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XX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letter from M. Leon OIphe-Galliard ; Gift of the Salvin- 

 Godman Collection to the British Museum ; The Hume Collec- 

 tion of Indian Birds; llidgway Ornithological Club, Chicago; 

 News from the Caucasus ; Black Redstart in Somersetshire ; 

 Obituary— Dr. Eiippell, Prof. Severtzoff, Mr. E. W. White, 

 and Mr. E. C. Eye; Mr. J. A. Allen: New Edition of Buller's 

 'Birds of New Zealand' 235 



Number XL, JuJy. 



XXL Winter Notes from Morocco. By Capt. S. G. Reid . 241 



XXII. On the Geographical Distribution of Birds in 

 European Russia north of the Caucasus. — Part II. Rapaces 

 Nocturnge. By M. Menzbier 255 



XXIII. Notes on the Breeding-habits of certain Sea-Birds 

 frequenting Norfolk Island and the adjoining Islets. By W. 



M. Ckowpoot, M.D 263 



XXIV. On the Cormorants of Japan and China. By Henry 

 Seebohm 270 



XXV. On some little-known Species of Tanagers. By P. 



L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., P.R.S. (Plate VL) 271 



XXVI. Notes on the Birds of Paisandu, Republic of Uruguay. 



By Ernest Gibson, F.Z.S. (Communicated by J. J. Dalgxeish.) 275 



XXVII. Notes on the Birds of the Genus Homorus observed 



in the Argentine Republic. By W. H. Hudson, C.M.Z.S. . . 283 



XXVIII. On the Coloration in Life of the naked Skin-tracts 

 on the Head of Geococcyx calif ornianus. By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 

 U.S. Army, Memb. of the Am. Ornith. Union, &c. (Plate VII.) 286 



XXIX. Descriptions of three new Species of Birds from 

 South America. By Hans von Berlei'sch 288 



