2 p. 251 ; also Bullotin 
do l’Institut g^n^ral psychologique Paris 
12 92 ; also Rev. sci. Paris 50 (2. 
semest.) p. 394 ; the brown-throated 
variety (? hybrid C. communis x G. 
capenaia) in Northamptonshire, Aplin, 
Zoologist 1912 p. 349. — G. coturnix 
corsicana subsp. n. Corsica, Tsohusi, 
Orn. Jahrb. 23 p. 218. — C. australis 
melvillenais, Melville Is., N. Australia, 
G. a. queenalandicua , N. Queensl. subspp. 
n., Mathews, Austral. Av. Rec. 1 p. 26; 
0. pectoralia praetermissa p. 178 W. 
Australia, G. australis rogerai p. 179 
N.W. Australia, O. a. mungi p. 179 
N.W. Australia, Mathews, Nov. Zool. 
18. 
Excalf actoria chinensis colletti p. 73 
N. Terr. Australia, E. c. cairnsi p. 83 
N. Queensl., subspp. n., Mathews, Aus- 
tral. Av. Rec. 1 ; E. c. victoriae Victoria 
subsp. n., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 p. 
179. 
Ithaginis ltuseri sp. n. Yunan p. 190, 
1. cruentus affmia subsp. n. Sikkim, p. 
191 Beebe, Zoologica 1. — I. wilaoni sp. n. 
Szechwan, China, Thayer & Banos, 
Mom. Amor. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 
Coll. 40. p. 139. 
[Tragopan] Ceriornis aatyra , its dis- 
play, Smith, Avicult. Mag. 3 p. 153 pi. 
[Gennaeua] Ilierophaaia awinhoii, a 
mutation, Giiigi, Riv. ital. Orn. 1 p. 272. 
Pucraaia ruftcollis a distinct species, 
with synonymy, Salvador!, Torino Boll. 
Musei. zool. anat. 27 No. 647. — P. 
joretiana sp. n. Prov. Anhwei, China, 
Courtois, Bull. B. O. C. 31 p. 7. 
Phasianus colchicus crop-contents 
analyzed, Grimsiiaw, Scot. Nat, 1912 
