126 Avca. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1913] 
Quiscalus quiscala, on the roosting 
habits near Philadelphia, Potter 
Cassinia 16 p. 12. 
Sturnidae. 
Sturnus vulgaris, a curious juvenile 
plumage in Shetland breeding birds, 
O. -Grant Bull. B. O. C. 33 p. 64 ; is 
sometimes double-brooded, Ticehurst 
British Bds. 6 p. 337, also Jourdain, 
ibid p. 371, also Read and others Bull. 
B. O. C. 31 p. 64 ; observations in 
Norway, Lie-Pettersen Bergen 
Naturen 37 p. 133 2 figs. — S. v. porphy- 
ronotus and other subspecies breeding 
in Central Asia, Laubmann Munchen 
Abh. Ak. Wiss. 26 Abh. 3 p. 42. 
Eulabetidae. 
Aplonis atronitens minor subsp. n. 
Loyalty Islands, Sarasin Nova 
Caledonia 1 p. 49 1913 4to. 
[Lamprocorax] Aplonis panayensis 
gusti Bali p. 375, A. p. leptorrhynchus 
Pini, Batu Isis., subspp. n., and other 
forms compared, Stresemann Nov. 
Zool. 20 p. 375. 
Metallopsar gen. n. for type Calornis 
purpurascens Gray, Mathews Austr. 
Av. Rec. 2 p. 60. 
[Lamprocolius] Lamprotornis melano- 
gaster Swains 1838 must fall before 
L. corrusca Nordm. 1835, Neumann 
O rnith. Monatsber. 21 p. 8. 
Fregilupus varius , history especially 
of the example in the Caen Museum, 
Brasil Caen Bui. soc. linn. (6) 4 p. 16 
pis. ii iii. 
Oriolidae. 
Oriolus gallmla, the nest, Bernard 
Rev. frail?, ornith. Paris 1913 p. 5. — 
O.meneliki, identical with 0 . monarchus, 
O.-Grant Ibis 1913 p. 660. 
Amimeta nom. n. for Mimeta Vig. & 
Horsf. preoccupied, Mathews Austr, 
Av. Reo. 2 p. 62. 
Dicruridae. 
Chibia hottentotta, nesting habits and 
egg figured, Vaughan & Jones Ibis 
1913 p. 30 pi. v fig. 16. 
Buchanga atra, nesting habits and 
egg figured, Vaughan & Jones Ibis 
1913 p. 31 pi. v fig. 12. 
Paradiseidae. 
Paradisea duivenbodei sp. n. Geelvink, 
Dutch New Guinea p. 49, P. raggiana 
sororia subsp. n. New Guinea p. 50, 
Menegaux Rev. fran?. ornith. 1913 ; 
further remarks on these id. ibid. p. 172 ; 
P. r. sororia = P. intermedia de Vis 
p. 175, also Bull. Mus. Paris 1913 p. 146. 
Pteridophora alberti, obtained on Mt. 
Goliath, Dutch New Guinea, Roth- 
schild & Hartert Nov. Zool. 20 
p. 522. 
Paradigalla intermedia sp. n. Dutch 
New Guinea, O.-Grant Bull. B. O. C. 
31 p. 105. 
Ptilonorhynciiidae. 
Loboparadisea sericea, female de- 
scribed, Rothschild & Hartert Nov. 
Zool. 20 p. 523. 
Amblyornis inornatus, remarks on the 
subspecies, Rothschild & Hartert 
Nov. Zool. 20 p. 525 ; habits and 
bower described and illustrated, Ast- 
ley Avicult. Mag. 4 p. 157. 
Chlamydera maculata macdonaldi, 
Central Austr., C. m. sedani, Queensl., 
subspp. n., Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
2 p. 78. 
Corvidae. 
\Trypanocorax\ Corvus frugilegus, 
moult and plumage-sequence, Wither- 
by British Birds 7 p. 126, also Bull. 
B. O. C. 33 p. 68. 
Corvus corax ruficollis is the correct 
name for the Saharan Raven, Hartert 
Nov. Zool. 20 p. 37. — C. c. sibiritus 
Tacz. 1891, this subsp. name is pre- 
occupied by C. sibiricus Gm. and the 
subspecies if distinct from C. c. ussuria- 
nus Tacz. must have a now name, 
Stresemann Ornith. Monatsber. 21 
p. 9. — C. macrorhynchus mandshuricus 
subsp. n. Ussuri-Gobiot. (Russ, ■+• Engl, 
diagn.), Buturlin Mess, ornith. 
Moskva 4 p. 40. — C. corone, roosting in 
large companies, Brock Scottish Nat. 
1913 p. 188. — C. splendens zugmayeri 
subsp. n. Baluchistan, Laubmann 
Ornith. Monatsber. 21 p. 93.- — C. 
brachyrhynchos paulus subsp. n. Ala- 
bama, U.S.A., Howell Washington 
Proc. Biol. Soc. 26 p. 199. 
[Coloeus] Corvus monedula , habits in 
Finland, HildIsn Luonnan Ystava 16 
p. 130. 
