119 Aves. 
Systematic. — Ardeiiformes — AN gERiroRMES. 
5831 
Mesoplioyx plum, if era, nest and eggs, 
North Sydney Proc. Linn. Soc. 32 p. 629 ; 
eggs, Mattingley Emu 8 p. 41. 
Herodias egretta, Chapman Bird Lore 
10 pp. 59-68, illustr. text fig.; A. 
egretta , New Jersey, Howe Auk 25 
p. 473. 
Egretta candidissima, Sass Bird Lore 
10 pp. 160-162 ; South Carolina, Sass 
Auk 25 p. 313. 
Nycticorax griseu-s in Ireland, 
Williams Zoologist 1908 p. 33. — N. 
leuconotus near Port Elizabeth, Fitz- 
SIMONS Pretoria J. S. Afric. Ornith. 
Union 4 p. 40. 
Ardetta bryani sp. n. Marianas, 
Seale Honolulu Occ. Papers Bernice 
Pauahi Bishop Mus. 1 No. 3, 1901. p. 27. 
— A. vninuta, in Hungary, Greschik 
Aquila 1908 p. 327. — A. neoxena, Ohio, 
Jones Wilson Bull. 20 p. 50. 
Botaurus stellaris, in East Lothian, 
Bonar Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 
1908 p. 183 and British Birds 2 p. 140 ; 
also Evans Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist Edin- 
burgh 1908 p. 119 ; near Singapore, 
Hanitsch Rep. Radies Library and 
Museum p. . — B. stellaris orientalis, 
Ostasien, Buturlin Na§a ochota 1908 9 
p. 9. 
Dupctor flavicollis and allies. Roth- 
schild and Hartert Nov. Zool. 15 pp. 
353, 354. 
ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMES. 
Phoenicopterus ruber, Gouv. Tomsk, 
Jenisseisk, Kopylov Semja ocliotn. 1908 
pp. 205-206. — P. rosens, occurrences in 
Siberia, Johansen Ornith. Jahrb. Ilallein 
19 pp. 215-225 ; Gebiet Semipalatinsk, 
Plotnikov Ochotn. gaz. Moskva 36 
p. 363 ; im Gouv. Jenisseisk, Severus 
Ochotn. v&stn. 8 p. 69. 
ORDER ANSERIFORMES. 
Cygninae, Review of genera and 
species of Swans ; Oberholser Emu 8 
pp. 1-11 ; Palceocygnus 1 sp., Olor 
5 spp,, Clangocygnus subsp. n. type O. 
buccinator, Cygnus 2 spj>., Chenopis 
3 spp., Archceocygnus 1 sp. 
Zug der Wildganse im Hortobagy, 
Nagy Aquila 14 p. 1907 & pp. 332-337. 
On the identification of Ducks’ Eggs, 
Noble British Birds 2 pp. 18-23, pi. i. 
Cygnus olor, island of Coll, Noble 
British Birds 2 p. 61. — C. beicicki, Jaco- 
babad, Sind, Baker J. Bombay Soc., 18, 
pp. 753-755. — Olor columbianus Fleming 
Auk. 25, pp. 306-309; New York, Savage 
Buffalo Bull. Soc. Nat. Sci. 9, pp. 23-28, 
text fig. 
Pteronetta hartlaubi albifrons subsp. 
n. Upper Congo, Neumann London Bull. 
Brit. Ornith. Cl. 21 p. 42. 
2Ex sponsa, in Oxfordshire, ArLiN 
Zoologist 1908 p. 33 and Bedford t.c. p. 
* 73. 
Cereopsis novce hollandiae decrease on 
the islands of Bass’s Strait, Armstrong 
Emu 7 p. 182, Cf. Smith t.c. p. 48 & 
Maclaine, t.c. pp. 48-50 ; in Victoria, 
Austin Emu 8 p. 106 ; in Tasmania, 
Littler t.c. p. 107 & Hurst l.c. 
Chen hyperborens nesting in N. 
Siberia, Dresser Ibis 1908 pp. 589, 599. 
Anser anser, Ei, Johansen Tomsk 
Izv. Univ. 30 p. 219. — A. albifrons 
fabalis, A.fabalis neglectus, in Ungarn, 
Ciiernel Aquila 14 1907 pp. 180-181 ; 
— A. albifrons gambeli Hartl. = 
A. albifrons Scop., Su§kin Mater, faun, 
flor. Ross. 8 pp. 350-351. — A. erythropus 
in Hannover, i,e Roi Ornith. Monatsber. 
16 p. 110. 
Branta leucopsis, Durchzug durcli 
Estland, Buturlin Psov. i ruz. ochota 
13 1907, pp. 263-266. — B. bernicla and 
B. nigricans breeding in N. Siberia, 
Dresser Ibis 1908 p. 597. — Bernicla 
nigricans, notes, Gurney Zoologist 1908 
p. 123 pi. i. 
Tadorna tadorna, in Ungarn, Ciiernel 
Aquila 14 pp. .179-187 ; Barthos 
t.c. p. 336 ; in Germany, Lons Or- 
nith. Monatsber. 16, p. 99. — Tadorna 
cornuta, Eclipse plumage in the female, 
Bonitote London Bull. Brit.-Ornith. 
Club 23 pp. 21-23 ; Inland nesting, 
Southwell British Birds 2 p. 61. 
Anas domestica, Exencephalie, 
Skriabin Mess. m6d. veterin. soc. 20 pp. 
740-743. — A. bo seas, absence of down 
in nest, Compton British Birds 2 62 ; 
Ei, Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 p.223; 
Hochnisten, Sciiloms u. Poensgen 1). 
Tagerztg. 51 p. 298 ; A. boschas x Dafila 
acuta, Moskau, Poljakov Semja ochotn. 
Moskva pp. 483-486 ; A. boschas x 
Netta rufina, Sarudnyi Semja 
ochotn. 1908 pp. 176-184. — A. 
strepera in Scotland Evans Ann. Scott. 
