54 Aves . 
AYES, 
Pelecanidar 
Pelecanus, sub voce “ Pelican” ; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, xviii. 
the function of the subcutaneous air cells ; L. Olphe-Galliard, 
Ibis, 1885, p. 235. > 8 . leucogastra, skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. 
Yogel-skel. pi. Ixxi. S. personata , breeding habits at Norfolk I.; W. M. 
Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 269. 
Phalacrocoracidae 
Phalacro corax, gen., the nostrils are not connected with the trachea ; 
L. Olphe-Galliard, t. c. p. 235. P . Jilamentosus ( capillatus ) is probably a 
resident in China and Japan; H. Seebohm, t c. p. 271. P. pelagians 
= P. ceolus , Swinhoe [1867] = P. bicristatus (Temm. & Schl, nec 
Pall.) [= P. urile (Gm.)] ; it summers in N. China, Japan, Kamtschatka, 
winters in S. China ; id. t. c. p. 271 : head figured ; L. Stejneger, Bull. No. 
29 U. S. Nat. Mus. [1885] pi. viii. fig. 1. P. perspicillatus is in all pro¬ 
bability extinct on Bering and Commander Is.; id. t. c. pp. 180 & 181. 
P. urile, head figured ; id. t. c. pi. viii. figs. 2 & 3. 
PlOTJDAE 
Plotus melcinog aster, structure of stomach ; M. Cazin, Ann. Sci. Nat. 
(6) xviii. Art. 3, 1 p. 
HERODIONES. 
Ardeidae 
Ardea purpurea, skeleton figured; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Yogel-skel. 
pi. lxxiii. 
Bubulcus ibis new to Mark Brandenburg ; H. Schalow, Z. ges. Orn. 
1885, p. 11. 
Cancroma zeledoni, sp. n., Cent. America : R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. viii. pp. 93 & 94. 
ODONTOGLOSSAE. 
Phcenicopterida:. 
Phoenicopterus roseus new to British lists ; H. Saunders, [Yarrell] Hist. 
Brit. Birds, pp. 244-252, pi. 
ANSERES. 
Anatida:. 
Various species [Japan]; see Ulm-Erbach [Baroness]. 
Anas boscas X A. clypeata described ; Y. v. Tscliusi zu Schmidhoffen, 
