CONTENTS OP NUMBER XIII.— THIRD SERIES. 



I. On the Prionochili of British India. By P. L. Sclateb, M.A., 



Ph.D., F.K.S. (Plate I.) 1 



II. On a large Fossil Egg from the neighbourhood of Cherson. 



By Dr. Alexander Brandt 4 



III. On the Distribution of Birds in the Southern Hill-Region of 



Ceylon; By W. Vincent Legge, Lieut. R.A 7 



IV. Notes on certain Birds of New Zealand. By Capt. F. W. Htjtton 34 



V. Notes on the Ornithology of the Gold Coast. By Herbert 



Taylor Ussher, C.M.G., C.M.Z.S. (Plate II.) .... 43 



VI. Notes on the Synonymy of some Indian and Persian Birds, with 

 Descriptions of two new Species from Persia. By. W. T. 

 Blaneord, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., &c 75 



VII. Remarks on the Birds of Juan Fernandez and Mas-a-fuera. 



By Edwtn C. Reed, of the National Museum of Santiago . 81 



VIII, Notes on some European and Asiatic Eagles. By W. Edwin 



Brooks, C.E., Dinapore 84 



IX. Description of an apparently new Species of Bird belonging to 

 the Family Trochilidoi, of the Genus Euce2'>hala. By D. G. 

 Elliot, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c 87 



X. Description of a new Timaliino Bird from West Africa. By 



Capt. G. E. Shelley 89 



XI. Note on DryotriorcMs, a new Genus of Harrier Eagles from 



West Africa. By Capt. G. E. Shelley 90 



XII. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — 



Letters from Lord Walden, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Dr. Buller, :Mi-. J. 

 H. Gurney, Mr. J. A. H. 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 YeUow-legged 

 Herring-Gull 91 



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