104 Area. 
XVII. Aves. 
plate, Jacobi von Wanqelin Ornith. 
Monatschr. Magdeburg 35 p. 299 2 
Taf. ; coloured figure, Forbush Bird 
Lore 11 p. 40. — A. boschas X Dafila 
acuta , Beschreibung einer Bastards 
(Russ.), Karejev Nasi ochota St. 
Peterburg 4 7 p. 31. — A. boschas and A. 
rubripes at Monroe, Mich., Herrick 
Auk 27 p. 76. — A. rubripes question of 
the two subspecies of Black Buck 
discussed, Brewster Auk 27 p. 323 ; 
its status in Colorado, Felger Auk 27 
p. 451 ; nesting in Yates county N.Y., 
Burtch Auk 27 p. 205 ; summering 
near Philadelphia, Miller Auk 27 p. 
75. 
Eunetta falcata near Roorkeo, United 
Prov., Kelly Bombay J. Nat. Hist. 
iSoc. 20 p. 219. 
Chaulelasmus streperus near New 
York, Herrick Auk 27 p. 77. 
Mareca penelope in Florida, Fay Auk 
27 p. 204. 
Dafila acuta Friihjahrszug in siid- 
licher Riohtung im Gouv. Tobolsk 
(Russ.), USakov Nasi ochota St. Peter- 
sburg 4 1 p. 131. 
Querquedula discors at Santa Barbara, 
Torrey Condor 11 p. 173 ; in Cuba in 
summer, Ramsden Auk 27 p. 452; 
killed in Co. Cork, Ireland, Warren 
-Zoologist 14 p. 430 ; also Ogilvie- 
Grant Bull. B. O. C. 27 p. 15. — Q. 
cyanoptera wintering at Santa Barbara, 
Torrey Condor 12 p. 80. 
Spatula clypeata albino in the Padua 
salt marshes arid Mallard x Shoveller 
hybrid in the collection Contarini at 
Venice, Arregoni degli Oddi Ibis 
1910 p. 761 also Diana 5 1910. 
Ay thy a ferina bci Krassnojarsk 
(Russ.), Tugarinow Mess, ornith. 
Moskva 1 p. 280. — Nyroca rufina in 
East Prussia, Tisciiler Ornith. Monats- 
ber. 18 p. 97. 
[Aristonetta\ Mania valisineria in 
Massachusetts, Fay Auk 27 p. 369. 
[ Fuligula ] Marila affinis not M. 
collaris in Colorado, Barren Condor 
12 p. 79. 
Clangula clangula americana at De 
Funiak Springs Florida, Fisher Auk 
27 p. 205 ; courtship performances, 
Townsend Auk 27 p. 177. 
[1910] 
Harelda hy emails not Fuligula stelleri 
taken near Frankfurt-a.-M., le Roi 
O rnith. Monatschr. 35 p. 365. 
[Histrionieus] Cosmonetta histrionica 
account of the “ eclipse ” plumage, 
Ogilvie-Grant Bull. B. 0. C. 27 p. 
38. 
Oedemia nigra in Turkestan (Russ.), 
Sarudny Mess, ornith. Moskva 1 p. 
101. — Oe. fusca Albinos im Gouv. 
Tobolsk. (Russ.), USakov Nasa ochota 
St. Peterburg 4 9 p. 102. — Oe. f. step 
negeri in Gouv. Jenisseisk (Russ.), Tu- 
garinov Nasa ochota St. Peterburg 4 11 
p. 107. — Oe. perspicillata new for the 
Kansas list, Dyche Topeka Trans. Kans. 
Acad. Sci. 22 1909 p. 311. 
Arctonetta fischeri common in north- 
eastern Siberia, Buturlin Condor 12 
p. 46. 
Somateria dresseri courtship per- 
formance, Townsend Auk 27 p. 177. — 
S. mollissima on Long Fyne, Argyll, 
Harvie-Brown Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 
1910 p. 1 83 ; nidification and phenology 
in Spitsbergen (Russ.), Birula St. 
Peterburg Ann. m us. zool. 15 p. 199 
pi. ii. 
\Erionetta ] Somateria spectabilis note 
on contents of stomach and gizzard. 
Embody Science N.Y. 31 p. 630. 
Biziura lobata a curious habit. White 
Emu 9 p. 166; avicultural and other 
notes, Finn Avicult. Mag. 1 1910 p. 
93. 
Mergus merganser , M . albellus Ueber- 
wintern im Transkaspigebiet Verhalten 
(Russ.), Gitnikow Mess, ornith. Mosk- 
va 1 p. 141. — M. merganser , M. serrator 
weight and dimensions of the eggs, 
Zs. Oologie Berlin 19 1910 p. 163. — 
M. squamatus on the Amur (Russ.), 
Buturlin Mess, ornith. Moskva 1 p. 
265. 
ORDER PELICA.NIFORMES. 
Phalacrocorax carbo remarks on a 
white- breasted form with discussion by 
Ticehurst Hartert Witherby Ogilvie- 
Grant and Rothschild, Froiiawk Bull. 
B. O. C. 25 p. 89 also Brit. Birds 3 
p. 385 fig. i ; on the changes of plumage 
from the downy to the adult breeding 
dress, Ogilvie-Grant Bull. B. O. C. 
27 pp. 22-27 with remarks by Frohawk, 
Ticehurst & Boniiote ; killed near 
