and Papers of any sort relating to Ornithology^ which will be duly 

 noticed in this Journal. 



List of Publications received since the issue of No. 11 and 



NOT noticed in THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



1. Taczanowski. Quelques Mots sur les Pie-grieches a queue rousse de 

 I'Asie Centrale. (Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877.) 



2. Salvadobi. Catalogo degli Uccelli delle Isole Kei. (Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Geneva, xiv.) 



3. Beewee. Notes on tke Nests and Eggs of eight North- American Species 

 of Empidoraces. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879.) 



4. Dubois. Descriptions d'Oiseaux Nouveaux. (Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg. xlvii. 

 June 1879.) 



6. Dubois. Remai-ques sur la Faune de Belgique. (Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. 

 xlvii. June 1879.) 



6. Laweence. A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of 

 the Lesser Antilles visited by Mr. Fred. A, Ober ; with a Table showing their 

 Distribution and those found in the United States. (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 

 pp. 48G-488.) 



CONTINUATION OF CONTENTS OF NUMBER XII. 



Page 

 XLIX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from E. L. Layard, H. W. Feilden, A. 0. Hume ; Date 

 of and Birds figured in Prjevalsky's work on Mongolia, &c. ; 

 Salvadori's Papuan Ornithology; Appointment of Major 

 O. B. C. St. John, C.S.I., to the new Consulate of Astrabad ; 



News fi'om Dr. Finsch 484 



Index, Titlepage, Contents, &c. 



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