CONTENTS OE NUMBER VII.— EOUETH SERIES. 



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 XVIII. A Catalogue of the Birds of Japan. By T. Blakiston and 



H. PRrER 209 



XIX. Notes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. By Edgar L. 

 Layard, C.M.G., P.Z.S. &c., H.B.M. Consul, and E. Leopold 

 C. Layard, Vice-Consul at Noumea. "With Remarks by 

 the Eev. Canon Tristram, F.R.S., C.M.Z.S 250 



XX. Notes on some Birds collected or observed by Mr. E. Leopold 

 C. Layard in the New Hebrides. By Messrs. E. L. Layard 

 and E. L. C. Layard. With Remarks by the Rev. Canon 

 Tristram, F.R.B. &c 267 



XXI. Additional Notes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. By 



Thomas A yres. Communicated by John Henry Gtjrney. 281 



XXII. A Synopsis of the Genus Setophaga. By Osbert Saivin, 



M.A., F.R.S., &c. (Plates YII. & VIII.) 302 



XXIII. Contributions to the Ornithology of Siberia. By Henry 



Seebohm. (Plate IX.) 322 



XXIV. Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Aceipitres in the British Mu- 



seum,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. Gurney . 352 



XXV. Preliminary 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.S 368 



XXVII. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



35. Streets on the Natural History of the Hawaiian and Fanning 



Islands and Lower Calif ornia 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. Briiggemanu on the Ornithology of Central Borneo .... 377 



41. Fischer on doubtful Cekbeau Birds 377 



42. Sharpe's ' Contributions to the Ornithology of New Guinea' . . 377 



43. Lawrence on a New Parrot 378 



44. Oamerano on the Anatomy of Nasiterna pusio 378 



45. Pelzeln's ' Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 1876 ' . 378 



XXVITI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



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

 G. Brown ; Letters fi'om Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. H. Seebohm, 

 Mr. John J. Dalgleish, and the Marquis of Tweeddala ; extract 

 of a letter from Captain Blakiston ; Rediscoverv of Polyplectron 

 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. Briiggemanu 379 



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