97 A ves. 
Systematic. — Columbjformes — Ralijformes. 
5831 
[Spilope.Ua] Turtur chinensis hain- 
anits subsp. n. Hainan, Hartert Nov. 
Zool. 17 p. 195. 
[Stigmatopelia] Turtur cambay crisis, 
nesting on the ground, Fenton Bom- 
bay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 20 p. 220. 
Geopelia humeralis, nest on the 
Capricorn islands photographed, Camp- 
bell & White Emu 10 p. 197 pi. xx. — 
G. shortridgei, note on affinities, and 
plumage, Ogilvie-Grant Ibis 1910 
p. 189. 
ORDER RALLIFORMES. 
Rallus elcgans , nest and eggs figured, 
from Ohio, Henninger Auk. 27 p. 66 
pi. vi ; again in Massachusetts, Howe 
t.c. p. 339. 
Rallina (auct. nec Reichenbach) 
must be replaced by Euryzona Bona- 
parte, Mathews Nov. Zool. 17 p. 473. 
Crexcrex, found in Ayrshire in winter, 
HorKiNS Kilmarnock Ann. Glen. 
Ramblers Soc. No. 6 p. 75 ; wintering in 
Saxony, Schelcher Ornith. Monatschr. 
Magdeburg 35 p. 304. 
Porzana bailloni, first record from 
.Syria, Carruthers Ibis 1910 p. 491. 
Saurothura buryi , additional descrip- 
tion, Bannerman Ibis 1910 p. 325. 
Gall inula galeala, habits in Phila- 
delphia county, Pa., Miller Auk 27 
p. 181. 
Porphyrio cocrulcus in Deutschland, 
Krohn Ornith. Monatsber. 18 p. 112 ; 
Haagen t.c. p. 160; Heinrotii t.c. 
p. 177. 
Fulica australis, field notes, in Tas- 
mania, Fletcher Emu 10 p. 138. — - 
F. americana in the vicinity of Staten 
Island, Chafin New Brighton N.Y. 
Proc. Staten Is. Ass. Arts Sci. 2 p. 68. 
ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES. 
Podicipes should be replaced by 
Podiceps, Mathews Nov. Zool. 17 
p. 494. — P. albipennis breeding late, 
Inglis Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 
p. 995. — P. novae-hollandiae, photo- 
graph of nest, Burrell Emu 10 p. 136 
pi. xii. 
[Dytes] Podicipes auritus, first un- 
doubted instance of breeding in Great 
Britain, Ogilvie-Grant Bull. B. 0. C. 
(n-8818 <7) 
25 p. 75 ; colouration of the soft parts, 
Bedford Brit. Birds 3 p. 268. 
[Proctopus] Colymbus n. calif ornicus, 
nesting notes in Colorado, Rockwell 
Condor 12 p. 188 figs. 59-60. 
[Lophaethyia] Podiceps cristatus , 
occurrence at Wanstead, Essex, Caple- 
ton Essex Nat. 16 p. 191 ; rearing three 
broods, Fortune Zoologist 14 p. 393 ; 
breeding notes, Sieber Zs. Oologie 
Berlin 19 1910 p. 183. 
Polilymbus podiceps’, nesting notes in 
Colorado, Rockwell Condor 12 p. 188 
figs. 61-63. 
ORDER COLYMBIFORMES. 
[Colymbus] Gavia irnber photographed 
on nest in Alberta, Stansell Bird Lore 
11 p. 108 1 fig. ; in Pennsylvania, 
Burns Wilson Bull. 21 p. 48 ; an unusual 
flight in south-eastern Pennsylvania, 
Redfield Wilson Bull. 22 p. 56. 
XJrinator lumme at Munster, West- 
phalia in summer, Reeker Ornith. 
Monatschr. Magdeburg 35 1910 p. 362. 
ORDER SPIIENISCIFORMES. 
On the anatomy and embryology of 
the Penguins collected by the Scottish 
National Antarctic Expedition, 
Waterston & Geddes Edinburgh 
Trans. R. Soc. 47 pp. 223-244 3 pis. 
Aptenodyles palagonica, a stray to 
Tasmania, Hall Emu 9 p. 250. 
Catarracles Brisson must be replaced 
by Penguinus Briinnich, Mathews Nov. 
Zool. 17 p. 495. — C. chrysocome, habits 
at Lome, Victoria, Nicholls Emu 10 
p. 41. 
Endyptula minor breeding on Tom 
Thumb Isle, N.S.W., Hull Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N.S.W. 34 p. 589 ; fishing habits. 
Dove Emu 9 p. 252. 
Spheniscus, the mobility of the 
vertebral column, Virchow SitzBer. 
Ges. natf. Freunde 1910 p. 4. — S. 
demersus, albinistic forms, Beaux Or- 
nith. Monatsber. 18 1910 p. 43 1 fig. 
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES. 
A monograph of the Petrels (Order 
Tubinares) by F. du Cane Godman, 
Part v London 1909 4to. — The following 
species are figured — Prion brevirostris , 
Pelecanoidcs urinalrix, P. exul, P. 
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