CONTENTS OF NUMBER XXI. 



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 I, Notes and Observations on the Birds of Egypt and Nubia. 



By Dr. A. Lkith Adams 1 



II. Remarks on the Vakie of Osteological Characters in the Classi- 

 fication of Birds. By Alfred R. 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 Acrocephalus stentorius, a rare Species of Sedge-vrarbler 



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



VI. On the Didunculus strigirostris, or Tooth-billed Pigeon from 



Upolo. By E. P. Ramsay 98 



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



Genus Pitta. By Alfred R. Wallace 100 



VIII. Note on the Caprimulgine Genus Cosmetornis. By P. L. 



Sclater. (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 : ' Jerdon's 

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

 Archeopteryx 116 



2. French Publications : — Prevost and Lemaire's ' Oiseaux d' Europe ' 120 



3. German Publications : — Philippi and Landbeck's Contributions to 



the Fauna of Peru : Dr. Booking's Essay on the American Rhea : 

 Herr von Pelzeln's List of Vulturidce and Falconidce in the Vienna 

 Museum 120 



4. Dutch Publications : — Schlegel's Birds of the Dutch Indies : Schle- 



gel's Catalogue of the Leyden Museum, livr. 3 124 



5. American Publications : — Coues and Prentniss on the Birds of the 



District of Columbia : Coues on the North-American Skuas : 

 March's Notes on the Birds of Jamaica: Lawrence's Catalogue 

 of the Birds of Panama, pt. 4 125 



X. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &c. : — 



Letters from Dr. T. Salvador!, M. Leon Olph-Galliard, Mr. J. Gould, 

 Mr. A. Newton, and Mr. J. W. P. Orde : Extract of a Letter from 

 Mr. E. L. Layard : Departure and Progress of Mr. Tristram's Expe- 

 dition to Palestine : Mr. Tristram's Ornithological Experiences in 

 France : Further Delay of the Article on Syrrhaptes 128 



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