CONTENTS OF NUMBER V. {continued). 

 Xn. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. E. Harting-, Mr. E. Cavendisli Taylor, 

 Count T. Salvador!, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Baron de Selys-Long- 

 cliamps ; Forbes's Final Idea as to the Classification of Birds ; 

 The New Bird-Gallery at South Kensington ; The U.S. Na- 

 tional Museum ; The National Museum of Lisbon ; Bird-Notea 

 from Mr. Layard ; New Works in Progress ; Rare Birds in 

 Andalucia ; The Birds of the Benin Islands ; Dr. Fischer'3 

 East- African Collections 114 



Publications keceived since the issue op No. 4^ Eifth Series, 



AND not noticed IN THE PRESENT NUMBER. 



1. Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881. 



2. Meyer. Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten. 



3. Blasius. Ueber die wahrscheinlich schon von den eingeborenen Sammlern 

 und Jagern ausgefiihrte Falschungen von Vogelbalgen aus Ecuador. (Verb. f. 

 Naturw. z. Braunschweig, iii.) 



4. Blasius. Ueber die letzten Vorkommnisse des Riessen-Alks (Alea im- 

 pennis). (Verb. f. Naturw. z. Braunschweig, iii.) 



5. Blasius. Ueber sine kleine Sammlung von Vogeln aus Java. (Verb. f. 

 Naturw. z. Braunschweig, iii.) 



6. SuNDEVALL. Svcnska Foglarna. Fortsattning af Profs. J. G. H. Kinberg. 

 Haftena 23-28. 



7. Shueeldt. Observations upon the Osteology of Podasoeys montanus. 

 (J. of Anat. & Physiol, xviii.) 



8. Blakiston. Zoological Indications of Ancient Connection of the Japan 

 Islands with the Continent. (Trans. Asiatic Soc. of Japan, 1883.) 



9. Collett. Ardetta mi7iuta, Sterna cantiaca, og Larus rninutus nye for 

 Norges Fauna. (Christiania Vidensk. Forhandl. 1883.) 



10. Ramsay. Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea. (Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. viii.) 



11. GoDMAN AND Salvin. Biologia Central!- Americana (Zoology). Part 

 xxvi. (1883.) 



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