XIV CONTEXTS. 



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XXII. A Synopsis of the Genus /S'e^op7m^^. By Osbert Salvin, 

 M.A., F.R.S., &c. (Plates VII. & YIII.) 302 



XXIII. Contributions to the Ornithology of Siberia. By 

 Henry Seebohm. (Plate IX.) . . 322 



XXIV. Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British 

 Museum/ by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J, H. Gcjkney . 352 



XXV. PrelimiBary Remarks on the Neotropical Pipits. By 



P. L. ScLATER. (Plate X.) 356 



XXVI. A few additional Notes on Birds of Egypt. By E. 

 Cavendish Taylor, M.A., F.Z.8 368 



XXVII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



35. Streets on the Natural History of the Hawaiian and 



Fanning Islands and Lower California .... 375 



36. Prjevalsky's ' Expedition to Lob Nor ' 375 



37. Finsch on new Finches 376 



38. Oustalet on New Birds from Saigon and New Guinea 376 



39. Oustalet on New Birds in the Paris Museum . . . 376 



40. Briiggemann on the Ornithology of Central Borneo . 377 



41. Fischer on doubtful Celebean Birds 377 



42. Sharpe's ' Contributions to the Ornithology of New 



Guinea' 377 



43. Lawrence on a New Parrot 378 



44. Camerano on the Anatomy of Nasiterna pusio . . . 378 



45. Pelzeln's ' Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 



1876' 378 



XXVIII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letter from Mr. E. P. Ramsay, and extract of a letter from 

 Rev. G. Brown ; Letteis from Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. H. See- 

 bohm, Mr. John J. Dalgleish, and the Marquis of Tweeddale ; 

 extract of a letter from Captain Blakiston ; Rediscovery of 

 Poh/plectron emphanes ; Proposed B.O.U. List of British Birds : 

 Dresser's 'Birds of Europe;' The Dyke-Road Museum, Brighton ; 

 Notice of the death of Dr. F. Briiggemann 379 



Number VIII. , October. 



XXIX. Notes on the Birds of Central Patagonia. By Henry 

 Dfrnford 389 



