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XVI. On the Ornithology of Northern Africa. By the 

 Bev. H. B. Tristeam, F.L.S. Part 1 153 



XVII. Remarks on the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus tor- 

 qimtttSfB]^.). By Alfeed Newton, M.A., F.L.S. . . . 162 



XVIII. Notes on the Birds of Western Spitzbergen, as 

 observed in 1855. By Edwaed Evans and Wilson Stuege 166 



XIX. Five Months' Birds'-nesting in the Eastern Atlas. By 

 OsBEET Salvin, Corr. Memb. Zool. Soc. Part I. (Plate VI.) 174 



XX. On the Breeding of the Crane (Grus cinered) in Lap- 

 land. By John Wollet, jun 191 



XXI. Recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. English puhlications : — Bree's ' European Birds ' ; Illus- 

 trated Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Annals of Na- 

 tural History ; Catalogue of Mammals and Birds of New 

 Gruinea, by J. E. and Gr. R. Gray ; Edinburgh Philosophical 

 Journal, April 1859 ; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ben- 

 gal 199 



2. French puhlications : — Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapom- 

 meraye's ' Richesses Ornithologiques du Midi de la Prance ' ; 

 Pucheran on the Ornithology of the Sandwich Islands ; Revue 

 et Magasin de Zoologie ; de Saussure's ' Observations sur les 

 moeurs de divers oiseaux de Mexique' 201 



3. German publications: — Badeker's 'Eier derEuropaischen 

 Vogel ' ; Proceedings of the Academy of Vienna ; Cabauis' 

 Journal for Omithologie, 1858, pt. 5; Naumannia, 1858, pts. 2 

 & 3 ; Wiegmann's ' Archiv' for 1858 ; Zeitschift fiir algemeine 

 Erdkunde for 1857 202 



4. American publications : — Baird's Catalogue of North 

 American Birds ; Page's ' La Plata ' ; Proceedings of the Aca- 

 demy of Philadelphia; Journal of the Academy of Philadelphia 205 



XXII. Letters, Extracts from Correspondence,Notices, &c. 

 Letter from IVIr. Gould on the occurrence of the Goshawk ; 



from Mr. Gumey on the colour of the irides ofMilvus (sgyptius ; 

 from Rev. H. Harpur Crewe on the early appearance of the 

 Goatsucker ; from Mr. Eraser on his travels in Ecuador ; Mr. 

 Wallace's discovery of a new Paradise Bird, and his collections 

 made at Havre Dorey ; Extracts from Mr. Blyth's letters ; 

 New American Works on Birds ; Sale of Bennett's Cassowary 

 and of Mr. Wolley's eggs 206 



