XVIU CONTENTS, 



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XXII. On an apparently new Species of Zosterops from 

 Madagascar. By H. B. Tristram, I),D., F.R.S 234 



XXIII. The Polar Origin of Life considered in its bearing 

 on the Distribution and Migration of Birds, — Part I, By 



H, B. Tristram, D.D., F.E.S 236 



XXIV. Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



32. 'The Auk' 243 



33. Barboza du Bocage on Dupont's Lark in Portugal . . 244 



34. Belgian Ornithological Report 244 



35. Bianchi on a new Shrike 245 



36. Bianchi on the Birds of the "Western Pamir .... 245 



37. Bogdauow on a new Pheasant 245 



38. The Bombay Xatural History Society 240 



39. Booth on British Birds 246 



40. Biittikofer on the Birds of Liberia 247 



41. Biittikofer on Sumatran Birds 248 



42. Guillemard's Cruise of the ' Marchesa ' 248 



43. Harvie-Brown on North Rona 249 



44. Lilford's ' British Birds ' 249 



45. Macpherson on the Birds of Skye 250 



46. Menzbier on the Migration Routes of Russian Birds , 250 



47. Menzbier on a new Green "Woodpecker 251 



48. ' Ornis,' Vol. I. No, 4, Vol. II. Nos. 1-3 . . , , 251 



49. Oustalet on two new Species of Birds from the Cape 



Verd Islands 252 



50-52. Oustalet on new Birds from the Congo .... 253 

 53-54. On new or rare Species of Birds in the Paris Mu- 

 seum 253 



55. Pelzeln and Lorenz on the Tj-pesin the Vienna Mu- 



seum 254 



56. Schperck on the Birds of the Amur 254 



57. Shufeldt on Injuries to the Beak in Birds .... 254 

 58-59. Sousa on African Birds 255 



60. S. Swinburne on Oceanic Birds 255 



61. Vian on the Young in Down of the Ptilopcedes . . . 256 



62. Vian on Asiatic "Warblers in Heligoland 257 



63. Vorderman on the Birds of Borneo 257 



64. Zaroudnoi and Menzbier on the Birds of the Trans- 



Caspian Regions 257 



