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XI. Eecent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English Puhlkatioas : — Gould's 'Humming-birds :' Swin- 

 hoe's ' North-China Camijaign :' Collingwood's ' Notes on Sing- 

 ing-birds :' Newman's ' Birds'-nesting:' Lubbock's article on 

 the Kitchen-middens of Denmark : Blyth's Reports on accessions 



to the Calcutta Museum : Parker's ' Osteology of Balceniceps rex' 72 



2. French PubUcations : — Eevue et Magasin de Zoologie . . 79 



3. German Publications : — v. Heuglin's articles on the Fauna 

 of the Red Sea : v. Pelzeln's new Accipitres : Report of the 

 German Ornithological Society's Meeting at Stuttgardt: Ca- 

 banis's Jovirnal fiir Omithologie 79 



4. American Publication : — Coues's Monograph of the Triiiigece 

 of N. America ; and Notes on the Ornithology of Labrador : 

 Elliot's Monograph of the Pittas : "VVheaton's Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Ohio : The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist ... 84 



XII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &g.: — 

 Letters from Mr. G. D. Rowley and Mr. H. Stevenson : Ex- 

 tract of a Letter from Dr. G. Bennett: Announcement of 

 Mr. Jerdon's work on the Natural History of India : Mr. Blyth's 

 Letters and critical Remarks : The latest news of Mr. Monteiro 

 in Bengiiela, Mr. Edward Newton in Madagascar, Mr. Wallace 

 in the Indian Archipelago, and Messrs. Salvin and Godman in 

 Guatemala 88 



Nttmber XIV., Api-il. 



XIII. Notes on the Sea-birds observed during a Voyage in 



the Antarctic Ocean. By E. L. Latard, Corr. Memb. Z.S. . 97 



XIV. Observations on the Birds of the Western Districts of 



the Province of Nelson, New Zealand. By Julius Haast . . 100 



XV. On the supposed Gular Pouch of the Male Bustard {Otis 

 tarda). By Alfred Newton, M.A., F.L.S 107 



XVI. Five Weeks in the Peninsula of Florida diu-ing the 

 Spring of 1861, with Notes oii the Birds observed there. By 

 George Cavendish Taylor, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., »fec. (Part I.) . 127 



