52 Aves. 
AYES. 
G. Hartlaub, t. c. p. 615, pi. xxxviii. fig. 2. P. spengeli, sp. n., Baran- 
quilla ; id. t. c. p. 614, pi. xxxviii. fig. 1. 
Psittacu-s timneh is a good species; J. Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. 
vii. p. 212. 
Strive/ops habrovtilus, breeding habits ; A. Reischek, Tr. N. Z. Inst, 
xvii. [1884] p. 195. 
Tanygnathus burbidgii is a good species ; F. H. H. Guiliemard, P. Z. S. 
1885, p. 252. 
STRIGES. 
An important article on the family, sub voce “Owl”; A. Newton, 
Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, xviii. figs. 
Asio otus from Tangier ; S. G. Reid, Ibis, 1885, p. 247, 
Bubo blaJcistoni, type presented to Brit. Mus. ; Edd. t. c. p. 455 \_cf. Zool. 
Rec. xx., xxi. Aves, pp. 19 & 55]. B. maximus var. sibiricus only occurs 
east of the Ural Mts. ; remarks on Bubo turcomanus , &c. ; M. Menzbier, 
Ibis, 1885, p. 262. 
Carine glcnix breeding in gigantic ant-hills in Somali-land ; G. E. Shelley 
[E Lort Phillips’ Notes], t. c. p. 392. 
Ketupa javemensis, skeleton figured; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-skel. 
pi. lxxxix. 
Ninox maculata from Norfolk I. ; J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 1885, p. 139. 
N. theomacha is not identical with N. goldiei, as Sharpe considers 
\cf. Zool. Rec. xxi. Aves, p. 56]; id. t. c. p. 138. 
Scops minutus, length of wing ; icl. t. c. p. 140. 
Syrnium uralense, further notes on its nesting in Prussia, egg found in 
nest with 3 eggs of Buteo vulgaris ; E. Hartert, MT. orn Yer. Wien, 
1885, pp. 7, 8, 19, & 20 : A. Schmidt, J. f. O. 1885, pp. 82-89 \_<f. Zool. 
Rec. xxi. Aves, p. 56]. 
ACCIPITRES. 
Cathartic. 
Cathartes burrovianus, C. urubitinga, remarks ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. viii. pp. 34-36. 
Pseudogryphus californianus, correction of a statement about the 
number of rectrices ; id. Auk, ii. pp. 167-169. 
Sarcorhamphus cequatorialis, Sharpe, probably = S. gryphus ; id. t. c. 
pp. 167-171. 
Falconid^:. 
Aquilci chrysaetos, A. fulva dciplianea, A. nobilis, rectrices figured ; 
M. Menzbier [N. A. Sewertzow], N. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xv. ii. pi. i. 
figs. 1-7. A. amureusis, g juv. 1st plum., $ $ ad., figured; id. t. c. pis. 
