106 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1912] 
Dendrocygna fulva, recorded from 
Natal, Chubb, J. S. Africa. Orn. Union 
8 p. 1. — D. javcinica peroni, N. W. Aus- 
tralia. D. eytoni munna Queensl. subspp. 
n. Matuews, Austral Av. Ree. p. 80. — 
D. arborea, the plumage of the young, 
Blaauw, Ibis 1912 p. 657. 
Tadoma radjah flindersi subsp. n. 
Queensl., Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 1 
p. 86, T. tador noidea iceatralia subsp. n. 
8. W. Australia id. ibid. p. 118. 
Anas boschas, a “disharmony ” in its 
habits, Huxley, Biol. Centralbl. Leipzig 
32 p. 621 ; Gesichtssinn, Besserer, D. 
Jager Miinchen 34 p. 122. — A. fulvigula, 
A. tristis , A.diazi, A. wyvilliana and A. 
laysansis, sexual dimorphism and other 
interrelations of these species, Phillips, 
Auk 29 p. 295 pi. xv. — A. rubripes 
tristis, on the validity of the subspecies, 
Townsend, Auk 29 p. 176 ; A. superci- 
liosa rogersi subsp. n. W. Australia 
Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 1 p. 33. 
[ Polionetta ] Anas zonorhyncha, first 
record for Burma, Harington, Bombay 
J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 p. 1086. 
Chaulelasmus streperus, new record 
for Greenland, Soiii^ler, Ornitli. Tills, 
6 p. 65. 
Nettion castaneum rogersi, subsp. n. 
N. W. Australia, Mathews, Austral Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 86. — N. torquatum figured 
with avicultural notes, Seth-Smjth, 
Avicult. Mag. 4 p. 23 pi. 
Dafila acuta shot in September in 
Kashmir, Maqrath, Bombay J. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. 21 p. 658. 
Querquedula discors , breeding in 
Iceland, Coburn, Zoologist 1912 p. 338. 
Malacorhynchus membranacens assi- 
milis subsp. n. N.W. Australia, Mathews, 
Austral Av. Rec. 1 p. 86. 
Marmaronetta angustirostra occurs in 
Egypt, Nicoll Ibis 1912 p. 439. 
Sticlonelta naevoaa lesucuri subsp. n. 
N. S. Wales Mathews, Austral Av- Rec. 
Ip. 87. 
[Aythya] Nyroca nyroca dampieri 
subsp. n. N. W. Australia, Mathews, 
Austral Av. Rec. 1 p. 87. — Oxyura 
australis victoriae subsp. n. Victoria, 
Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 1 p. 87. 
Fuligula cristata, plumage notes and 
habits in the nesting season, Brook, Scot. 
Nat. 1912 p. 265. 
Tacky eres cinereus, figured from 
Patagonia, Scott & Sharpe, Report 
Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia 
Ornith. 2 p. 489 pi. i. ; the question of a 
second species of Steamer, Duck discussed , 
Blaauw, Notes Loydon Mus. 35 p. 47. 
Clangula glaucion and G. islandica, 
on the differentiating characters of the 
immature plumage, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. 
B. 0. 0. 31 pp. 18 29. 
Harelda glacialis, observations on the 
moults, Smalley, Bull. B. 0. C. 31 
p. 7. 
Somateria mollissima, first breeding 
record for Ireland, Robinson, Brit. Birds 
6 p. 106 ; breeding on an island off 
Brittany, France, Ingram, Zool. 1912 
p. 232.— S. molissima x Anas boscas, a 
natural hybrid, Clarke, Scot. Nat. 1912 
p. 198 pi. v. — Somateria mollissima 
borealis, is the Eider-duck of Spitz- 
bergen, le Roi, Ornith. Monatsber. 20 
p. 65 ; taken in S. Dakota, a record for 
the interior of North America, Visher, 
Auk 29 p. 535. 
Biziura lobata westralis subsp. n. 
West Australia, Matuews, Austral Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 87. 
Mergus merganser, its “ display,” 
Brook, Scot. Nat. 1912 p. 116. — M. 
serrator, some observations on the life 
history, Strong, Auk 29 p. 479 pis. xxi- 
xxiii. 
ORDER PELECANIFORMES. 
Phalacrocovax carbo , nesting in 
Wigtonshire, Wilson, Glasgow Nat. 4 
p. 1. — Carbo carbo westralis p. 33 W. 
Australia, C. melanoleucus melvillensis 
p. 74 Melville Is., N. Australia, G. gouldi 
tunneyi p. 88 S. W. Australia, G. varius 
perthi p. 88 W. Australia, subspp. n., 
Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 1. 
Plotus novae-hollandiae derbyi BUbsp. 
n. N. W. Australia, Mathews, Austral 
Av. Rec. 1 p. 74. 
Sula bassana taken on Elba and its 
distribution in Italy, Damiani, Riv. ital. 
Orn. 2 p. 89 pi. ii ; first record for 
Michigan, Wood, Wilson Bull. 24 p. 43. 
Pha'etkon rubricauda westralis subsp. 
n. W. 'Australia, Mathews, Austral Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 88. — P. americanus life history, 
nidification and other habits, Gross, Auk 
29 p. 49 pi. iii-xi. 
