CONTENTS OF NUMBER VI.— NEW SERIES. 



*^* Plate II. is given with this Number. 



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 XI. A Voice on Ornithology from Formosa. By Eobeet SA\aNHOE, Her Majesty's 



Consul, F.Z.S., &c. (Plate V.) 129 



XII. On a New Genus of African Birds. By Gtjstav Haktlatjb, M.D., For. 



Mem. Z.S., &c. (Plate VI.) 139 



XIII. Account of the late Discovery of Dodos' Eemains in the Island of Mau- 



ritius. By George Claek 141 



XIV. On some Extinct Gigantic Birds of the Mascarcne Islands. By H. 



ScHLEGEL, Director of the National Museum of the Netherlands, 

 F.M.Z.S., &c 146 



XV. Evidence of a Species, perhaps extinct, of large Parrot (Psittacus mauri- 

 tianus, Ow.), contemporary with the Dodo, in the Island of Mauritius. 

 By Professor Owen, F.E.S., &c 168 



XVI. On Five New Species of Birds from the Feejee Islands. By Gustav 



Haktlatjb, M.D., For. Mem. Z.S., &c 171 



XVII. Notes on the Ornithology of Spain. By Lord Lilfoed, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 173 



XVIII. A further Contribution to the Ornithology of Guatemala. By Osbeet 



Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., &e 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 carulescciis in New Zealand 206 



2. German : — Von Pelzeln on Variation of Plumage in Birds, and on new Capri- 



mnlgidce from Brazil 209 



3. Dutch: — De la Fontaine's 'Faune du Pays de Luxembourg j' Schlegel on Chari- 



tornis alhertince, and * Contributions a la Faune de Madagascar ' 211 



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



5. Norioeffian : — CoUett on the Birds of Gudbrandsdal and Dovre 212 



6. American : — Elliot's ' Monograph of the Tetraonin(P,' 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. Blair, 

 and Drs. Jerdon and D. Scott : Communications from Prof. Baird and Mons. 

 F. Pollen 215 



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