CONTENTS OF. NUMBER I. 



I, Notes on Birds oh^crNcd i:i the Ionian Islands, and tlie i'rovinces 

 of Albania [-.roper, E^irus, Acarnania, aiul Montenc-gro. 13y 



tiie Hon. Thomas L. Powys., F.Z.S 1 



II. On Birds colleot'd or .oh-ierved in the lleprjriic of Honduras, 

 v.\th. a s'nort Account -of s. Jonrncy ftcro.«^s that"c.)Uiitry iVom 

 the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. HxHteokgi: CAViiNDssn 

 Taylok, F.R.G.S ;.w...., .-... 10 



III. On theEjr;>s<.f two Rantorial Birdv from t!ie Falkland I-dands. 



By Philip Luilicv Sclatkr. (Plate I.) 21 



IV. Not? on Wallace's Standard-wiiv^ {Semioi.t/errr trnl/a.-ii). By 



Phii-ip Lutlky Sclatkr (Plate II.) . . ., : 2() 



V. (loiUributioMS to the Or'iitiiolojiy <jf Gnateni;.la. B-y Osijeut 



SALVfN and Philip LuTLtv Sclater. (Plate 111.) .... 28 

 VI. The OrnitholoL^y of .\nioy (China). By ll<>r>PiiT Swinhoe, 



of II. M. Consular Service 45 



VII. On tl'.e Ori'itholoitv of Northern Africa. Bv (lie Bev. II. B. 



TRisTiJA^f, M.A.', P.L.S. Part III. Tlu^S-dhhi-ci {ro/ifhinefl). GS 

 VIII. Note on the Migratory Habits of flie Song Thrnsh {Tardus 



musii-Hs). ]Sy Alfred Newton, M.A., F L.S., F.Z.S. . . 83 

 IX. Recent Ornithological Publicatioris : — 



1. EnijUsh Pii'i/ications : — Proceedings of tlie Zoological Society: 

 Annals and Maga/.iue of Natural History : Sir J. Einerson Tcni- 

 iient's 'Ceylon:' rnvman a"id Salvin's 'Falconry:' Darwin's 

 ' Origin of Species :' Di's. Adams on OrnitholoaiN as a hrauch of 

 liberal Education : Svviulioe's Papers on Ciiinese Ornitliology : 

 Hlyth's Kfj-iort for Mn\ !S5!> : Eytoirs 'Osteolo da Avium :' ' The 

 Zoologist:' The 'Zoologist' List of Braisli Bii-ds : 'Sporting 

 Magazine' So 



2. French Puh I lent io))S : — Revue ct Magasin de Zovdogie: Ulanchard's 



' Oft( ologie des Oise;uix' U'A 



3. German arid Rusfiinn Pahlicationx : — Cabanis' ' J(a!r;c,d :' Bulletin 



de la Societe des Xaturalistes de Moscon i-l 



4. American Piiljlications : — Proceedings of tbe Acadeniv wf Natural 

 Scieuc.'S of Philadelphia : Dr. Bryant's ' Birds of the llahanias'. . 9/' 



X. Notices, Letters, Extracts from (-orrcspondence, &c. 



Death of Mr. John Wolley : Letters from Mr. Bis tli, Mr. O. Salvin, 

 Mr. (}. D. Rouley, and Sir William Jardine : Birds collected by 

 the ' Novara' Exjdoviug Expedition: Oeciu'ience of Kufoiis Sedge 

 Warbler in Devonshire : Mr. Cassin on Iclinia : Forthcoming 

 Works on Ornithology 9S 



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