101 Aves. 
Systematic. — Laiuformes. 
5831 
Thalassogeron chrysostoma harterti 
subsp. n. Kerguelen lei., Mathews, 
lids. Austral. 2 p. 280. 
Phoebetria palpebrala hultoni New 
Zealand seas p. 297, P. fuse a campbclli 
Australian seas p. 305, subspp. n., 
Mathews, Bds. Austral. 2. 
ORDER ALCIFORMES. 
]Plautus impennis, the eggs in the 
Thayer Museum, Thayer, Auk 29 
p. 208 pi. xii. 
Alca torda, the visitation of 1911-12 
in Scotland, Clarke, Scot. Nat. 1912 
p. 77. 
[Alle] Mergulus alle, numbers de- 
stroyed and driven inland in Jan. 1912, 
Witiierby, Brit. Birds 5 pp. 282 309 
337 ; in south Lancashire, Williamson, 
Lancs. Nat. 4 p. 385. 
LJria troile, the “ Ringed ” variation 
breeding in Dorset, Ashford, Zoologist' 
1912 p. 233. 
Synthliboramphus antiquus taken in 
Ontario, Fleming, Auk 29 p. 387. 
ORDER LARIFORMES. 
The following Australian species 
figured : — llydrochelidon leucoptera 
grisea pi. cii, U. leueoparcia rogersi pi. 
ciii, Gclochclidon nilotica macrotarsa pi. 
civ, llydroprognc tscliegrava strenua pi. 
cv, Thnlaaaeua bergii poliocercus pi. evi, 
T. bengalensis torresii pi. evii, Slema 
dougallii gracilis pi. cviii, S. striata 
melanorhyncha pi. cix, S. suviatrana 
kempi pi. cx, Stemula albifrons placens 
pi. cxi, Stemula nereis nereis pi. cxii, 
Onychoprion fuscatus serratus pi. cxiii, 
Melanostema anaethetus novae-hollan- 
diae pi. cxiv, Anous stolidus gilberli 
pi. cxv, Megalopterus tenuirostris 
melanops pi. cxvi, Megalopterus minutus 
minutus pi. cxvii, Procelsterna cerulea 
cinerea pi. cxviii, Gygis alba royana 
pi. cxix, Bruchigavia norae-hollandiae 
novae-hollandiae pi. exx, Mathews, Bds. 
Australia 2 1912. 
Photographs of Danish Terns, 
Christensen, Kpbenhavn 1912. 
Hydrochelidon leucopareia leggei Cey- 
lon, II. 1. delalandii S. Africa, 11. 1. 
awinhoei Foochow, subspp. n., Mathews, 
Bds. Austral. 2 p. 320. — 77. rogersi 
subsp. n. N.W. Australia, Mathews, 
Nov. Zool. 18 p. 207. 
Chelidonias Rafinesque Febr. 1822 
probably antedates llydrochelidon Boie 
May 1822, Rhoads, Auk 29 p. 198. 
Phactu8a magnirostris, first record in 
Cuba, Ramsden, Auk 29 p. 100. 
Gelochelidon nilotica addenda. China, 
G. n. grbnvoldi S. Amer. subspp. n. and 
other subspecies considered, Mathews, 
Bds. Austral. 2 p. 331. 
Sterna sandcicensis , S. liirundo, S. 
minuta , S. dougallii, S. paradisaea , 
nesting habits and haunts m England 
described and photographed, Biokerton, 
llomelife of the Terns 1912 pp. 1-88 
32 pis. — 8’. cantiaca , status and 
nesting in the Dee Valley, Aberdeen, 
Thomson, Scot. Nat. 1912 p. 84. — Thalas- 
seus bergii bakeri Mekran coast p. 346, 
T. b. edwardsi Ceylon p. 347, T. ben- 
galensis arabicus Red Sea p. 355, 
subspp. n., Mathews, Bds. Austral. 
2. — S, bergii gwendolenae p. 208 S.W. 
Australia, S. striata incerta p. 208 
E. Australia, S. 8. christopheri p. 209 
W. Australia, S • nereis horni p. 209 
W. Australia, S. sinensis tormenti 
p. 210 N.W. Australia, S. sumatrana 
kempi p. 210 Torres Straits, subspp. n., 
Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 — S. dougallii 
bang si subsp. h. Foochow, Mathews, 
Bds. Austral. 2 p. 304. — Melanostema 
anaethetus recognita subsp. n. Bahama 
Isis., Mathews, Bds. Austral. 2 p. 403. — 
S. fidiginosa, taken in Cachar, India, 
Baker, Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 
p. 684. — Slermda nereis exul subsp. n. 
New Caledonia, Mathews, Bds. Austral. 
2 p. 385. 
Procelsterna cerulea nebouxi. Ellice 
and Phoenix groups, Pacific, P. c. imita- 
trix St. Ambrose Isles off Chile, 
subspp. n. and revision of other sub- 
specific forms, Mathews, Bds. Austral. 
2 p. 431. 
Anous stolidus gilberli subsp. n. 
South-west Australia, Mathews, Bds. 
Austral. 2 p. 405. — Megalopterus minutus 
americanus Carribean sea, M. m. atlan- 
ticus Ascension, subspp. n. and revision 
of other subspecific forms, Mathews, 
Bds. Austral. 2 p. 423. 
Gygis alba, breeding habits on the 
Kerinadoc Islands, Bell, Emu 12 p. 26 
2 pis. — Q. a. royana Kormadee isles 
p. 433, G. a. monte Seychelles p. 443, 
subspp. n., Mathews Bds. Austral. 2. 
