COLUMBIFORMES—COLYMBIFORMES. 
Aves 41 
Claravis , nomen emend, pro Peristera, Swainson nec Rafinesque; Ober- 
holser, P. Ac. Philad. 1899, p. 203. 
Calcenas nicobarica , notes on; Butler, J. Bombay Soc. xii, pp. 688 & 689. 
Order OPISTHOCOMIFORMES. 
Opisthocomus cristatus , diving-habits of the young ; Quelch, Timehri (2) 
xii, p. 37 (1898): Ibis 1899, pp. 163 & 164. 
Order RALLIFORMES. 
Rallus levipes, n. sp., California; Bangs, P. New England Zool. Club i, 
pp. 45 & 46. 
R. crepitans waynei , n. subsp., Georgia; Brewster, P. New England Zool. 
Club i, pp. 49-51. 
Ocydromus australis, breeding in captivity; Blaauw, P. Zool. Soc. London 
1899, pp. 412-414. 
Rallina canningi , notes on; Butler, J. Bombay Soc. xii, pp. 694-696. 
Crex crex [fossil] from the Lake-dwellings of Glastonbury, Somersetshire ; 
Andrews, Ibis 1899, p. 358: in Nova Scotia; M c Kinlay, Auk xvi, 
pp. 75 & 76. 
(Enolimnas isabellina, egg figured ; Nehrkorn, Katalog Eiersamml. 
Taf. iv, fig. 47. 
Ortygometra pygmcea, notes on ; Cerva, Aquila vi, pp. 81-85. 
Pennula sa?idvicensis, & P. wilsoni , figured; Wilson & Evans, Aves 
Hawaiienses, pt. vii. 
Creciscus sharpei , n. sp., Indefatigable Isl., Galapagos; W. Rothschild & 
E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi, pp. 185 & 186. 
Gallinula chloropus , nesting habits; Lewis, Zoologist 1899, pp. 30 & 31: 
Corbin, t. c. pp. 81 & 82: Martin, t. c p. 82: Bankes, t. c. pp. 82 & 
83: nesting in trees; Lewis, Zoologist 1899, p. 557. 
Ionornis martinica , in Ohio; Henninger, Auk xvi, p. 75. 
Porpliyrio cceruleus , breeding in captivity; Whitaker, Ibis 1899, pp. 502-505. 
Fotornis, notes on the internal anatomy; Benham, P. Zool. Soc. London 
1899, pp. 88-96, figg. 1-6: on certain of the Viscera; Benham, Tr. 
N. Zealand Inst, xxxi, pp. 151-156, pis. xii & xiii. 
N. mantelli , a fourth living specimen procured; Buller, Ibis 1899, 
pp. 165 & 166. 
Fulica atra [fossil] from the Lake-dwellings of Glastonbury, Somerset¬ 
shire; Andrews, Ibis 1899, p. 358. 
Diatropornis, nomen emend, pro Tapinopus, Milne Edwards nec Saussure; 
Oberholser, P. Ac. Philad. 1899, p. 202. 
Idiornis , nomen emend, pro Orthocnemus , Milne Edwards nec Jekel; 
Oberholser, P. Ac. Philad. 1899, p. 202. 
Order PODICIPEDIDIFORMES. 
Podicipes dominions brachyrhynchus , n. subsp., Matto Grosso, Brazil; 
Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. xii, p. 255. P. dominions brackypterus, 
n. subsp., Texas; id. t. c. p. 256. 
Tachybaptes fluviatilis [fossil] from the Lake-dwellings of Glastonbury, 
Somersetshire; Andrews, Ibis 1899, p. 358. 
Order COLYMBIFORMES. 
Colymbus septentrionalis and C. gracilis , moulting; J. L. Bonhote, Bull. 
B. O. C. x, p. vii. 
C. septentrionalis , moulting of the flight feathers; Farren, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
1899, pp. 114 & 115. 
