120 Aves. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1908] 
Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 1908 p. 254 ; 
in West Scotland, Gladstone t.c. p. 119 ; 
in Aberdeenshire, Ramsay & Thomson 
t.c. p. 184 ; Chaulelasmus steperus Ei, 
Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 pp. 223- 
224; Nisten in Gouv. Moskau, Feder- 
kleid, Poliakov Semja ocliotn. 1908 
pp. 3-6. 
Mareca penelope, Changes of plumage, 
Bonhote London Bull. Brit. Ornitli. Cl. 
23 p. 23. 
Nettion carolinensis, California, Gold- 
man Condor 10 p. 129. — N. crecea 
laying in the same nest as Phasianus 
colchicus, Pearson British Birds 2 p. 98 ; 
Ei, Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 
pp. 224-225. — N. capense, Nesting- 
habits, Littledale Pretoria J. S. Afnc. 
Ornitli. Union 4 pp. 16-19, pi. iii. 
Dafila acuta increase in Scotland, 
Harvie-Brown Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 
Edinburgh 1908 p. 184 ; in Argyllshire, 
Alston t.c. p. 119; breeding in Sliet- 
lands, Harvie-Brown t.c. p. 184 & 
British Birds 2 p. 140. 
Querquedula querquedula, Ei, Johan- 
sen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 p. 225. 
Spatula clypeata, breeding in Tiree, 
Anderson Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1908 
p. 252 & British Birds 2 p. 245 ; nesting 
in Lincolnshire, Blathwayt British 
Birds 2 p. 95 ; in Staffordshire, Bladen 
l.c. ; Ei, Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 
30 p. 226-227 ; Farbenvarietat vom 
Jenissei, Tugarinov Prir. i. ochota 36 
7 p. 8. 
Nyroca ferruginea, nestling de- 
scribed, Dalgliesii Avicult. Mag. 
Brighton 2 6 p. 87. 
Aytliya ferina Ei, Johansen Tomsk 
Izv. Univ. 30 p. 228. 
Fuligula ferina, in Windsor Park, 
Kerr Zoologist 1908 p. 139 : in 
Romney Marsh, Kent, Sparrow British 
Birds 2 p. 96. — F, rufina in Egypt, 
Nicoll Ibis 1908 p. 505. — F. fuligula 
in Hungary during summer, u.o.o. 
Aquila 1908 p. 327 ; neu fur Madeira, 
Schmitz Ornitli. Jalirb. 19 p. 15 ; Ei, 
Johansen Tomsk Izv. Univ. 30 pp. 229- 
230. — F. cristata, in the outer Hebrides : 
notes on the species as a Scottish bird, 
Harvie-Brown British Birds 2 pp. 132, 
165, 166 ; in Ireland, nesting sites, Tre- 
velyan British Birds 2 p. 97 ; Brutge- 
schaft, Reuter Zs. Oologie 17 pp. 177— 
179. 
F. hyemalis, in Ungarn, Ciiernel 
Aquila 14 1907 p. 180. 
Clangula glaucion , breeding in cap- 
tivity, Blaauw Avicult. Mag. Brighton 2 
7 p. 37 ; in Somersetshire, Dalgleisii 
Zoologist 1908 p. 469 ; at Fair Isle, 
Clarke Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 
1908 p. 84. 
Melanitta nigra, Gouv. Moskau, Guno- 
huhnten, Poliakov Semja ocliotn. 1908 
p. 32. 
Oedemia nigra, Brutvogel in Spitz- 
bergan, Koenig Ornitli. Jalirb. 19 p. 127. 
—CE. fusca Fair Isle, Clarke Ann. 
Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 1908 p. 84 ; 
in Ungarn, Ciiernel Aquila 14 1907 p. 
179. — 0. perspicillata, Ohio, Jones Wil- 
son Bull. 20 p. 210. 
Lainpronetta ( Arctonetta ) fischeri, eggs 
from Indigirka, N.E. Siberia, Dresser 
London Bull. Brit. Ornitli. Cl. 23 (39). 
Somateria fischeri and S. stelleri 
breeding in Northern Siberia, Dresser 
Ibis 1908 p. 596. — S. mollissima off 
South Devon, Smith British Birds 2 
p. 31 ; in Solway waters, Service Ann. 
Scott. Nat. Hist. Edinburgh 1908 p. 119 ; 
breeding in Holland, Snouokaert van 
Soiiauisurg Ornitli. Monatsber. Berlin 16 
p. 112 ; observations on and some of its 
races (Danish), Lehn Schiller K0ben- 
liavn. Ornitli. Tids. 2 pp. 109-149, 5 pis. 
— S. spcctabilis, S. fischeri and S. st'ellcri, 
breeding in Northern Siberia, Dresser 
Ibis 1908 pp. 595-597. 
Erismatura leucocephala, in Ungarn, 
Ciiernel Budapest 14 1907 p. 180. 
Mergus alhellus, in Northumberland, 
Walton Zoologist 1908 p. 73 ; in Dum- 
friesshire, Gladstone Ann. Scott. Nat. 
Hist. Edinburgh 1908 p. 119. — M.serra- 
tor, in Ungarn, Ciiernel Aquila 14 1907 
p. 179. 
ORDER PELECANIFORMES. 
Phalaero corax, notes on species of 
coast and inland waters of Victoria, Cole 
Emu 8 pp. 76-78 ; Habits in N.W. Vic- 
toria, Ross t.c. p. 94. — P. carbo, habits 
in New Zealand, Head Emu 8 pp. 71- 
76. — P. graculus early nesting in 
Orkney, Robinson Ann. Scott. Nat. 
Hist. Edinburgh 1908 p. 51. — P. dilo- 
phus floridanus, Pearson Bird Lore 7 
1905 pp. 121-126, illustr. & text fig. 
