107 Aves. 
Systematic — Acoititriformes. 
5831 
Pelecanus conspillatus weslralis 
subsp. n. West Australia, Mathews, Nov. 
Zool. 18 p. 244. 
ORDER CATHARTIDIFORMES. 
Cartliartes aura, a glimpse into the 
life history, Williams, Bird Lore 14 
p. 13 1 fig. 
ORDER ACCIBITRIFORMES. 
Plumage changes in the Falconinae, 
Cmai, Riv. ital. Orn. 2 p. 20. 
Serpentarius secrctarius, habits in 
captivity and in a feral state, HorsbrugiI 
& St. Quintin, Avicult Mag. 3 p. 105 
1 pi. 
Vultur monachus, occurrence in 
Switzerland, Fischer-Siowart, Verh. 
Schweiz. Natf. Ges. 95 p. 236 ; Hess 
Ornith. Jahrb. 23 p. 228 ; Schneider, 
Colmar Mitt, nathist. Ges. 11 p. 199 
1 Taf. ; seine Brutperiode 1911 in der 
Dobrndscha, Rettio, Mitt. Vogelwelt 
Niirnberg 11 p. 226. 
Gyps fulvus, in Switzerland in 1912, 
Fischer-Siowart, Verh. Schweiz. Natf. 
Ges. 95 p. 236 ; in Sicily, Gregorio, 
Naturalista Sicil. 21 p. 27 ; nesting in 
Algeria, Wallis & Pearson, Bull. B. 0. C. 
29 p. 105 ; does this spocies occur in 
the N. W. Himalayas, Dodswortii, 
Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 p. 1331. 
Polyborus clicrmay young photo- 
graphed on nest, Phelps, Wilson Bull. 
24 p. 123 2 pis. 
Circus pygargus, C. cyancus, C. 
ceruginosus, on the courtship, flights and 
voices, Hesse, J. Ornith. 60 p. 481. — 
C. hudsonius, range and home life in 
Canada, Griddle, Ottawa Nat. 25 p. 
147 ; C. maculosus , six stages of plumage 
from downy to adult dross described, 
Grant, Ibis 1912 p. 277. — C. assimilis 
rogersi p. 244 and C. approximans 
inexpcctatus p. 245 N.W. Australia, 
subspp. n., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18. — 
C. approximans in Samoa, Henninger, 
Ornith. Monatsber. 20 p. 185. 
Astur palumbarins, its use in falconry, 
Arenberc, Rev. Fr. d’Orn. 2 p. 319. — 
Accipiter brevipcs, occurrence in Egypt 
first recorded, Nicoll Ibis 1912 p 433. 
— Astur fasciatus didimus subsp. n. N. 
Terr. Australia, Mathews, Austral Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 33 ; A clarus cooklowni p. 245 N. 
Queensl., A. novae-hollandiae alboides 
p. 246 N.W. Australia, A. fasciatus 
mackayi p. 246 Queensl., A. cirro- 
cepliahis broomei p. 247 W. Australia, 
subspp. n., Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18. 
Accipiter nisus lodygini, taxonomic 
notes, Thayer & Bangs, Mem. Amer. 
Mus. Comp. Zool. 40 p. 154. — A. nisus 
tenerifae subsp. n. Teneriffe, Laubmann, 
Verhandl. Ornith. Ges. 11 p. 164. — A. 
ovampensis, range extended to the 
eastern Transvaal, Solater, Ibis 1912 
p. 15. — A. nigroplumbens, taken at 
Banos, Ecuador, Meneoaux, Rev. Fr. 
d’Orn. 2 p. 287. 
Butco vulgaris, on a fixed white 
variety, Villatte des Prugnes, Rev. Fr. 
d’Orn. 2 p. 340. — B. lineatus texanus 
subsp. n. Texas, Bishop Auk 29 p. 232. 
Harpyhaliaetus and Urubitornis, the 
distinctness of these two genera united 
by Sharpe, KotHE, Ornith. Monatsber. 
20 p. 1 fig. 
Gypaetus barbatus, nesting notes in 
southern Spain, Lynes, Ibis 1912 p. 487 ; 
its immature plumage, Whistler, Bom- 
bay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 p. 663 ; the 
red colouring matter of the feathers, 
Dodswortii, Ibis 1912 p. 208. — G. 
barbatus atlantis, a nestling figured from 
Algeria with remarks on taxonomy, 
RoTiisaniLi) A IIartert, Nov. Zool. i8 
p. 531. 
[Uroactus] Aquila audax carteri 
subsp. n. West Australia, Matiiews, 
Nov. Zool. 18 p. 247. 
Aquila clirysaetus breeding in the 
Vorablberg, Bau, Zs. Oologie 22 p. 2. — 
A. melanaetus, nesting habits in Hun- 
gary, Szemere, Aquila 19 p. 441. — A. 
adalberti, over forty years in captivity, 
Gurney, Norwich, Trans. Nat. Soc. 9 
p. 458 pi. 
Arcliibnteo lagopus, Halbinsel Yamal, 
Biologie, Nest (Russ.), Zitkov, Ann. 
mus. zool. 17 p. 317 pi. xi figs. 1 4. 
[Eutolmaetus] Aquila morplinoides 
coongani subsp. n. W. Australia, 
Mathews, Nov. Zool. 18 p. 248. 
Circaetus gallicus a destroyer of 
snakes, Paris, Bui. Soc. acclim. 59 p. 
493 ; nesting habits in Hungary, Szemere, 
Aquila 19 p. 449. — C. cinereus and C. 
pcctoralis, on the specific distinctness of 
these two species, Solater, Ibis 1912 p. 
