CONTENTS. XVll 



Page 

 XIII. J .ers, Anv acements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. E. Hartiug and Mr. W. Eagle Clarke ; 

 The Birds of Corea ; Quails near Chipping Norton ; Progress 

 of Mr, H. 0. Forbes ; Nesting of Batmcliostomus ; News from 

 Diego Garcia ; New Ornithological Works in Progress . , . 98 



Number XIV., April. 



XIV. On a new Species of Barbet of the Genus Trachyplionus. 



By Dr. G, Hartlattb, (Plate V,) 105 



XV. Notes on Woodpeckers, — No. XI, On a new Species 

 from Arizona. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S 112 



XVI. A Eeview of the Species of the Genus Cursorius. By 

 Henry Seebohm 115 



XVII. A Eeview of the Species of the Genus Scolopax. By 

 Henry Seebohm 122 



XVIII. Descriptions of two new Birds from Tibet. By Dr. 

 Julius von Madarasz 145 



XIX. On the Claws and Spurs of Birds' Wings. By P. L. 

 Scla-ter, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S 147 



XX. On some Papuan, Moluccan, and Sulu Birds. By T. 

 Salvadori, C.M.Z.S 151 



XXI. Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippine 

 Islands. — No. 2. On Additional Collections of Birds. By E. G. 

 Wardlaw Eamsay, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U 155 



XXII. On a Collection of Birds from the vicinity of Muscat. 

 By E. BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S. , &c., Zoological Depart- 

 ment, British Museum of Natural History. (Plate VI.) . . 162 



XXIII. A List of the Birds obtained by Mr. Henry Whitely 

 in British Guiana. By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.E.S., &c. 

 (Continued.) ' 168 



XXIV. Notes from Ceylon. By H. Parker, F.Z.S, , , .182 



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