COiNTENTS OF NUMBER XIII. 



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 I. Additional Notes on the American Barbets. By Philip Lutley 



SCLATER. (Plate I.) 1 



II. On Birds collected and observed in the Interior of British 



North America. By Capt. Blakiston, R.A. (Part II.) . . 3 



III. Descriptions of six new species of Birds from the Isthmus of 



Panama. By George N. Lavsrence, C.M.Z.S 10 



IV. Remarks on the Mode of preparing and keeping hving Thrushes 



and other Birds intended for shipment to AustraUa. By 



A. D. Bartlett J3 



V. Notice of some new species of Birds from Upper Burraah. By 



Surgeon-Major T. C. Jerdon 19 



VI, Note on Falco cireumcinctus, a rare Bird of Prey from South 



America. By Philip Lutley Sclater. (Plate II.). ... 23 

 VII. An additional List of Birds received from Natal. By John 



Henry Gurney. (Plate III.) 25 



VIII. Notice of the occurrence of the Red-necked Goatsucker {Ca- 



primulffus ruJicoUis) in England. By John Hancock. ... 39 

 IX. Review of Drs. Blasius' and Baldamus' Continuation of Nau- 



mann's ' Vogel Deutschlands ' 40 



X. An Ornithological Letter on Heligoland. By Prof. Dr. J. H. 



Blasius 5g 



XI. Recent Ornithological Publications : — 72 



1 . English Publications -.—Gould's ' Humming-birds :' Swinhoe's 



' North China Campaign :' Collingwood's ' Notes on Singing- 

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

 the Kitchen-middens of Denmark : B]5'th's Reports on ac- 

 cessions to the Calcutta Museum : Parker's ' Osteology of 

 BalcBniceps rex.' 



2. French Publications :— Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



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' Journal fiir Ornithologie. 



4. American Publications : — Coues' Monograph of the Tringece 

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

 Elliot's Monograph of the Pittas : Wheaton's Catalogue of 

 the Birds of Ohio : The Canadian NaturaUst and Geologist. 



XII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &c 88 



Letters fi-om Mr. G. D. Rowley and Mr. H. Stevenson : Extract 

 from a Letter from Dr. Bennett : Announcement of Mr. Jer- 

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

 Letters and Critical Remarks : The latest news of Mr. Slon- 

 teiro in Benguela, Mr. Edward Newton in Madagascar, Mr. 

 Wallace in the Indian Ai-chipelago, and Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman in Guatemala. 



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