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Memoir of the late Marquis of Tsveeddale 223 



Anuouncement of General Index to the first three Series of 

 The Ibis ' 231 



XUMBER XL, July. 



XX. Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. By R. 

 BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S. «&:c. Part IV. — On the Birds 

 of the Province of Lumbidan, North-western Borneo. (Plates 

 VII. & VIII.) 233 



XXI. Notes on a Collection of Birds' Skins and Eggs made 

 by Mr. D. Gill, F.R.A.S., on Ascension Island. By F. G. 

 Penrose 272 



XXII. Notes on the Milvus govinda of Sykes, By W. Edavin 

 Brooks 282 



XXIII. Additional Notes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 



By Thomas Ayres. Communicated by John Henry Gitrney . 285 



XXIV. On Melaniparus semilarvatus. By T. Salvadori, 

 C.M.Z.S. (Plate IX.) 300 



XXV. On the Systematic Position and Scientific Name of 



" le Perroquet mascarin " of Brisson. By W. A. Forbes . . 303 



XXVI. Remarks on the Genus Sylvia and on the Synonymy 



of the Species. By Henry Seebohm 308 



XXVII. Remarks on the Second Part of Mr. Ramsay's ' Con- 

 tributions to the Zoology of New Guinea.' By T. Salvaboki, 

 C.M.Z.S 317 



XXVIII. Report on the Ornithological Acquisitions of the 

 British Museum in 1878 327 



XXIX. Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Accipitres in the 

 British Museum' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. 

 Gurnet 330 



XXX. Notes on the Birds of the Straits of Gibraltar. 



By L. Howard Irby 342 



XXXI. Remarks on the Nomenclature of the British Owls, 

 and on the Arrangement of the Order Striges. By P. L. Sclater 34G 



