110 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1913] 
ORDER COCCYGES. 
Sub-Order Musophagi. 
On the red pigment, turacin, of the 
Plantain -eaters, Church P. Z. S. 1913 
p. G39. 
Turacus ruspolii, redescribed and 
figured, Salvadori Ibis 1913 p. 1 pi. i. 
Sub-Order Cuculi. 
The evolution of the adaptation of 
Cuckoo’s eggs to resemble those of the 
foster-birds. Baker Ibis 1913 p. 384. 
[ Goccystes ] Clamator glandarius, oc- 
currence in Dalmatia, Reiser Ornith. 
Jahrb. 24 p. 81. 
Surniculus lugubris brachyurus 
subsp. n. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra 
and Borneo, Stresemann Nov. Zool. 
20 p. 340. 
Cuculus micropterus, egg figured, 
Vaughan & Jones Ibis 1913 p. 186 
pi. v fig. 1. — C. canorus , polyandry and 
the struggle for breeding territory, 
Howard British Bds. 7 p. 83 ; more 
facts and observations, Schulz Zs. 
Oologio Berlin 23 pp. 9 25 ; carries its egg 
in its mouth, Standen Lancs. Nat. 6 
p. 282 : mortality in the nestlings, 
Owen Bt. Birds 6 p. 330 ; arriving on 
March 31 in Westphalia, Hennemann 
Munster Jahresber. Prov.-Ver. Wiss. 41 
p. 25 ; Ueber eine abnorm friihe 
Ankunft im Sauerlande 1913 und fiber 
scin Eintreffen im allgemeinen, Henne- 
mann Ornith. Monatschr. Magdeburg 
38 p. 352 ; eggs in the nests of Acro- 
cephalus arundinaceus, Koefoed 
Kobenhavn Ornith. Tids. 7 p. 158 ; 
parasitio on Rhyacornis fuliginosus , in 
India, Cruickshank J. Bombay N. H. 
Soc. 22 p. 625 ; Alauda arvensis a 
foster-patent, Bentham British Bds. 
6 p. 278, and Stoney ibid. p. 342. — C. 
westwoodia sp. n. Queensland, Mathews 
Austr. Av. Rec. 1 1913 p. 190. 
Cacomantis merulinus , nesting habits 
and egg figured, Vaughan & Jones 
Ibis 1913 p. 187 pi. v fig. 9. — Cuculus 
variolosus, egg found in nest of Pelroeca 
leggii, Ross Emu 12 p. 280. — Cacoman- 
tis lineatus sp. n. Nelson, Queensland, 
Dodd Emu 12 p. 165. 
Mesocalius palliolatus, parasitic on 
Chthonicola sagittata in N. S. Wales, 
Gilbert & Keane Emu 13 p. 80. 
Coccyzus euleri , its synonymy arid 
distribution, Hellmayr Nov. Zool. 20 
p. 252. 
Centropus sinensis, revision of sub- 
species p. 321, C. s. anonymus Tawi- 
tawi, Sulu Archipelago p. 323, C . s . 
parroti Ceylon p. 323 subspp. n„ Strese- 
mann Nov. Zool. 20. — C. bengalensis 
javanensis the moults and plumage 
changes, Stresemann Nov. Zool. 20 
p. 342. 
Piaya cayana venezuelensis subsp. n, 
Venezuela, Cory Ornith. Pub. Field 
Mus. Chicago 1 p. 284. 
[Rhino coccyx] Phoenicophaes curviros- 
tris deningeri subsp. n. Bali, Strese- 
man Nov. Zool. 20 p. 347. 
Oeococcyx velox (A. Wagner) ante- 
dates O. affinis Hartl., Hellmayr Nov. 
Zool. 20 p. 253. 
ORDER SCANSORES. 
Sub-Order Indicatores. 
Indicator exilis erlangeri subsp. n. 
S. Somaliland, Zedlitz Ornith. Mo- 
natsber. 21 p. 59. 
Sub Order Capitones. 
Capito maculicoronatus pirrensis 
subsp. n. Panama, Nelson Smiths. 
Inst. Misc. Coll. 60 No. 21 p. 1. — C. 
tucinkae sp. n. S.E. Peru, Seilern 
Mfinchen Verh. ornith. Ges. 11 p. 276. 
Sub-Order Rhamphastides. 
Ramphastos cilreopygius Gould, is an 
artefact, Hellmayr Nov. Zool. 20 
p. 254. 
Selenidera maculirostris, on the lioel 
pads in the nestling, Seth-Smith 
P. Z. S. 1913 p. 1095 1 fig. 
[Aula corhamphus] A ulacorhyn chu s 
wagleri, a nomenclatural note, Hell- 
mayr Nov. Zool. 20 p. 254. 
ORDER PICIFORMES. 
Sub-Order Galbulae. 
Galbula ruficauda brevirostris subsp. n. 
Venezuela, Cory Ornith. Pub, Field 
Mus. Chicago 1 p. 287. 
Sub-Order Buccones. 
Monasa pallescens minor subsp. n. 
Panama, Nelson Washington Proc. 
Biol. Soc. 26 p. 67. 
