CONTENTS OF NUMBER XII. {continued). 



144. Schalow on the Birds of Mark Brandenburg .... 



145. Scbiavuzzi on Northern Birds in the Adriatic . . . ^ 451 



146. Stejneger on Lanius rohustus ) 



147. Stejneger on a new Sparrow ) 



148. Taczanowski on Abnormal Moults ( .to 



149. Tait on Portuguese Birds ?■ 40.i 



150. Zeledon on the Birds of Costa Rica ) 



XLIV. Letters, Announcements, &c. :— 



Letter from Mr. H. E. Dresser ; Additions to the Bird-collec- 

 tion of the British Museum in 1884 ; The Hume Collection 

 of Indian Birds ; The Development of the Avian Sternum ; 

 More News of Dr. 0. Finsch ; Habits of Raggi's Paradise- 

 bird; Recent Appointments in the United States .... 453 



Index ., 465 



Titlepage, Preface, List of Members, and Contents. 



Publications received since the issue of No. II, Fifth Series, 



AND not noticed IN THE PRESENT NuMBER. 



50. Behxepsch and Jheking. Die Vogel der Umgegend von Taquara do 

 Mundo Novo, Prov. Rio Grande do Sul. (Zeitschr. f. d. gesammte Ornithol. 



1885.) 



51. Blasius. Naturhistorische Studien imd Reiseskizzen aua Schweden und 

 Norwegen im Friihjahre 1884. (Mitth. d. ornithol. Vereins in Wien, 1884.) 



52. Blasitjs. Naturhistorische Studien und Reiseskizzen aus der Mark imd 

 Pommern. Parts i., ii. (Monatschr. deutsch. Ver. zum Schutze d. Vogelwelt, 



1884, Nos. 7-10.) 



53. BxJTTiKOFER. Zoological Researches in Siberia. (Notes Leyden Mus. 



1885.) 



54. Dixon, C. Evolution without Natural Selection. (London, 1885.) 



55. Evans, W. Notes on the Birds of the Island of Eigg. (Proc. R. Phys. 

 Soc. Edinburgh, vol. viii.) 



56. Evans, W. Note on the Breeding of the Marsh Titmouse in Stirlingshire 

 in 1884. {Ibid.) 



57. GiGLiOLi, H. II primo Congresso Ornitologico Internazionale tenuto a 

 Vienna dal 7 al 14 Aprile, 1884. CoUe proposte per attuare il programma del 

 Oomitato internazionale ornitologico permanente in cio che riguarda 1' Italia. 

 Roma, 1885. 



58. Mittheilungen des ornithologischen Vereines in Wien. (Section fiir 

 Vogelkunde, &c. 1885. Jahr. 9, Nos. 8-15.) 



59. OusTALET, E. Rapport sur le Congres et I'Exposition Ornitholoffiques 

 de Vienne en 1884. (Paris, 1885.) ^ 



60. OusTALET, E. Description de deux especes nouvelles faisant partie de 

 la Collection Ornithologique du Museum d'Histoire NatureUe de Paris. (Extr. 

 du Journal ' Le Naturaliste,' 1885.) 



61. Salvadori e Giglioli. Due nuove specie di Picchi. (Atti R. Accad. 

 Sci. Torino, vol. xx.) 



62. Ornis. Internationale Zeitschrift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie. (Wien 



1885. IHeft.) ^ ^ ' 



