Euryapteryx exilis (Dinornithidae); a new genus, Anomalornis, is also proposed for Anomalopteryx (preoccupied).–(Hutton.)
Ammoperdix cholmleyi (Phasianidae), from Suakin.–(Ogilvie-Grant.)
Cepphus snowi (Alcidae), from the Kurile Is.–(Stejneger.) The range of C. columba will now be "Bering Sea to California;" and of C. carbo "North-East Asia and Japanese Seas."
Podoces pleskii (Corvidae), from East Persia.–(Zarudny.)
Some new fossil forms from Patagonia.–(Mercerat.)
Mr. F. E. Blaauw has published a Monograph of the Cranes, and Mr. C. W. de Vis has described the eggs and young of Salvadorina (Anatidae).
In all these cases the Zoological Record for 1897 may be consulted.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Preface | [v] |
| Addendum | [vi] |
| Scheme of the Classification adopted in this Book | [xi] |
| CHAPTER I | |
| Introduction | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Archaeornithes–Neornithes Ratitae–Neornithes Odontolcae | [23] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| NEORNITHES CARINATAE | |
| Brigade I–Legion I (Colymbomorphae). Orders: Ichthyornithes–Colymbiformes–Sphenisciformes–Procellariiformes | [48] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| NEORNITHES CARINATAE CONTINUED | |
| Brigade I–Legion II (Pelargomorphae). Orders: Ciconiiformes–Anseriformes–Falconiformes | [70] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| NEORNITHES CARINATAE CONTINUED | |
| Brigade II–Legion I (Alectoromorphae). Orders: Tinamiformes–Galliformes–Gruiformes–Charadriiformes | [182] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| NEORNITHES CARINATAE CONTINUED | |
| Brigade II–Legion II (Coraciomorphae). Orders: Cuculiformes–Coraciiformes | [351] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| NEORNITHES CARINATAE CONCLUDED | |
| Brigade II–Legion II (Coraciomorphae concluded). Order: Passeriformes | [466] |
| Index | [589] |