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XV. E\idencc of a Species, perhaps extinct, of a large 

 Parrot (Psittaeius mauritianus, Ow.), contemporary with the 

 Dodo, in the Island of Mauritius. By Professor Owen, 

 E.ll.S., &c 168 



XVI. On Five New Species of Birds from the Feejee 

 Islands. By Gust.vv H.vrtlaub, M.D., For. Mem. Z.S., etc. . 171 



XVII. Notes on the Ornithology of Spain. By Lord Lil- 

 FORD, F.L.S., F.Z.S., *fec 17:5 



XVIII. A further Contribution to the Ornithology of 

 Guatemala. By Osbeet Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., <tc 188 



XIX. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English'. — Groom-Napier's 'Food, Use, and Beauty of 

 British Birds ; ' Swinhoe's * Neau Show ; ' Lord on Nests and 

 Eggs collected in North-west America ; Taylor on Zosterops 

 c<jerulesce)is in New Zealand 206 



2. German : — Von Pelzeln on Variation of Plumage in Birds, 

 and on new Caprimulgidce from Brazil 209 



3. Dutch : — De la Fontaine's ' Fauna du Pays de Luxem- 

 bourg ; ' Schlegel on Charitornis alhertince, and ' Contributions 



a. la Faune de Madagascar ' 210 



4. Danish : — Steenstnip on the habits of the Goldfinch . .212 



5. Noriuegian \ — Collett on the Birds of Gudbrandsdal and 

 Dovre 212 



6. American : — EUiot's * Monograph of the Tetraonince,' 

 parts 4 and 5 ; Lawrence on the Birds of Central America . .213 



XX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Messrs. Dawson Rowley and Archer Briggs, and 

 Prof. Perceval Wright ; Extracts from letters of Capt. Bulger, 

 Mr. E. L. Layard, Capt. Beavan*, and Drs. Jerdon and D. Scott : 

 Communications from Prof, Bairdand Mons. F. Pollen . . . 215 



* By mistake printed Capt. Blair at p. 220. 



