XU CONTENTS. 



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XII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Lord Walclen, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Dr. Buller, 

 Mr. J. H. Gumey, Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, and Capt. J. H. 

 Lloyd ; Note on the correct generic name of Podiceps minor ; 

 News of Mr. Salvin ; Mr. Jelski's collections in Western Peru ; 

 The Yellow-legged Herring-Gull 91 



NiTMBER XIV., Apnl. 



XIII. Additional List of and Notes on Birds obtained in 

 the Eepublic of Trans-Vaal. By Thomas Ayres. (Commu- 

 nicated by John Henry Gurney). (Plate III.) 101 



XIV. Notes on the Avifauna of the Desert of Sinai and of the 

 Holy Land. Part I. By Alexander W. M. Clark Kennedy, 

 F.B.G.S., F.L.S., r.Z.S., &c., Coldstream Guards 107 



XV. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Walter 



L. Bttller, Sc.D., F.L.S., &c 112 



XVI. Remarks on Mr. Legge's Paper on Ceylonese Birds. 



By E. W. H. HoLDswoRTH, F.L.S. &c 122 



XVII. On a further Collection of Birds made by Lieut. Robert 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., in the Andaman Islands. By Arthur, 

 Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., F.R.S. (Plates IV.-VI.) .... 127 



XVIII. On some Birds from Hakodadi in Northern Japan. 



By R. SwiNHOE. (Plate VII.) 150 



XIX. Description of a new Species of Pijtelia. By Dr. G. 

 Hartlatjb 1G6 



XX. Notice of Pere David's Travels in China. By P. L. 

 Sclater, Ph.D., M.A., F.R.S 1G7 



XXI. New and forthcoming Bird-Books. By the Acting 

 Editor , 172 



XXII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Mr. J. H. Gurnoy, Mr. R. Swinhoe (two), and 

 Mr. W. E. Brooks ; Note on Suya superciliaris, Hume ; Dr. 

 Kirk's Grey Parrot ; Proposed new work of Mr. Clark Ken- 

 nedy ; Sale of the Collections of Humming-birds of the late M. 



