CONTENTS OP NUMBER XIV. 



Page 

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

 arctic Seas. By E. L. Layard 97 



XIV. Observations on the Birds of the Western Districts of the 



Province of Nelson, New Zealand. By Junus Haast . . 100 



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



tarda). By Alfred Newton 107 



XVI. Five Weeks in the Peninsula of Florida during the Spring of 

 1862, with Notes on the Birds observed there. By George 

 Cavendish Taylor. (Part I.) 127 



XVII. On some new or little-known Birds from the Cape Colony. 



By Dr. G. Hartlatjb 143 



XVIII. A Fourth additional List of Birds received from Natal. By 



John Henry Gurney. (Plates IV. & V.) 149 



XIX. Some Remarks on the Genus Balceniceps. By Dr. J. Rein- 



HARDT 158 



XX. Note on Pipra deliciosa. By Philip Lutley Sclater. 



(Plate VI.) 175 



XXI. Recent Ornithological Publications 178 



1. English Publications : — Ravenstein's 'Russians on the Amoor:' 

 Boner's ' Forest Creatures :' Lubbock on the Lake-habita- 

 tions of ancient Switzerland : Bree's ' Birds of Europe.' 



2. Russian and Scandinavian Publications: — Schatiloflf's 'Birds 

 of Tauria :' Reinhardt on the Balceniceps : Sundevall's ' Svenska 

 Foglama :' Meves on the Ornithology of Jemtland and the 

 Red-colourinsr of the Lammergeyer. 



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American Publications : — Proceedings of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History : Bryant on the genus Catarractes, and on 

 Buteo borealis : Elliot on a new Pitta : Suckley on a new 

 American Grouse : Cooper on new Californian Birds : Geof- 

 fi-ey's ' Humming- Birds of Bogota.' 



XXII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, &c 189 



Letters from Messrs. H. Stevenson and G. KreflFt : Extracts from 

 Letters from Dr. G. Bennett, Mr. Blyth, and Herr A. v. Pelzeln : 

 Remarks on Podiceps auritus breeding in Egypt : Latest in- 

 telligence of Messrs. Salvin and Godman, of Mr. E. Newton, 

 and of Mr. F. Plant. 



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