CONTENTS OF VOL. VT. (18G4.) 



Number XXI., J<uiuar>j. 



Pago 



I. Xotos and Observations on the Birds of Egypt and Xnbia. 



By Dr. A. Leith Adams 1 



II. Remarks on the Value of Osteological Characters in the 

 Classification of Birds. By Alfred U. Wallace 36 



III. List of the Birds observed in the Islands of Malta and 

 Gozo. By Charles A. Wright 42 



IV. Five Months in the West Indies. By E. Cavendish 

 Taylor, M.A., F.Z.S. (Part I. Trinidad and Venezuela.) . . 73 



V. On Acroeejjhalus stentoriios, a rare Species of Sedge- 

 warbler from Egypt. By S. Stafford Allen. (Plate I.) . . 97 



VI. On the Bidiinculus sti'igirostris, or Tooth-billed Pigeon 

 from Upolo. By E. P. Ramsay 98 



VII. Remarks on the Habits, Distribution, and Affinities of 



the Genus Pith/. By Alfred R. Wallace 100 



VIII. Note on the Caprimulgine Genus Cosmetomis. By 



P. L. Scl.\ter. (Plate II.) 114 



IX. Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English Publications : — Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain,' 

 parts 3, 4 : St. John's ' Natural History and Sport in Moray :' 

 Jeidon's ' Birds of India,' vol. ii. pt. 1 : Professor Owen's Essay 

 on ArcJieopteri/.v 1 16 



