96 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1913] 
III.— SYSTEMATIC. 
The arrangement of Sharpe’s “ Hand-list 
of birds ” is here used ; where generic 
names differ, the name in the Hand-list 
is prefixed in square brackets. 
ORDER RHEIFORMES. 
A review of the Ratite birds, with 
keys to the genera and species, Dubois 
Paris Bull. Soc. Zool. 37 p. 303 ; 38 
p. 104. 
[Rhea] Pterocnemiatarapacensis sp. n. 
Tarapaca, Chile, P. t. garleppi subsp.' n. 
Bolivia, and keys to the genera and 
species of the group, Chubb Bull. 
B. O.C. 33 p. 79. 
ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES. 
Struthio , economics and farming of the 
Ostrich, Menegaux Paris 1913 8vo. : 
note on ostrich’s egg-shells found in 
Algerian Sahara, Soiialow Ornith, 
Monatsber. 21 p. 37: S. camelus, its dis- 
appearance from the Algerian Sahara, 
Hartert Nov. Zool. 20 p. 70. 
ORDER CASUARIIFORMES. 
Dromaius minor and D. spencer i, a 
discussion of the King Island Emu, 
Brasil Caen Bull. soc. linn. 6 p. 76. 
f Genyoruis newtoni , description of 
additional remains, Stirling Mem. R. 
Soc. S. Australia 1 1913 p. 111. 
Cusuarius australis , on the early 
history of its discovery, North Rec. 
Australian Mus. Sydney 10 p. 39 2 pis. : 
nesting habits in N. Qucensl., White 
Emu 12 p. 172 4 pis. — C. mitratus 
must have full specific rank, with 
remarks on other species of the genus, 
Rothschild Bull. B. O. C. 33 p. 34. — 
C. Joersteri sp. n. German New Guinea, 
Rothschild Bull. B. O. C. 33 p. 66. 
ORDER DINORNITIIIFORMES. 
t Dinornis, fossil footprints described 
and photographed, Wilson & Beniiam 
Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 45 p. 211 pi. ii. 
ORDER APTERYGIFORMES. 
Apteryx haasti, notes on the history 
and habits of this nearly extinct species 
and on other species of the genus, 
Grieve Proo. R. Physio. Soc. Edin- 
burgh 19 p. 63. 
ORDER TINAMIFORMES. 
Tinamus tao septentrionalis Venezuela 
p. 578, T. robust us inexpectatus N. 
Ecuador p. 578 subspp. n. and review 
and key of the genus, Brabourne & 
Chubb Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 12 
p. 577. 
Nothocercus julius venezuelensis 
subsp. n. Venezuela, Cory Ornith. Pub. 
Field Mus. Chicago 1 p. 283. 
Calopezus formosus sp. n. nr. Tucu- 
man Argentine, Lillo Buenos Ayres 
An. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 24 p. 190 pi. 
xi. 
ORDER GALLIFORMES. 
On the assumption of the characters 
of the opposite sex in the Tetraonidae 
and on the effects of sexual attraction 
on the sexual ducts, on the genitalia 
and secondary sexual characters, Olsen, 
Kristiania Skr. Vid. Selsk. 1912 pt. ii 
No. 21 pp. 1-46 4 pis. 
Meyapodius tumulus field notes and 
incubation habits, Banfield Emu 12 
p. 281. 
Ortalis vetula, observations on the 
life history and the evolution 6f the 
nidifugous habit, Lowe Ibis 1913 
p. 283 pi. vii. — O. v. intermedia subsp. n. 
Yucatan peninsula, Peters Auk 1913 
p. 371. 
Lagopus scoticus, a remarkable 
plumage- variation, WiTHERBy Bull. 
B. O. C. 31 p. 41. — L. lagopus lagopus 
Baraba-Steppe Siberia, Winterkleid, 
Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 49 p. 49. — 
L. mulus rupestris habits in Gouv. 
Semipalatinslc, Poliakov Mess, ornith. 
4 Beil. p. 243. — L. rupestris rulgwayi, 
noted from the Commander Islands, 
Kamchatka, Buturlin Ornith. et 
avicult. 4 p. 169. — L. hyperboreus , 
remarks on its affinities, O. -Grant 
Bull. B. O. C. 33 p. 32. 
Lyrurus tetrix, a remarkable plumage- 
variation, Witherby Bull. B. O. C. 31 
p. 39 : nuptial display, Selous Natura- 
list London 1913 p. 96. — L. t. britannicus 
subsp. n. Dumfriesshire, Scotland, With- 
erby & Lonnberg British Birds 6 
p. 270 : further note on, Witherby 
Bull. B. 0. C. 31 p. 54. — L. t. mongolicus 
See Marka-Kul, Besclireibung, Polia- 
kov Mess, ornith. 4 Beil. p. 249 : 
note on examples obtained from the 
