103 Aves. 
Systematic. — Charadriiformes. 
5831 
Numenius phaeopns , nesting and 
other habits in Shetland, Harvie-Brown, 
Zoologist 1912 p. 241. — N. varicgatus 
and N. tahitiensis , their distribution in 
the Pacific, Henninger, Ornith. Monats- 
ber 20 p. 62. 
Macrorhamphus griseus, first record 
for Sussex, Parkin, Brit. Birds 6 p. 95. 
Totanus calidris, courtship and 
sexual relations, Huxley, P.Z.S. 1912 
p. 647. 
[. Tlelodromas ] Totanus ochropus, noted 
from Natal, hitherto doubtfully recorded 
from S. Africa, Chubb, J. S. At'r. Orn. 
Union 8 p. 2. 
Terekia cinerea, taken in Kent, a new 
British record, Parkin, Brit. Birds 6 
p. 74, also Bull. B.O.C. 29 p. 118. 
[Pavoncella] Machetes pugnax, note 
on breeding plumage (Russ. & French), 
Solomtrskij, Bull. Soc. Oural. nat. 31 
p. 127. 
Enrynorhynchus pygmaeus, breeding 
grounds (Russ.), Buturlin, Mess, ornith. 
3 p. 54. 
[Limonites] Pisobia minutilla, nesting 
habits in the Magdalen islands, Moore, 
Auk 29 p. 210 pis. xiii-xiv. 
[ Heteropygia ] Tringa hairdi , taken on 
St. Kilda, new to Scotland, Clarke, Scot. 
Nat. 1912 p. 9. 
Arquatella maritima coicesi in Van- 
couver Island, first record for Canada, 
Taverner, Auk 29 p. 396 ; Tringa 
maritima, Halbinsel Yamal Beschreibung 
(Russ.), Vitkov, Ann. mus. zool. 17 
p. 341. 
[ Pelidna ] Tringa alpina, the spelling 
of the vernacular name, Dunlin v. 
Dunling, Harting, Ibis 1912 p. 211. 
Limicola platyrliyncha , taken in Fife, 
new to Scotland, Berry, Scot. Nat.1912 p. 
212. — L. falcinellu8 sibirica, the correct 
name for L. platyrliyncha Temm. new 
to Australia, Mathews, Austral Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 31. 
Gallinago coelestis, abnormal flight 
habits, Stubbs, Zoologist 1912 p. 196 
also Harvi e-Brown and others ibid. 
p. 229. — G. dclicata, nesting and other 
habits, Saunders, Bird Lore 14 p. 170. — 
0. australis oweni subsp. n. N. W. 
Australia, Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 p. 
223. — Scolopax solitaria , Lebensweise, 
Balz (Russ.), Dorogstajskij, Moskva 
Ornith. et avicult. 3 £ p. 1. 
Limnocryptes gallinula , its syrinx 
compared with that of the Common 
Snipe and Woodcock, Pyoraft, Bull. 
B. 0. C. 29 p. 77 ; on the “ drumming” 
Baiir, t.c. p. 79. 
Scolopax rusticola, the question of 
carrying its young discussed, Sword 
and others, Stirling Trans. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. 1911-12 p. 18 ; distinction of 
sexes, Klein, Verh. pomm. Forstver. 
Stettin 1911 1912 p. 55 ; life-history 
and avicultural notes, Citaluseok, 
Gefied. Welt Magdeburg 41 pp. 89 97 
etc. etc. 
Rostratula capensis , polyandrous 
habits in India, Pitman, Bombay J. 
Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 p. 666. — R. australis 
fitzroyi subsp. n. N.W. Australia, 
Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 1 p. 85. 
Crymophilus fulicarius in Gouv. St. 
Petersburg (Russ.), Bianohi, Ann. Mus. 
zool. 17 p. xlvi. 
[II ydralector] Iredipa rra gallinacea 
mehnllerisis subsp. n. Melville Is. N. 
Australia, Matiiews, Austral Av. Rec. 1 
p. 73 7. g. rothschildi subsp. n. N.W. 
Australia, Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 
p. 224. 
Oedienemus scolopax , spring display 
in Hants, Munn, Brit. Birds 5 p. 226. 
Esacus recurvirostris , nestling 
plumage, Whistler, Bombay J. Nat. 
Hist. Soc. 21 p. 1074. 
[ Orthoramplius ] Esacus magnirostris 
melvillensis subsp. n. Melville Is. N. 
Australia, Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 
1 p. 85. — Burliinus magnirostris 
rufescens p. 225. N.W. Australia, B. m. 
ramsayi p. 225 Queensl. B. m. broomei 
p. 226 S.W. Australia, subspp. n., 
Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18. 
The bustards of South Africa figured 
and described, Horsbrugh, London 4to. 
Otis tarda , various notes in Marocco, 
Vaucher, Rev. Fr. d’Orn. 2 p. 334. 
[Heterotetrax] Otis humilis, a rare 
species taken in Italian Somaliland, 
Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa 45 
p. 309. 
Sypheotis aurita , S. bengnlcnsis, 
figured with synonymy description and 
habits in India, Baker, Bombay J. Nat. 
Hist. Soc. 21 pp. 722, 1109 pis. vii & 
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