114 Aves. 
xvn. Aves. 
[1908] 
Gallinula chloropus note on, Glad- 
stone Arm. Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 
1908 p. 52*; Fortpflanzungsgeschichte, 
Ziegler Ornith. Monatschr. 33 p. 530. 
Porphyrio smaragdonotus in Norfolk, 
Bird British Birds 2 p. 134. 
Fulica atra, aberrative Eier, Pelt 
Leoiiner Amsterdam Versl. Med. Ned. 
Ornith. Ver. 5 pp. 02-63; Ei, Johansen 
Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 pp. 159-160. — 
F. americana , Pennsylvania, Miller Auk 
25 p. 219. 
Podica petersi, Nest and eggs in 
Southern Rhodesia, E.‘ 0. Chubb Pre- 
toria J. S. Afric. Ornith. Union. 4 
p. 107 pi. v. 
ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES. 
Podicipea fluviatilis prolific breeding, 
Bentham Zoologist 1908 p. 351 ; late 
breeding, Wood British Birds 2 p. 242 
& W itherby, t.c. p. 242. — P. nigricollis , 
note, Robinson Zoologist 1908 p. 228. — 
P. cristatua in Shetland, Paterson, Ann. 
Scot. Nat. Hist. 1908 p. 207 & British 
Birds 2 p 240 ; late nesting, Bentham 
Zoologist 1908 p. 351 ; late breeding 
and retention of summer dress, Aplin 
T.c. pp. 407-408. — P. cristatua , P. nigri- 
collis, Ei, Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 
30 pp. 202-210. — P. cristatua and 
P. minor , late nesting in Surrey, Leigh 
British Birds 2 p. 171. 
ORDER COLYMBIFORMES. 
Colymbus arcticus, Nisten im Gouv. 
Moskau, Poliakov Semja ochotn. 1908 
pp. 271-274. — C. glacialis large num- 
ber in Hoy Sound, Orkney, Robinson 
Ann. Sott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 1908 
p. 185 ; at Staines Reservoirs ; Kerr 
Zoologist 1908 p. 142 ; note, Robinson 
t.c. p. 228. 
Gavia imber, Townsend Bird Lore 10 
p. 171 ; Kendall J. Maine Ornith. Soc. 
9 1907 p. 85 pi. ; Pennsylvania, Harlow 
Auk 25 p. 471. 
ORDER SPHEN1SCIFORMES. 
Beitrage zur Morphologic des Gefass- 
sy stems ; Zur Kenntnis der Fliigelarte- 
rien der Pinguine ; Muller Anat. Hefte 
Abt. 1 35 pp. 553-048, 1 Tuf. 
Pinguine in der Gefangenschalt ; 
Sokolowsky Umschau 12 pp. 586-589. 
Penguin ; The derivation of the word, 
McClymont Emu 8 p. 39. 
ORDER PRO CELL ARIIFORMES. 
The Cahow : Discovery in Bermuda 
of fossil bones and feathers supposed to 
belong to the extinct bird called 
“ Cahow ” by the early settlers ; Mow- 
bray Amer. J. Sci. 25 p. 361. 
Godman, F. Du Cane. A Monograph 
of the Petrels (Order Tubinares, Parts 
2, 3.) London 1908 ; the folloAving 
species are figured, viz. : — Cymodroma 
moestissima, Puffinus leucomelas, cunea- 
tus, bulleri, cldororhynchus, gravis , 
kuhli , creatopus, anglorum, yelkouanus, 
opisthojnelas, auricular is, gavia, persi- 
cus, obscurus, assimilis, elcgans, car- 
7ieipes, griseus, tenuirostris, nativitatis, 
Priofinus cinereus, Thalassoeca antarc- 
tica, Priocella glacialoides , Majaqueus 
cequinoctialis, parkinsoni, CFstrelata 
macroptera, aterrima, lessoni, hcesitata, 
jamaicensis , rostrata, pai'virostris, 
inccrta, mollis, magenta i, pluvopygia, 
brevipes, hypoleuca , nigripenuis, breviros- 
tris, solanderi, externa, eervicalis, 
neglecta, arminjoniana, trinitatis. 
Procellaria pelagica, the young 
plumage, Clarke Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 
Edinburgh 1908 p. 85. 
Oceanodroma leucorrhoa, in Aberdeen- 
shire, Thomson Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 
Edinburgh 1908 p. 120. 
Fregetta Bp. vice Cymodroma Ridgvv., 
Salvadori London Bull. Brit. Ornith. Cl. 
21 pp. 78-80. — F. melanoleuca, sp. n. 
Tristan da Cunha, Id. T.c. p. 79, Re- 
marks, Sharpe T.c. p. 86. 
Pufinus anglorum, in Oxfordshire, 
Aplin Zoologist 1908 p. 396 ; September 
migration, Booth T.c. p. 429 ; Junge, 
Soiimitz Ornith. Jalirb. 19 p. 42. — P. 
yelkouanus from Wingham Kent, N. F. 
Tioehurst British Birds 2 p. 137 ; off the 
Yorkshire Coast, Witiierby London 
Bull. Brit. Ornith. Cl. 23 p. 48 ; Occur- 
rences in Britain, Witherby British Birds 
2 pp. 206-208. — P. griseus in Sussex 
and Kent, Butterfield British Birds 2 
p. 243 ; in Yorkshire, Witiierby T.c. p. 
243. — P. tenuirostris, protection of, 
Lord Emu Melbourne 8 p. 91. 
