3 04 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1913] 
Tonophoyx gen. n. for type Noto- 
phoyx flavirostris (Sharpe), Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 1 p. 195. 
Nycticorax naevius, food-habits in 
oaptivity, Bailey Proc. Iowa Acad. 
Sci. 19 p. 193. 
Butorides virescens, figured and de- 
scribed, Pearson Bird-Lore 15 p. 198 
1 col. pi. — B. albidulus sp. n. Maldives, 
Indian Ocean, Bangs Washington Proc. 
Biol. Soc. 26 p. 93. 
Toburides gen. n. for type Butorides 
rogersi Math., Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 195. 
Ardetta minuta , breeding habits, 
Peckelhoff Ornith. Monatschr. Mag- 
deburg 38 p. 347 . — Ixobrychus 
minutus alisteri subsp. n. New South 
Wales, Mathews Austr. Av. Reo. 1 
p. 188. — I. exilis, observations on poses 
and habits, Allen Auk 1913 p. 559 
pi. xxi. 
[Nannocnus\ Ardetta eurythma, breed- 
ing in juvenile plumage, Buturlin 
Semja ochotn. 6 p. 12. 
Botaurus stellar is, photographed on 
the nest, Burdet Ardea 2 p. 152 2 pis. 
— B. lentiginosus, concealing or protec- 
tive action as well as colouration, 
Barrows Auk 1913 p. 187. 
ORDER PHCENICOPTERIFORMES. 
Phoenicopterus roseus, remarks on its 
nesting habits in the south of France, 
Chapel Bui. soc. nat. acclim. 60 p. 731. 
ORDER ANSER1FORMES. 
British Diving Ducks by J. G. 
Millais 2 vols. 4to with illustrations in 
colour of all the species and of the 
plumage- changes and courtship 
attitudes. 
On the structure of the eye in various 
species of duck, Isoiireyt Arch, vergl. 
Ophthalm. 3 p. 369. 
On the wild-duck observed at the 
Hook of Holland, Oordt Ardea 2 
p. 143. 
Ducks observed in Sauerland, West- 
phalia, Hennemann Bonn S. B. 
nathist. Ver. 1912 p. 63. 
Schwane und Giinse, biologisclie 
Notizen fiber frcmdlandische Alton, 
Blaauw Ardea 2 p. 23, 
Cygnus bewicki, observed in Ayr- 
shire, Wilson Glasgow Nat. 5 
p. 79.— G. davidi, a distinct species 
recently met with at Irkutsk, Dorogos- 
tajskij Mess, ornith. 4 p. 110 1 pi. — 
■\Olor matthewsi sp. n. pleistocene beds 
of Oregon, U.S.A., Shufeldt Bull. 
Amer. Mus. N. H. 32 p. 151 pi. xxxv. 
Lampronessa sponsa female assuming 
male plumage, Seth-Smith P. Z. S. 
1913 p. 151 : Aix sponsa, first record 
for Labrador, Townsend Auk 30 p. 9. 
Gereopsis novce-hollandiae, on the 
skeleton, Shufeldt Emu 12 p. 209. 
Anser anser , status as a breeding 
bird in Germany, Grassmann Ornith. 
Monatsber. 21 p. 94. — A. albifrons, 
Schnabel, Durchzug an der Donau, 
Smirnov Mess, ornith. 4 p. 158. — A. 
erythropus Linn, refers to the Lesser 
White-fronted Goose, which should 
henceforth stand under that name, 
Lonnberg Ibis 1913 p. 400. 
Evlabcia indica, near Lake Kossogol, 
Mongolia, Buturlin Journ. sect. zool. 
Moskva 1 p. 12. 
Philacte canagica, described and 
figured, Nelson Bird-Lore 15 p. 129 
1 pi. 
Branta canadensis on the subspecies 
occurring in California, Swarth Univ. 
Cal. Pub. Zool. 12 p. 1 2 pis. : an 
individual with an abnormal crest, 
Phillips Auk 1913 p. 578 1 fig. 
Chlo'ephaga rubidiceps. habits in 
Tierra del Fuego and in captivity, 
Blaauw Avicult. Mag. 4 p. 242. 
Tadorna tadorna, does it pair for life ? 
Momsen Ornith. Monatschr. Magde- 
burg 38 p. 349. 
Oasarca ferruginea, first record for 
Normandy, Brasil Rev. frai’19. ornith. 
1913 p. 71. 
Anas boschas, female assumes male- 
like plumage at five years, Lamoureux 
Rev. fran9. ornith. 1913 p. 19. — A . 
rubripes, adult specimens with green 
legs taken at Newton Centre, Mass. ; 
immature specimens with red legs 
taken at Monomoy island, Mass., Ken- 
nard Auk 30 p. 106. 
[Eunelta] Anas falcata, noted from 
the Commander Islands, Kamchatka, 
Buturlin Ornith. et avicult. 4 p. 171, 
