99 Arcs. 
Systematic — Ralmformes. 
Tribonyx mortieri , field notes in 
Tasmania, Fletcher, Emu 11 p. 250. — 
]\ ventralis whitei p. 194 N. S. Wales, 
T. v. territorii p. 195 N. Terr. Aus- 
tralia, subspp. n., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 
18. 
Monias benschi, figured, witli taxo- 
nomic remarks, Hartert, Nov. Zool. 19 
p. 373 pi. i. 
O'allinula tenebrosa, magnirostris W. 
Australia, O. t. subfrontata N.S. Wales, 
subspp. n., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 
p. 195. 
Porphyrio cacruleus, taken in Dor- 
dogne, France, F^vrier, Rev. Fr. d’Orn. 
2 1912 p. 222; nesting in Algeria, 
Wallis & Pearson Bull. B.O.C. 29 
p. 10C. — P. melanotna woodwardi subsp. 
n. West Australia, Mathews, Austral 
Av. Roc. 1 p. 29. 
Fulica atra, breeding habits and 
number of broods raised, AriJN, 
Zoologist. 1912 p. 35. — F. atra ingrami 
subsp. n. N. Terr. Australia, Mathews, 
Nov. Zool. 18 p. 196. 
Podica petersi diving habits denied, 
Davis, J. S. Afr. Orn. Union 8 p. 78. 
ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES. 
Fodiceps ruficollis Vroeg is the oldest 
and most correct name for P. jluviatilis 
Tunstall 1771, Mathews, Austral Av. 
llec. 1 p. 29 ; P. fluviatilia carterae 
W. Australia, P. /. parryi N.W. 
Australia, P. poliocephalus cloatesi N.W. 
Australia, subspp. n., Mathews, Nov. 
Zool. 18 p. 197. 
[ Lophaethyia ] Podiccps criatatus, 
secondary sexual characters and their 
general bearing to the whole conception, 
Huxley, Science 86 p. G01. — Colymbus 
holbodli habits as affected by the freezing 
of open water, Cahn, Auk 29 p. 439. 
ORDER COLYMBIFORMES. 
Colymbus septentrionalis , on the 
domestic habits, Selous, Zoologist 1812 
pp. 81 171 210. — Urinator arcticita 
8U8chldni subsp. n. Turkestan (Russ.), 
Zarudnyj Mess, ornith. 3 p. 111. 
ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES. 
On the development of the wing 
skeleton in the Penguins, Anthony & 
Gain, C.R. Acad. sci. Paris 155 p. 1264. 
(N-9210p) 
5831 
Aptenodytes pennanti, moult as 
observed in the London Zoological 
Gardens, Seth - Smith, P.Z.S. 1912 
pp. 60 671 pi. i. ' f 
Pygoscelis adeliae , distribution, life 
history and habits, Gain, Rev. g6n. sci. 
Paris 23 p. 429 av. fig. 
Eudyptula minor woodwardi subsp. n. 
W. Australia, Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 
p. 199. 
ORDER PROG ELL AR11FORMES. 
The following Australian species 
figured : — Oceanitcs oceanieus ex- 
asperatus pi. Ixviii, 0. nereis nereis 
pi. lxix, Pelagodroma marina dulciae 
id. Ixx, Fregetta tropica melanog aster 
pi. lxxi, Fregetta grail aria grallaria 
pi. lxxii, Pufinus aasimilis tnnneyi 
pi. Ixxiii, P. reinholdi reinholdi pi. Ixxiv, 
P. pacificua royanus pi. Ixxv, P. 
earneipes carncipes pi. lxxvi, P. griscus. 
grisem pi. Ixxvii, P. texiuiroatris bre- 
vicaudua pi. lxxviii, Proccllaria aequi- 
noctialis conspicillata pi. Ixxix, P. 
parhinsoni pi. lxxx, P. cinerea pi. lxxxi, 
Priocella antarctica pi. lxxxii, 
Pterodroma macroptera gouldi pi. Ixxxiii, 
P. melanopua pl. lxxxiv, P. lesson'd 
leucocephala pl. Ixxxv, P. mollis 
pl. lxxxvi, P. cooltii cookii pl. lxxxvii, 
P. c. leucoptera pl. lxxxviii, Macronectes 
giganteu8 albus pl. lxxxix, Daption 
capense pl. xc, llalobaena caerulea 
xci, Prion vittatua missus pl. xcii, 
Pseudoprion turtur turtur pl. xciii, 
Peleccanoides urinatrix iirinatrix 
pl. xciv, Diomedea exidans rothschildi 
pl. xcv, Thalassarclie melanophris im- 
pavida pl. xevi, Thalasaogeron chry- 
aoatoma culminalua pl. xcv, T. chlo- 
rorhynchos baasi pl. xcviii, T. c. carteri 
pl. xeix., T. cautua cautus pl. c, 
Plioebetria palpebrata huttoni pl. ci, 
Mathews, Bds. Australia 2 1912. 
Puffini dei mari italiani* Salvadori, 
Avicula 12 p. 1. 
Proccllaria pelagica, habits in capti- 
vity, Ticehurst, Avicult. Mag. 3 p. 111. 
Oceanodroma leucorrhoa , taken near 
Harrogate, Fortune, Naturalist 1912 
p. 361. — 0. castro first record for Hants, 
Munn, Brit. Birds 5 p. 252. 
Oceanites oceanus exasperatus subsp. 
n. New Zealand seas, Mathews, Bd. 
Australia 2 p. 11. 
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